MIAMI — Days before the Pro Football Hall of Fame welcomes a new class, it lost one of its members to cancer.
Chris Doleman, who had a 15-year career that was spent with the Minnesota Vikings, Atlanta Falcons and San Francisco 49ers, died Tuesday after a battle with cancer. The Pro Football Hall of Fame announced his death. He was 58 years old.
We express our deepest sympathies to Chris Doleman’s family and friends upon his passing. pic.twitter.com/4smc4gn5PY
Doleman was one of the greatest pass rushers in NFL history, helping set a prototype for edge rushers in today’s game.