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Buffalo Bills Legends wished former head coach Marv Levy a very happy birthday when he was 100 years old on Sunday.
The Hall of Fame, who ran back Thurman Thomas, was among those who would wish Levy a happy birthday during the ceremonies in Canton, Ohio, Saturday. He also offered his voice for a larger video that the organization released to mark the apartment on Sunday.
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Buffalo Bill’s main coach Marv Levy before his first battle back from his prostate surgery in 1996. (Jamie Germano/Rochester Democrat and Chronicle/USA Today Network via Imag images)
Thomas joined Jim Kelly, Steve Bags and others Reed in the well -to -do.
“Just wish you a good 100 -year birthday,” Thomas said. “… love you, coach.”
“Wow, I can’t believe it. Happy 100 -Year birthday,” Kelly said. “… We are so blessed that you are still with us. You are the reason we are who we are and we have our gold jackets.”
“Happy 100 -Year’s Birthday, MARV,” Reed added. “Not only were you my trainer, I consider you a mentor, a great man. To make it 100 have you done some good things. … will there ever be another marrow? I don’t think so. Happy birthday, marrow, 100.”
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Buffalo Bill’s former coach and Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinee Marv Levy at Centennial Plaza Incanton, Ohio, August 4, 2023. (Kirby Lee/USA Today Sports)
“MARV, I can’t tell you how much you meant to me in my life,” bags said. “How much you meant to the guys I played with, the teams you coached, the men you made, the men you mentored. … Happy 100 -Year birthday and I will be there when you are also 200.”
Several tribute was placed on social media.
Levy’s first coaching job was at St. Louis County Day School in Missouri in 1951. He broke into the NFL as Kickers coach for Philadelphia Eagles in 1969 and moved through the ranks. He got his first NFL -head coaching concert with Kansas City Chiefs in 1978. He was the head coach of Chicago Blitz in the US Football League in 1984.
Two years later, he ended up with the bills and was their main coach from 1986 to 1997. During that time, the bills suffered some accidents when they lost four Super Bowls in a row.
Buffalo Bill’s former coach Marv Levy during the break between Buffalo Bills and the New York Jets at New Era Field in Orchard Park, New York, on September 15, 2016. (Timothy T. Ludwig/USA Today Sports)
He was 112-70 at the helm of the bills and 31-42 with Chiefs.
