Sam Huff, the subject of a documentary series that was one of the earliest reality looks at NFL football, died Saturday. He was 87 and passed from “natural causes” in Winchester, Virginia, according to a family lawyer.Huff was known as a hard-hitting linebacker, first for the New York Giants in the .
late ’50s and early ’60s, then for the Washington Redskins for four years.The nature of his business was chronicled by CBS in the Walter Cronkite hosted series The Twentieth Century, a documentary television program.
In the episode titled “The Violent World of Sam Huff.” the linebacker wore a microphone during practice and an exhibition game for the piece, becoming one of the earliest insider looks at the NFL.Born in West Virginia’s coal
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