The Phinsider · May 16, 2015
Garo Yepremian dies at age 70
Jim McIsaac/Getty ImagesFormer Miami Dolphins Pro Bowl kicker Garo Yepremian passed away Friday. He was 70 years old.
It is a sad day around the Miami Dolphins. Garo Yepremian, a two-time Pro Bowl and two-time First Team All Pro kicker, passed away on Friday after a year-long fight with cancer. Yepremian died at a hospital in Pennsylvania.
Yepremian came to the United States from Cyprus when he was 22, joining the Detroit Lions. After two years with Detroit, he joined the Dolphins, where he spent nine years (1970 to 1978), winning two Super Bowls with the team. He finished his career with a one-season stint with the New Orleans Saints and two seasons with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
