R.I.P. Bill Walsh [Archive] - SoonerFans.com Message Boards

colleyvillesooner

7/30/2007, 02:03 PM

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20039776/

3-time Super Bowl champion coach Walsh dies
Architect of West Coast offense guided Montana, 49ers to 3 titles in 1980s

Bill Walsh, who transformed the NFL with his West Coast offense and led the San Francisco 49ers to three Super Bowl championships during the 1980s, died Monday after a long battle against leukemia. He was 75.

More to come on this breaking news story.

soonersweetie

7/30/2007, 02:24 PM

wow, I had not heard that. Very sad

hookem31

7/30/2007, 02:41 PM

Truly a great coach and human being. His influence will still be felt around the league many years from now.

Condolences to his family.

oumartin

7/30/2007, 03:03 PM

I saw that and got sad. the Walsh 49ers were my first favorite NFL team.
Seemed like a genuinely good guy.

flopshotjoe99

7/30/2007, 03:04 PM

the NFL community defiently lost a good one.:(

Scott D

7/30/2007, 03:59 PM

sad to hear, but not wholly unexpected. He'd been in relatively poor health for awhile.

goingoneight

7/30/2007, 06:06 PM

Sooner98

7/30/2007, 06:28 PM

No doubt, the best and most influential NFL coach in the last 30 years. RIP

85sooners

7/30/2007, 07:08 PM

:eek:

stoops the eternal pimp

7/30/2007, 11:07 PM

I definitely was never a 49er fan but I had to admire the way Walsh carried himself on and off the field..Enjoy heaven Coach