Mike Ditka
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 Mike Ditka in the press booth during a National Football League pre-season game between the Cleveland Browns and Chicago Bears. | |||||||||
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| Date of birth: October 18, 1939 Carnegie, Pennsylvania | |||||||||
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| College: Pittsburgh | |||||||||
| NFL Draft: 1961 / Round: 1 / Pick: 5 | |||||||||
| Debuted in 1961 | |||||||||
| Last played in 1972 | |||||||||
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| Pro Football Hall of Fame | |||||||||
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Michael Keller Ditka, Jr. (born October 18, 1939, in Carnegie, Pennsylvania), is a former NFL player, television commentator, and coach. Ditka coached the Chicago Bears for 11 years and New Orleans Saints for 3 years. Ditka and Tom Flores are the only two people to win Super Bowls as a player, an assistant coach and a head coach. Ditka was the only person to take part in the last two Chicago Bears' championships, as a player in 1963 and as head coach in 1985.
On November 23, 2018, Ditka was hospitalized in Naples, Florida after suffering a heart attack while playing golf.[1]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Mike Ditka, former NFL coach, treated for heart attack, reports say". Fox News. November 24, 2018.
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