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March-13th-2007, 01:51 PM
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Ernie 'Big Cat' Ladd dead at 68
By The Associated Press
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
GRAMBLING, La. (AP) -- Ernie "Big Cat" Ladd, who played on championship professional football teams before finding more lucrative success in pro wrestling, has died. He was 68.
Ladd played in the America Football League and is a member of the World Wrestling Federation Hall of Fame. He died Saturday night after a long bout with cancer.
"It's a personal loss not just to our family, but to the whole community," said Eddie Robinson Jr., whose ailing father coached Ladd at Grambling State. "I was fortunate enough to be in high school when he was here, so my football heroes growing up were people like Ernie Ladd."
Ladd, who was almost 6-foot-10 and weighed over 300 pounds, was the 15th player taken in the 1961 AFL draft and played for the San Diego Chargers, Houston Oilers and Kansas City Chiefs.
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Ernie 'Big Cat' Ladd dead at 68
By The Associated Press
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
GRAMBLING, La. (AP) -- Ernie "Big Cat" Ladd, who played on championship professional football teams before finding more lucrative success in pro wrestling, has died. He was 68.
Ladd played in the America Football League and is a member of the World Wrestling Federation Hall of Fame. He died Saturday night after a long bout with cancer.
"It's a personal loss not just to our family, but to the whole community," said Eddie Robinson Jr., whose ailing father coached Ladd at Grambling State. "I was fortunate enough to be in high school when he was here, so my football heroes growing up were people like Ernie Ladd."
Ladd, who was almost 6-foot-10 and weighed over 300 pounds, was the 15th player taken in the 1961 AFL draft and played for the San Diego Chargers, Houston Oilers and Kansas City Chiefs.