{"id":393781,"date":"2022-06-24T08:28:25","date_gmt":"2022-06-24T08:28:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=393781"},"modified":"2022-06-24T08:28:25","modified_gmt":"2022-06-24T08:28:25","slug":"super-bowl-winner-and-tv-personality-tony-siragusa-passes-away-aged-55","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/super-bowl-winner-and-tv-personality-tony-siragusa-passes-away-aged-55\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Bowl winner and TV personality Tony Siragusa passes away aged 55"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tony Siragusa, a former NFL defensive lineman who became a TV personality, passed away at the age of 55. Jim Irsay, the owner of the<a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/nfl\/nfl-team-detail\/IND\/home\"> Indianapolis Colts<\/a>, verified the news. Siragusa completed 7 of his twelve seasons in the league there. Irsay stated that he was &#8220;heartbroken, as is the rest of Colts Nation.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During his playing career, Siragusa, nicknamed &#8220;The Goose,&#8221; weighed 330 pounds and became a famous figure in Indianapolis owing to his larger-than-life demeanor. He signed as an undrafted free agent with the Colts in 1990 before moving on to the <a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/nfl\/nfl-team-detail\/BAL\/home\">Baltimore Ravens<\/a> in 1997. There he won the Super Bowl in 2000.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tony Siragusa had an incredible personality \u2764\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>Rest In Peace to a legend \ud83d\ude4f<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gJCvnauT7B\">pic.twitter.com\/gJCvnauT7B<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fanatics Sportsbook | PB (@fanaticsbook_pb) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fanaticsbook_pb\/status\/1539703856560369664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 22, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After retiring from football, Siragusa became a regular on television. He was a Fox Sports sideline reporter till 2015, and he played Frankie Cortese, Tony Soprano&#8217;s bodyguard, and driver, in The Sopranos. He also presented Man Caves, a DIY Network remodeling show.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tony was married to Kathy, and he had three children. During his career, Siragusa recorded 404 tackles, 22 sacks, and five forced fumbles.\u00a0 Siragusa is the Ravens&#8217; second player to die this week. Earlier on Wednesday, the club announced the death of 26-year-old linebacker Jaylon Ferguson.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING REPORT: Beloved former NFL star Tony Siragusa DIES &#39;IN HIS SLEEP&#39; at age 55&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>WHY ARE SO MANY PEOPLE DYING YOUNG?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chuck Callesto (@ChuckCallesto) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChuckCallesto\/status\/1539973454358687746?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 23, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Siragusa, nicknamed &#8220;Goose,&#8221; was a crucial part of the Baltimore Ravens&#8217; legendary 2000 defense, which led to the franchise&#8217;s first Super Bowl triumph the same year. As an undrafted free agent, he began his 12-year profession by partying off his $1,000 signing money. He departed the game as one of the game&#8217;s distinct characters, noted for his sarcastic sense of humor and unforgettable pranks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;There was no one like Goose \u2014 a fighter on the field and a team unifier with a caring, kind heart who benefited colleagues and the society more than most people realize,&#8221; said former Ravens coach Brian Billick. &#8220;Without him, we would not have won the Super Bowl. This is heartbreaking news, and our thoughts are with Kathy and the Siragusa family.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-393782\" src=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/06\/tony-siragusa-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/06\/tony-siragusa-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/06\/tony-siragusa-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/06\/tony-siragusa-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/06\/tony-siragusa.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tony Siragusa played the first 7 years of his journey with the Indianapolis Colts before signing as a free agent with the Ravens in 1997. Jim Irsay, the owner of the Indianapolis Colts, tweeted that he was &#8220;heartbroken, as is all of Colts Nation.&#8221; In a subsequent tweet, Irsay said, &#8220;The Goose packed 200 happy-go-lucky years into 55!!&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When several of the younger players prepared a large pot of cocoa in the team room, Siragusa recognized a chance to mix it with laxative prior to exercise. As the players hurried off the pitch, Siragusa chuckled.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tony Siragusa, a former NFL defensive lineman who became a TV personality, passed away at the age of 55. Jim Irsay, the owner of the Indianapolis Colts, verified the news. Siragusa completed 7 of his twelve seasons in the league there. Irsay stated that he was &#8220;heartbroken, as is the rest of Colts Nation.&#8221; During [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":393783,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71,48],"tags":[577,28,2348],"class_list":["post-393781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-baltimore-ravens","category-nfl","tag-baltimore-ravens","tag-nfl","tag-tony-siragusa"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=393781"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393781\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/393783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=393781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=393781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=393781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}