 Piccolo in 1967 | |||||||||||||||
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| Position: | Halfback | ||||||||||||||
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| Born: | October 31, 1943 Pittsfield, Massachusetts, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Died: | June 16, 1970 (aged 26) New York, New York, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 205 lb (93 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school: | St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) | ||||||||||||||
| College: | Wake Forest | ||||||||||||||
| Undrafted: | 1965 | ||||||||||||||
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Louis Brian Piccolo (October 31, 1943 – June 16, 1970) was an American professional football player who was a halfback for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL) for four years. He played college football for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons. He died at age 26 from embryonal cell carcinoma, an aggressive form of germ cell testicular cancer, first diagnosed after it had spread to his chest cavity.
Piccolo was the subject of the 1971 TV movie Brian's Song, with a remake TV movie of the same name filmed in 2001. He was portrayed in the original film by James Caan and by Sean Maher in the 2001 remake.[1]