Washington Redskins great Bobby Mitchell and New Orleans Saints journeyman Tom Dempsey. Two football gods that lived in the hearts and minds of many children and adults throughout many generations, both passed over the weekend.
And both legends have a place in my heart.
I never saw either play as both played long before I started watching. Yet, as a youngster both found a way into my life—or, at least, I knew of them just like today’s children might know of NFL stars from the 1980s and 1990s.
For Mitchell, there are the obituaries that outlining his community activism, his play, and his breaking of the color barrier for the Washington Redskins organization.