R.I.P. Dick Kazmaier

Dick Kazmaier died this week. Before Ken Dryden and Bill Bradley in the 1960s, there was Dick Kazmaier who 15 years earlier won the Heisman for Princeton, then turned down the NFL because he felt he could make more money in business. ($5,000 then, $45,000 in today's dollars). See the gaping hole in the New York Times obituary.

New York Times
Kazmaier is survived by his wife of 60 years, the former Patricia Hoffmann; five daughters; and several grandchildren. Another daughter died in 1990. Further information about his survivors was not immediately available.

The daughter who died: Patty Kazmaier-Sandt, a four-year ice hockey letter winner for Princeton through 1986, victim of a rare blood disease 4 years later. The Kazmaier Award for college hockey's best woman player honors her The Times didn't know that?

They were too busy figuring out basic math:

New York Times

Correction: August 1, 2013

An earlier version of this article misstated Dick Kazmaier’s age. He was 82, not 83. The error was repeated in the headline. An earlier version of this article also misstated the number of years he was married to his wife, Patricia. They were married 60 years, not 50.

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