Former football star Charle Young – who helped the San Francisco 49ers win Super Bowl XVI – has died at the age of 75.
‘The 49ers mourn the passing of former TE Charle Young. Our organization sends its deepest condolences to the Young family and friends,’ San Francisco said in a statement.
No cause of death was immediately announced.
In the 1973 NFL draft, the tight end was taken sixth overall out of USC after winning a national championship with the Trojans.
His performances for USC saw him inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2004.
After joining the NFL, Young played for the Philadelphia Eagles, Los Angeles Rams, 49ers and Seattle Seahawks in an professional career that spanned more than a decade.
Ex-NFL tight end Charle Young has died at the age of 75, the San Francisco 49ers announced
His crowning moment came in January 1982, when the tight end was part of the 49ers team that beat the Cincinnati Bengals to win Super Bowl XVI.
Young’s death was announced just a day after it emerged that former NFL quarterback Craig Morton had passed away.
Morton enjoyed a Hall of Fame college football career with Cal before spending nearly two decades in the professional ranks.
He played for the Dallas Cowboys and New York Giants and then ended his career with the Denver Broncos.
Morton, who was part of the Cowboys team that won Super Bowl VI, died Saturday while surrounded by loved ones in California, the Broncos announced.
He is survived by his wife Kym, his sister, his children and grandchildren.
Morton played football and baseball for the California Golden Bears before being selected with the fifth overall pick of the 1965 NFL draft.
