Pat TillmanAmerican Hero

Pat Tillman’sEarly Life Birth Date: November 6,

1976

Birth Place: San Jose, California

High School: Leland High School

Eldest of Three Brothers

High School All-American

Won Central Coast Division I Football Championship his Senior Year

High School Football Picture

Pat’s High School Stats

• Games Played- 62• Tackles- 552• Sacks- 23• Interceptors- 13

College Years• Freshman Year- 1994

• Position- Linebacker

• Jersey Number- 42

• Major- Marketing

• Graduated- 1997

• GPA- 3.85

Collegiate Awards

• 1997 Undefeated Regular Season• 1997 Rose Bowl MVP• 1997 Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year• 1996 Clyde A. Smith Academic Award• 1997-Sporting News Honda Scholar-Athlete of

the Year• 1998 Sun Angel Student Athlete of Year

Rookie Campaign

• Year Drafted- 1998• Team- Arizona Cardinals• Where Selected- 226th

• Position- Safety• Games Played- 16• Games Started- 10• 1998 All Rookie Team

Professional Career Stats• Games Played-60

• Games Started- 39

• Sacks- 2.5

• Interceptions- 3

• Tackles- 293

• Fumbles Recovered- 3

Pat’s Loyalty and Character

• In 2000 Pat received All-Pro Honors• The St. Louis Rams Offered a 5 year 9

Million Dollar Contract• Instead of Taking the Rams Offer He

Stayed with the Arizona Cardinals for 3 Year 3.1 Million

• Stating he Reason for Staying was that the Cardinals Took a Chance on Him He Believed that He Needed to be Loyal

Reasons for Leaving the NFL

• 9/11 Attacks

• Afghanistan Invasion

• Younger Brother Left a Professional Baseball Career to Join

• Family History

Famous Quotes

• Sports embodied many of the qualities I deem meaningful

• However, these last few years, and especially after recent events, I've come to appreciate just how shallow and insignificant my role is . It's no longer important

Pat’s Early Military Career

• Joined Army- May 2002

• Completed Basic- September 2002

• Ranger Training- December 2002

• First Duty Station-Fort Lewis, Washington

Deployment and Death

• Deployed- September 2003 Iraq

• Deployed- January 2004 Afghanistan

• Death- April 22, 2004 Afghanistan

Military AwardsSilver Star

Purple Heart

Meritorious Service Medal

Army Achievement Medal

National Defense Service Medal

Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary MedalGlobal War on Terrorism Service Medal

Army Service Ribbon

Presidential Unit Citation

Joint Meritorious Unit Award

Army Superior Unit Award

Parachutist Badge

Ranger Tab

Combat Infantryman Badge

Posthumously Tributes

Conclusion

Pat was one of America’s Last True American Patriots Leaving a Multimillion Dollar Contract to Serve in our Armed Forces, it is a True Shame that he was Taken from Us to Early

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