Dick Jauron, a former coach for the Buffalo Bills and Chicago Bears, died Saturday at the age of 74.
Jauron died after a battle with cancer, his daughter Kacy, announced in a Facebook post.
“What we thought was some early signs of memory issues turned quickly into cancer in his brain, specifically a tumor that was causing some very out of character behavior,” she wrote. “They quickly did a scan of his body and unfortunately they found cancer in his lungs, liver, and bones.”
“The silver lining in all of this is that the situation escalated so quickly he never had any idea what was going on nor was he in any pain,” she continued.
Jauron spent eight seasons playing in the NFL before jump starting his coaching career. He played safety for the Bengals and Lions, making a Pro Bowl appearance in 1974, according to the New York Post.
Head Coach Dick Jauron of the Chicago…
