Floyd Little Grave Site (1942-2021)

Floyd Little
Full Name Floyd Douglas Little
BIRTH 4 Jul 1942
New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
DEATH 1 Jan 2021 (aged 78)
Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, USA

Floyd Little DEATH 1 Jan 2021 (aged 78)

Professional Football Player. He played the position of halfback for the Denver Broncos, initially in the American Football League (AFL) and later the National Football League (NFL).

He played for Syracuse University for three seasons and in 1965 and 1966, he finished fifth in Heisman Trophy voting. He went sixth in the 1967 NFL/AFL draft which was the first common draft. He played only for the Denver Broncos until he retired in 1975 after nine seasons. He was the NFL’s seventh all-time leading rusher with 6,323 yards rushing and 54 total touchdowns (rushing, receiving and returns).

Floyd Little BIRTH 4 Jul 1942

During his rookie year, he led the NFL in punt returns with a 16.9-yard average. He led the NFL in combined yards in 1967 and 1968. Little was Denver Broncos’ team captain in all nine seasons, including his rookie year. He was the first Bronco to win a rushing title, leading the AFC in rushing in 1970 with 901 yards.

Floyd Little Full Name Floyd Douglas Little

In 1971, he became the first Bronco to rush for 1,000 yards, gaining 1,133 to lead the NFL and he was also the first player to ever lead his conference in rushing for a last place team. He was an AFL All-Star in 1968. He was named first-team “All-AFL” in 1969, and made the AFC-NFC Pro Bowl in 1970, 1971 and 1973. In 1984, he became a charter member of the Broncos’ Ring of Fame. He was voted into the Hall of Fame on February 6, 2010, and his induction took place in Canton, Ohio, on August 7, 2010.

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His jersey number, 44, was retired by the Broncos in 1975 and by the Syracuse football program on November 12, 2005, to honor Little, Ernie Davis, and Jim Brown, and the eight other players who wore the number. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1983 and to the Denver Broncos’ Ring of Fame on October 1, 1984. On September 15, 2011, the New Haven Athletic Center, known to be the largest scholastic athletics facility in New England, was renamed the Floyd Little Athletic Center.

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Syracuse’s football practice facility has a bronze statue of Little alongside Jim Brown and Ernie Davis. Little was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1983 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2010.