Pat Tillman

SI Staff | Sep 6, 2006

Pat Tillman

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Pat Tillman would have turned 30 in November.

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Pat (left) and his brother Kevin were deployed to Saudi Arabia for the U.S. invasion of Iraq in March 2003.

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The Arizona Cardinals retired Tillman's number on Sept. 19, 2004.

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Tillman turned down a three-year, $3.6 million contract offer from Arizona to join the Army Rangers.

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Tillman played four seasons with the Cardinals after being taken with the 226th pick in the 1998 draft.

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Tillman enlisted in the Army in May 2002, in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

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Tillman played his college ball at Arizona State, where he was an outstanding linebacker.

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Shortly after his graduation from Army Ranger training in Georgia, Tillman was deployed to Afghanistan to battle the Taliban.

More than a month after Tillman's death, the Pentagon disclosed that he had died as a result of friendly fire.

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Tillman was voted the Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year his senior season.