Sid Gillman, one of football’s most revered innovators, died last Friday in Los Angeles at 91. Gillman, who was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1991, is credited with creating the modern passing game and with being one of the originators of the Super Bowl.
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