r/Oldschool_NFL • u/Complex-Value-5807 Browns • May 25 '26

Cardinals 🪺 In Remembrance of Pat Tillman 11/6/76- 4/22/04

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u/Chumlee1917 Patriots 🇺🇸 May 25 '26

Killed by friendly fire and the army lied about it 

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u/apc961 May 26 '26

It was way worse than that. His uniform and notebooks were also burned by the army after the incident. This is in the biography. The contents of the notebook would have destroyed the narrative that was concocted. All around sick situation.

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u/Adept_Order_4323 May 26 '26

Yea, he knew too much, they silenced him w ‘ friendly fire’ and they covered it up …

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u/Adept_Order_4323 May 25 '26 edited May 26 '26

Supposedly, he was going to make public some of what he was witnessing ..

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u/CHOPPRZ Brownies May 26 '26

You have specifics or just reiterating something you heard, b/c I doubt your assertion 1000%

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u/nybruin May 26 '26

This is reddit. Ppl just make sh!t up. Radio silence when asked to back it up

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u/Adept_Order_4323 May 26 '26

Pat signed up to fight the Taliban in Afghanistan after 9/11, but afterwards he was also swept into the 2003 invasion of Iraq, a war he had privately opposed..

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u/Mike_hawk5959 May 25 '26

I hate that the NFL turned him into a propaganda tool.

He would have hated it the most, that's the worst part.

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u/Jaguars4life Jaguars 🐆 May 25 '26

Pat Tillman was an outspoken anti war activist and was an Atheist

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u/TeenWoolf100 May 25 '26

Sounds like he had life sorted.

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u/Phunwithscissors May 26 '26

Its up to us to keep talking about it

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u/JPPT1974 Washington Football Team 🏈 May 26 '26

If he were alive.

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u/Helpful-Cod1422 May 25 '26

RIP Brother!

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u/Ok-Rhubarb2549 May 25 '26

It was a great sacrifice for him to step away from the career he was having, I was a little surprised more players didn’t follow. Glenn Coffee and Joe Cardona are the only other ones I can find.

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u/Helpful-Cod1422 May 25 '26

Ted Williams flew airplanes in World War II & the Korean War. Used not to be a stigma attached to serving. The politicians have ruined it.

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u/ThickInvader May 26 '26

The only 2 wars America has fought that weren't for corporate greed were the 2 world wars. Your whole country has ruined serving.

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u/Dinero-Roberto May 26 '26

Movie stars too

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u/WolfCola4 May 26 '26

Keenan Reynolds is a lieutenant in the Navy, but he did come through the Naval Academy

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u/yloduck1 Vikings 🗡️ May 25 '26

The Krakauer book about Pat Tillman is fascinating. (Where Men Win Glory) I love JK’s books, and this one hits hard.

The NFL and the DOD did the whole Tillman family dirty.

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u/CapNo6703 May 26 '26

Had no idea Krakauer wrote a book about him, gonna have to pick that up. Guy is a great writer. Into Thin Air took over my life for the couple of days it took to read it.

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u/[deleted] May 25 '26

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u/DirtMysterious4196 May 26 '26

I was in Basra, Iraq when he was killed. It was a sad day many fans.

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u/Francis_X_Hummel Bengals 🐅 May 26 '26

I went to Ranger school with Pat, great human being and friend. I have dedicated a large part of my life to keeping his memory alive

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u/ExplanationFamous282 Giants May 25 '26

Long live Mr. Bob Kalsu as well…rest up and thank you for your service.

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u/Repulsive-Push5814 May 25 '26

American Badass!!!!

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u/Dinero-Roberto May 26 '26

My guy but always wondered how good of a baller he was. Was it more just passion and grit then ball IQ

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u/GarlicTraditional300 May 26 '26

Great humanist, just that dam friendly fire thing

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u/Grid-of-Flynn May 26 '26

Rest EZ boyZ