The news of former NFL player Benny Perrin’s death will have a major effect on the Arizona Cardinals, in more ways than one.
Perrin, a former safety with the St. Louis Cardinals, died of a self-inflicted gun shot wound on Friday. Besides being a former employee of the Bidwill family, Perrin and Cards’ head coach Bruce Arians were together at the University of Alabama in 1981. Perrin roamed the secondary and Arians was running backs’ coach for the legendary Paul “Bear” Bryant’s squad.
The former defensive back’s story is a sad one. He was one of 4,500 former NFL players who sued the league.