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Syracuse Football: Outpouring of love reflects character of Floyd Little

Floyd Little, Syracuse football (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images)

Tributes are pouring in from an abundance of admirers for Syracuse football legend Floyd Little.

Floyd Little is a Syracuse football legend, Orange icon and proud ambassador of the greater ‘Cuse community, and that will never change.

Little, 78, passed away on Jan. 1, 2021, per an announcement from the Syracuse University athletics department. We reported not too long ago that Little had entered into hospice care as he fought cancer.

His achievements on the field at the ‘Cuse are plentiful, among them that Little was a “three-time All-American for the Orange from 1964-66,” says the media statement.