dbetz23 Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 Hall of Fame coach Bill Walsh, who won three Super Bowls with the 49ers, dead at 75 By JANIE MCCAULEY, AP Sports Writer July 30, 2007 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Bill Walsh, the groundbreaking football coach who won three Super Bowls and perfected the ingenious schemes that became known as the West Coast offense during a Hall of Fame career with the San Francisco 49ers, has died. He was 75. Walsh died early Monday following a long battle with leukemia, according to Stanford University, where he served as coach and athletic director. Quote Link to comment
HuskerNCo Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 Hall of Fame coach Bill Walsh, who won three Super Bowls with the 49ers, dead at 75 By JANIE MCCAULEY, AP Sports Writer July 30, 2007 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Bill Walsh, the groundbreaking football coach who won three Super Bowls and perfected the ingenious schemes that became known as the West Coast offense during a Hall of Fame career with the San Francisco 49ers, has died. He was 75. Walsh died early Monday following a long battle with leukemia, according to Stanford University, where he served as coach and athletic director. How sad. Thoughts go out to his family and friends. Quote Link to comment
HSKRNOKC Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 The man was an offensive genius. RIP Quote Link to comment
BIGREDIOWAN Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 That's to bad......................at least he isn't in pain anymore. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family. Quote Link to comment
NUpolo8 Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 Growing up in Northern CA with him at the helm of the 49ers was truly fun to watch. Quote Link to comment
Redman Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 Rest in Peace Bill. You are a legend! Quote Link to comment
huskernumerouno Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 One of the few coaches that people can say changed football as we know it. RIP Bill Quote Link to comment
NUpolo8 Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 One more point, I wonder of some of the people here think Bill Walsh is an idiot for scripting the first 15 plays and not deviating from it. Quote Link to comment
Joe Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 One more point, I wonder of some of the people here think Bill Walsh is an idiot for scripting the first 15 plays and not deviating from it. ANYTHING Bill did was genius, shanahan did it too, usually worked, they had a gameplan and stuck to it. RIP Bill Quote Link to comment
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