Eddie Hill, a former NFL who ran back, playing for Los Angeles Rams and Miami Dolphins, is dead, one of his former teams announced Monday. He was 67.
The dolphins announced Hill’s death in a post on social media.
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“We are saddened by the delivery of former dolphins running back Eddie Hill, who played for the team from 1981-84,” the team wrote at X.
Pittsburgh Steelers Cornerback Larry Anderson, #30, carries the ball against Los Angeles Rams, who runs back Eddie Hill, #24, under the Super Bowl XIV in Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, January 20, 1980. (Manny Rubio-usa Today Sports)
No official cause of death was announced. Almost eight years ago, Hill opened up to Sun-Sentinel about his health problems and revealed that he had fought for brain cancer. He told the paper that he believed he was also dealing with chronically traumatic encephalopathy or CTE, which is believed to be caused by repeated blows to the head.
“Each life has a purpose, and football was one of the biblical, written things that I learned early in life that used me, the gift,” he told the paper in May 2017, adding that he had no regrets of to play the sport.
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“And recently I have learned that purpose for the past 10-15 years and I live this purpose.”
Rams chose Hill in the second round of the NFL draft of 1979 out of Memphis.
Eddie Hill played for Miami Dolphins for four years. (Jasen Vinlove-usa Today Sports)
He played for Los Angeles for two seasons, including a Super Bowl performance in his rookie year. Rams fell to Pittsburgh Steelers in the Super Bowl XIV.
He was traded to Miami before the start of the 1981 season. He played four years with the dolphins before calling it a career.
He appeared in 75 games and had 443 rushing yards with two rushing touchdowns. As a special team player, he had 17 total kick off in 330 yards.
