Pat Tillman Remembered On What Would Have Been His 50th Birthday

NewsPat Tillman Remembered On What Would Have Been His 50th BirthdayAARTVOICE STAFF · November 7, 2026ARTVOICE STAFFSharefXin✉Arizona Cardinals head coach Mike LaFleur honored the late Pat Tillman on Friday, which would have been Tillman’s 50th birthday, by wearing a maroon T-shirt with an image of Tillman in his No. 40 Cardinals jersey.Cardinals reporter Mark Dalton shared a photo of the shirt as Arizona prepared to face the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday. Tillman was born November 6, 1976, in Fremont, California, and starred at Arizona State before the Cardinals drafted him in the seventh round in 1998. He played safety for the team through 2001 and set a franchise record with 224 tackles in 2000.After the September 11 attacks, Tillman left the NFL, turning down a contract offer, and joined the Army in May 2002. He served as an Army Ranger and was killed in Afghanistan on April 22, 2004, at age 27, in an incident later determined to be friendly fire. The Cardinals retired his No.

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