Sam Huff, a Hall of Fame linebacker who reached the Pro Bowl with both the New York Giants and Washington, died Saturday at the age of 87, his daughter, Catherine Huff Myers, said.
Huff helped pioneer the middle linebacker position with his hard hits and 30 career interceptions en route to being a two-time All-Pro and Hall of Fame inductee in 1982.
The first NFL player to be featured on the cover of Time magazine, Huff won an NFL title with the Giants in his rookie season of 1956 and would play in five other title games.