Pat Tillman

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Pat Tillman
Corporal Patrick Tillman.jpg
Official image of Tillman of the US Department of Defense .
Position (s):
Safety 		Jersey number (s):
40
born November 6, 1976 in Fremont , California
died on April 22, 2004 in Afghanistan
Career information
Active : 1998 - 2001
NFL Draft : 1998 / Round: 7 / Pick: 226
College : Arizona State University
Teams
Career statistics
forced fumble     1
Sacks     2.5
Interception     3
Tackles     238
Stats at NFL.com
Stats at pro-football-reference.com
Career highlights and awards
College Football Hall of Fame

Patrick Daniel "Pat" Tillman (* 6. November 1976 in Fremont , California ; † 22. April 2004 in Afghanistan ) was an American American football poker players and soldier of the United States Army .

Life

Pat Tillman has played for the Arizona Cardinals as a safety in the National Football League (NFL) since 1998 , after playing as a linebacker for Arizona State University during college , although at six feet he was actually too short for the position of the safety was valid. Tillman had a $ 3.6 million contract with the Cardinals, but joined the United States Army Rangers in the United States Army Rangers for an annual salary of $ 18,000 after the September 11, 2001 attacks . Pat Tillman died from friendly fire . It was only at the urging of the von Tillman family that the circumstances of his death were made known.

As part of a highway bypass of the Hoover Dam , a bridge was built over the Colorado between Nevada and Arizona , which bears the name Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge .

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personal data
SURNAME Tillman, Pat
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tillman, Patrick Daniel (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American football player
DATE OF BIRTH November 6, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Fremont , California , United States
DATE OF DEATH April 22, 2004
Place of death Afghanistan