Tom Heckert, the Eagles’ vice president of player personnel when they went to Super Bowl XXXIX in 2005 and the team’s general manager from 2006-2009, died Sunday evening, the Denver Broncos announced.
Heckert, son of the late Miami Dolphins personnel executive Tom Heckert Sr., worked most recently for the Broncos. He stepped away from the team in 2017 after being diagnosed with amyloidosis, a rare disease that causes the production of excess protein in organs.
Heckert joined the Eagles in 2001 and left them in 2010 to become general manager of the Cleveland Browns. Like many executives before and since, he did not find success there.