ProFootballTalk · May 16, 2015
Reports: Garo Yepremian passes away at age 70
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Former NFL placekicker Garo Yepremian, a member of two Super Bowl-winning clubs with the Dolphins, passed away Friday at age 70 due to cancer, according to CBS 3 in Philadelphia and The Associated Press.
Yepremian had been diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2014. More than a decade earlier, he had created a foundation devoted to fighting brain cancer after his daughter-in-law had been stricken with a brain tumor.
In 14 NFL seasons from 1966 through 1981, Yepremian connected on 210-of-313 field goals, twice making the Pro Bowl. In addition to nine seasons with Miami, Yepremian had stints with the Lions, Saints and Buccaneers.
