Mike Ditka
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| Position: | Tight end | ||||||||
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| Born: | October 18, 1939 Carnegie, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||||
| Died: | October 9, 2026 (aged 86) Streeterville, Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 228 lb (103 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Aliquippa (PA) | ||||||||
| College: | Pittsburgh | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1961 / Round: 1 / Pick: 5 | ||||||||
| AFL draft: | 1961 / Round: 1 / Pick: 8 | ||||||||
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Michael Keller Ditka Jr. (October 18, 1939 – October 9, 2026) was an NFL player, television commentator, and coach. Ditka coached the Chicago Bears for 11 years and New Orleans Saints for 3 years. Ditka and Tom Flores are the only two people to win Super Bowls as a player, an assistant coach and a head coach. Ditka was the only person to take part in the last two Chicago Bears' championships, as a player in 1963 and as head coach in 1985. He was born in Carnegie, Pennsylvania.
On November 23, 2018, Ditka was hospitalized in Naples, Florida after suffering a heart attack while playing golf.[1]
Ditka died on October 9, 2026 at his condominium in Streeterville, Chicago from heart disease at the age of 86.[2]
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Ditka playing for Pitt in 1960
Ditka (far left) with the 1961 Chicago Bears offensive line
Ditka and the Super Bowl XX winning Bears team visited the White House in 2011
Ditka at the 2008 NFL Experience
Ditka presenting a keynote speech in Chicago in 2010
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References
- ↑ Mike Ditka, former NFL coach, treated for heart attack, reports say (November 24, 2018)Fox News.
- ↑ Legendary coach, Hall of Fame TE Mike Ditka dies at age 86 (October 9, 2026)ESPN. Retrieved October 9, 2026.
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