The college football world is in mourning on Thursday night following the death of a legendary football player. Don Bosseler - perhaps better known as "The Bull" - died Wednesday while surrounded by his family, his son, Greg Bosseler confirmed to the Miami Herald. He was 88 years old.
“Don Bosseler’s talents helped the Miami football program achieve national prominence in the 1950s,” National Football Foundation Chairman Archie Manning said in a statement. “An All-American, he epitomized toughness, earning the nickname ‘Bull,’ and you can still find his name in the records books at the ‘U’ nearly 70 years later.” © Jasen Vinlove-Imagn Images During his illustrious college football career, the All-American fullback who led Miami to the No.
6 ranking in The Associated Press poll in 1956 and was later enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame. He eventually became the No. 9 overall selection by Washington in 1957 and racked up 3,112 yards and 22 touchdowns in eight NFL seasons.
He made the Pro Bowl in 1959. ESPN shared a funny story about what he did with his draft money: Among those taken ahead of Bosseler in that 1957 draft: No. 1 pick Paul Hornung and No.
6 pick Jim Brown. Bosseler called them both after the draft to ask what they signed for, then secured a $10,000 contract with a $500 signing bonus from Washington. "And in typical Don Bosseler fashion, he came home with that $500 and spent it all with his University of Miami teammate friends in one ni.
