mardigan
07-30-2007, 02:01 PM
Former 49er Coach Bill Walsh Dies Of Leukemia
(CBS13) SAN FRANCISCO William Ernest Walsh, 75, the Hall of Fame coach who led the San Francisco 49ers to three Super Bowl wins in the 1980s, died at home Monday of leukemia.
Born November 30, 1931, Walsh will be remembered as creator of the West Coast Offense, and one of the most brilliant minds ever to coach football.
Walsh began his football career began at Chatham Glenwood High School. He attended San Jose State University, where he was a boxer and wide receiver.
His first coaching job was at Washington High School in Fremont. Walsh progressed to college coaching, first at the University of California in Berkeley and then at Stanford.
In 1966 Walsh started his professional football coaching career as an assistant with the Oakland Raiders. He also worked with Cincinnati Bengals and San Diego Chargers before becoming head football coach at Stanford.
In 1979 Walsh was appointed head coach of the San Francisco 49ers. During Walsh’s decade-long stay as 49ers coach, the team won three Super Bowls and became the NFL’s flag bearer. It was during his time with the 49ers that Walsh and his coaching staff perfected the style of play now known as the West Coast Offense. In 1988 he left as coach, but acted as adviser and general manager of the 49ers.
In 1993 Walsh was elected to the Professional Football Hall of Fame.
Walsh first went public with the news of his illness in November of 2006. In 2002 Walsh suffered a loss to leukemia when his son, ABC journalist Steve Walsh, died from the disease at age 46.
Leukemia is a cancer of the blood cells and bone marrow in which blood cells are produced. Each year 9,000 Americans die of the disease.
(© MMVII, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.)
http://cbs13.com/topstories/local_story_211144518.html
(CBS13) SAN FRANCISCO William Ernest Walsh, 75, the Hall of Fame coach who led the San Francisco 49ers to three Super Bowl wins in the 1980s, died at home Monday of leukemia.
Born November 30, 1931, Walsh will be remembered as creator of the West Coast Offense, and one of the most brilliant minds ever to coach football.
Walsh began his football career began at Chatham Glenwood High School. He attended San Jose State University, where he was a boxer and wide receiver.
His first coaching job was at Washington High School in Fremont. Walsh progressed to college coaching, first at the University of California in Berkeley and then at Stanford.
In 1966 Walsh started his professional football coaching career as an assistant with the Oakland Raiders. He also worked with Cincinnati Bengals and San Diego Chargers before becoming head football coach at Stanford.
In 1979 Walsh was appointed head coach of the San Francisco 49ers. During Walsh’s decade-long stay as 49ers coach, the team won three Super Bowls and became the NFL’s flag bearer. It was during his time with the 49ers that Walsh and his coaching staff perfected the style of play now known as the West Coast Offense. In 1988 he left as coach, but acted as adviser and general manager of the 49ers.
In 1993 Walsh was elected to the Professional Football Hall of Fame.
Walsh first went public with the news of his illness in November of 2006. In 2002 Walsh suffered a loss to leukemia when his son, ABC journalist Steve Walsh, died from the disease at age 46.
Leukemia is a cancer of the blood cells and bone marrow in which blood cells are produced. Each year 9,000 Americans die of the disease.
(© MMVII, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.)
http://cbs13.com/topstories/local_story_211144518.html