Andy Hawkins
- October 7, 2015
- 57 years
About Andy Hawkins
Andy Hawkins, 57, American football player (Tampa Bay Buccaneers, San Diego Chargers, Kansas City Chiefs).
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|Anthony James Hawkins (March 31, 1958 – October 7, 2015) was an American professional football linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the 10th round of the 1980 NFL draft. He played college football at Texas A&M-Kingsville. Hawkins had 5.3 career sacks, and is the one of only three players in the history of the NFL to accomplish this (the others being the other two players involved in the sack: David Logan and Hugh Green). While playing for the Buccaneers in a 23–17 win against the Miami Dolphins on November 29, 1982, Hawkins was one of three players to sack quarterback Don Strock, and it was subsequently decided to award each of the three tacklers one third of a sack.
Hawkins brother Mike also played in the NFL for the New England Patriots.
Hawkins died on October 7, 2015, at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, in Houston, Texas.
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