2014 Deaths - Continued

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Larry Kelm, who played seven seasons in the NFL from 1987-93, died this weekend in a hunting accident at the age of 49. He spent his first six seasons with the Rams before one more season with the Niners:

http://www.caller.com/sports/college/ag ... 9_96059688

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/p ... lmLa20.htm
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Pete Rodriguez, who was one of the first Hispanic coaches in the NFL and coached with five different NFL teams, the USFL and CFL, died on Sunday from complications after surgery:

http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2014/12/ ... iguez.html
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Jim Swink, who played in five games for the AFL Dallas Texans in 1960, died yesterday at the age of 78:

http://www.foxsports.com/college-footba ... ies-120314

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/p ... inJi00.htm
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Bryan Burwell, former Inside the NFL correspondent and TNT NFL sideline reporter, has passed away. He also appeared occasionally on ESPN Sports Reporters and was a newspaper sports columnist for many years.

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/obit ... a7ae1.html
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Charlie Flowers who played with the Chargers and Titans from 1960-62, died last night at the age of 77:

http://www.clarionledger.com/story/olem ... /20072375/

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/p ... owCh00.htm
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BD Sullivan wrote:Charlie Flowers who played with the Chargers and Titans from 1960-62, died last night at the age of 77:

http://www.clarionledger.com/story/olem ... /20072375/

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/p ... owCh00.htm
Charlie Flowers is supposed to have given Lance Alworth the nickname "Bambi."
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Former NFL assistant Anthero "Nick" Nicolau died on Saturday at the age of 81. He served as an assistant for 21 years:

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/12000 ... ch-dies-81
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Dave Behrman, who played with the Bills in 1963 and '65, and Broncos in '67, died at the age of 73 from pancreatic cancer:

http://www.freep.com/story/sports/colle ... /20159235/

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/p ... hrDa00.htm
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