Kevin Greene passes at 58

[electro's horse]

and yet rae carruth is still alive

[Mistuh Jones]

Damn

[ickmule]

Damn.  Sad. 

[KatsAzz]

R.I.P. Kevin Greene. You were a great one. You passed way to soon and will always be remembered.

[electro's horse]

ill never forget when he attacked a coach on the sideline

seriously, i was like 25 feet away and was maybe 12? i thought it kicked ass at the time

i still think it kicked ass, fug management

[Ted Ginn Jr.'s Hands]

Damn.  It was the 96 team that really got me into the nfl when I was a kid, specifically him and Lamar Lathon.

[Butterflyj30]

Soo sad may he RIP

[PantherPhann89]

R.I.P. My Prayers to him, his family and friends...

[ladypanther]

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/scott-fowler/article248014745.html

Good write up by Fowler.

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Speaking to Greene was a joy for most reporters, as he tried hard to make his descriptions vivid. Consider this one to the Observer in 2019 when he was describing his lone Carolina touchdown, in 1996, on a 66-yard fumble recovery and return.

 

In 1996, Greene scored the only touchdown of his Panthers career on a 66-yard fumble recovery. DAVID T. FOSTER III

Recalled Greene: “Remember, I was an old man by this time — 34 years old, although I still did lead the league in sacks that year [with 14.5]. I remember looking over my shoulder, gauging whether anyone was going to chase me down, and then I turned back and just started screaming while running down the field. Toward the end, I literally stopped breathing. I was straining with every muscle in my body.

“When I got to about the 5, I knew I was done. I thought I was about to get caught. I just dove for the end zone, hit on my shoulder and rolled over. I sucked the life-giving air into my lungs, and I heard the crowd, and I celebrated.”

To play as long as Greene did required many physical sacrifices.

 

“I’ve had issues,” he told The Observer in January. “I’ve had both hips replaced, ended up having four shoulder surgeries, I had two stents put in my heart and I lost count of how many concussions I had when I played. But I wouldn’t change anything. It is what it is.... I think I did something that not a lot of people can do, which is play your passion out, all your passion for this game of football that I truly loved.”

 

Among Greene’s survivors is his wife, Tara, who occasionally sang the national anthem at Panther games during Greene’s playing career. Greene considered her his pregame good-luck charm and would boast about the Panthers’ excellent record when Tara sang before the game.

 

 

[Bronn]

Sad news. I’ll never forget his quote during our first playoff run about going to “the frozen tundra of Lambeau field.” In fact, I thought about it this past weekend when we were playing Green Bay.

Teenage me was kinda into wrestling at the time and I was super hyped about him going to WCW. I even created him and Lathon as tag team partners on an N64 wrestling game back in the day.

He was like the last old-school style OLB and I always kinda wished he would have come back to coach here.

RIP

[Happy Panther]

1 hour ago, electro's horse said:

him recovering that fumble against the rams in 96 and doing the front flip into the end zone was a defining memory for me as a young kid

I think that was my first Panthers game. 

[Mr. Scot]

Steve Young mentioned that his old tackle Harris Barton once told him there were only two people in the NFL that kept him awake at night.

Reggie White was one of them. Kevin Greene was the other.

[ncstatekwi]

Never forget our SALT and PEPPA tag team out there on the field for those that know what I am talking about!  Prayers go out to the GREENE family!!

[TheSpecialJuan]

awful news