Harry Gilmer, a former No. 1 overall NFL draft pick and a longtime assistant coach for the St. Louis football Cardinals, died Saturday. At age 90, he had been one of the oldest living former NFL players.
He is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame, the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame, and had been named a Southeastern Conference “Living Legend.”
“When I was a little kid, and you played quarterback, you had to do the jump pass,” said Jim Otis, a fullback with the Cardinals during part of Gilmer’s coaching tenure in St. Louis.