Pro Football Hall of Famer Floyd Little, who starred in the NFL for the Denver Broncos, has been diagnosed with cancer.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Pro Football Hall of Famer Floyd Little, who starred in the NFL for the Denver Broncos, has been diagnosed with cancer, according to a former Syracuse Orange teammate whoPat Killorin, a center for Syracuse in the mid-1960s, created the fundraiser last Sunday.
"Floyd was recently diagnosed with a treatable but aggressive form of cancer. No doubt it will be the toughest fight of his life," Killorin wrote onLittle, a three-time All-American at Syracuse from 1964-66, was selected sixth overall in the 1967 combined AFL-NFL draft by the Broncos. He spent his entire nine-year career with the franchise and rushed for 6,323 yards and 43 touchdowns.
The 77-year-old Little, a native of New Haven, Connecticut, led the NFL in rushing yards and yards from scrimmage in 1971. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2010.
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