Ex-Jets coach, Hall of Fame linebacker Kevin Greene dies at 58
Updated Dec 21, 2020;
Posted Dec 21, 2020
Pro Football Hall of Fame linebacker and former New York Jets assistant coach Kevin Greene died on Monday at age 58.Andrew Mills | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
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Kevin Greene, a Hall of Fame linebacker and a former Jets assistant coach, died on Monday, the Pro Football Hall of Fame announced. He was 58.
Greene served as the Jets’ outside linebackers coach during the 2017 season under former head coach Todd Bowles. Greene played 15 seasons in the NFL with the Los Angeles Rams, Pittsburgh Steelers, Carolina Panthers and San Fransisco 49ers.
Greene, considered one of the fiercest pass rushers in NFL history, died Monday.
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Los Angeles Rams linebacker Kevin Greene (91) leaps as Green Bay quarterback Don Majkowski (7) dives across the goal line for the Packers’ first six points of the game at Anaheim Stadium on Sept. 24, 1989.
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Hall of Fame linebacker Kevin Greene, considered one of the fiercest pass rushers in NFL history, has died. He was 58.
Greene died Monday, the family confirmed, as did the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Pro Football Hall of Fame class of 2016 Kevin Greene holds up his Hall of Fame ring after receiving it during a halftime ceremony during a football game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Kansas City Chiefs in Pittsburgh on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016.
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Kevin Greene will be remembered for his long blond hair, his charisma, and the havoc he created for opposing quarterbacks.
The Hall of Fame linebacker, considered one of the fiercest pass rushers in NFL history, died Monday, it was confirmed by the family and the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He was 58.
No cause of death was given.
“I regarded him as a personal friend and a true Hall of Famer in every sense,” Hall of Fame president and CEO David Baker said in a statement Monday. “He possessed the most incredible can-do attitude of anyone I ever met. He was a great player, but more than that, he was a great man.”
Dec 22, 2020
Pro Football Hall of Fame class of 2016 inductee and former Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Kevin Greene holds up his Hall of Fame ring after receiving it during a half-time ceremony during a football game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Kansas City Chiefs in Pittsburgh, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016. (AP Photo/Don Wright)
Kevin Greene will be remembered for his long blond hair, his charisma, and the havoc he created for opposing quarterbacks.
The Hall of Fame linebacker, considered one of the fiercest pass rushers in NFL history, died Monday, it was confirmed by the family and the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He was 58.