Eddie Hill
- February 23, 2025
- 67 years
About Eddie Hill
Eddie Hill, 67, American football player (Los Angeles Rams, Miami Dolphins), brain cancer.
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|Eddie Wayne Hill (May 13, 1957 – February 23, 2025) was an American professional football player who was a running back for the Los Angeles Rams and Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Memphis Tigers. Hill was selected by the Rams in the second round of the 1979 NFL draft.
Hill was traded from the Rams to the Dolphins in 1981.
Personal life and death
On March 30, 1989, Hill was arrested for possession of cocaine, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The next day, he was released on a US$1000 bond.
Hill had four children: Valencia, Quadtrine, Blaize, and Kyra.
In later years, Hill had remitting brain cancer. He also believed that he had CTE, a neurodegenerative head injury, but he did not regret having played football. Hill died on February 23, 2025, at the age of 67.
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