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Bill Walsh, Groundbreaking 49ers Coach, Dies at 75
Bill "The Genius" Walsh, at the helm of the most successful series of San Francisco 49ers seasons in that football team's history and creator of the short-lived World Football League, has lost his battle with leukemia.
Bill Walsh, the groundbreaking football coach who won three Super Bowls and perfected the ingenious schemes that became known as the West Coast offense during a Hall of Fame career with the San Francisco 49ers, has died. He was 75.
Walsh died at his Bay Area home early Monday following a long battle with leukemia, according to Stanford University, where he served as coach and athletic director.
Walsh didn't become an NFL head coach until 47, and he spent just 10 seasons on the San Francisco sideline. But he left an indelible mark on the United States' most popular sport, building the once-woebegone 49ers into the most successful team of the 1980s with his innovative offensive strategies and teaching techniques.
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at 17:07 on July 30th, 2007
My dad and one of his friends, as young men, attended open tryouts for the Niners... my dad went on to become a parole officer, his friend went on to become a Rabbi, despite their apparently above-average running and recieving skills.