The Life Of Brian Piccolo By: Kayla Estrada Negrete

About Brian Brian’s full name is Louis Brian Piccolo. He was born in Pittsfield, Massachusets Born on October 31st, 1943 He was the youngest of three sons, Joseph and Irene Piccolo. Weighs 206 lbs. and is 6 ft. tall

Early Life Brian and his brothers were running backs in his Highschool football team. Brian also played baseball, which he considered his primary sport. Later on he graduated from Wake Forest. He got a scholarship from Wichita State for college football.

Piccolo’s NFL career Brian Piccolo tried for the Chicago Bears as an agent but he got in the team. He got in the team in the 1965 season. In 1969, Piccolo has finally earned a place in the starting line up as a fullback. Gale Sayers is Brian’s bestfriend

Sickness On November 16th Piccolo removed himself from the game in Atlanta. During the game, Brian Piccolo had trouble breathing on the field. The team returned to Chicago so he can get a medical exam. Later on, Brian found out he had embryonal cell carcinoma.

Death Piccolo got a surgery and then had to remove his tumor. He also had to get his left lung taken off. Later on, he got chest pain because of cancer. He died on June 16th, 1970 at the age of 26.

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