He played hard, he worked hard and was a consummate professional football player for the Arizona Cardinals. Now Pat Tillman is going to be one of the newest inductees into the Arizona Sports Hall of Fame.
The induction is well deserved and overdue. The former linebacker for the Cardinals, who also played the same position with the Arizona State Sun Devils, left the team to join the Army in 2002.
He was deeply impacted by the events of September 11, 2001 and wanted to serve his country. He did so along with his brother.
Tillman was one of the more popular players locally during his playing days.