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Tittle, a great quarterback at LSU and later in the NFL, has died. While he never won a championship, Tittle was the first pro football player to be featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated.
Y.A. Tittle helped the NFL evolve from its run-centric roots into a passing league. Getty Images Pro Football Hall of Famer Yelberton Abraham (Y.A.) Tittle has died at the age of 90.
Some 1960 Topps football cards from Tim Cowlishaw's personal collection including Jim Brown and Y.A. Tittle.(Tim Cowlishaw / Tim Cowlishaw) The first to show up was Y.A. Tittle, a highly ...
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Tittle was really 34, but what’s a few years among rivals? Tittle got the attention and, teamed with players such as Frank Gifford and Del Shofner, the victories in New York.
Y.A. Tittle, a Hall of Fame quarterback who became a master of the long pass in 17 rugged, occasionally bloody seasons of pro football, winning nearly every honor and title save a championship ...
In 2013, The Baltimore Sun caught up with Y.A. Tittle, then 86, who recalled his playing days with the Colts more than half a century earlier. Tittle died Sunday; this is a reprint of that article ...
Y.A. Tittle, the first and only LSU quarterback elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, has died at age 90, according to LSU deputy athletic director Verge Ausberry.
Tittle never won a championship, but came to personify the competitive spirit of football, thanks to an iconic photo taken by Dozier Mobley during Tittle’s final season in 1964.
Y.A. Tittle, the subject of one of the most indelible images in NFL history and a member of the 49ers’ famed “Million Dollar Backfield,” died Monday at age 90.