{"id":196618,"date":"2020-04-12T12:23:06","date_gmt":"2020-04-12T17:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=196618"},"modified":"2020-04-13T13:17:04","modified_gmt":"2020-04-13T18:17:04","slug":"pete-retzlaff-passes-88","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=196618","title":{"rendered":"Pete Retzlaff of the past Eagle Football, passes, 88"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-196619\" src=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/retzlaffpete-300x185.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/retzlaffpete-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/retzlaffpete-284x175.jpg 284w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/retzlaffpete.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Pete Retzlaff, a captain and\u00a0integral part of the Philadelphia Eagles&#8217; 1960 NFL championship team, died Friday of natural causes, <a class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.philadelphiaeagles.com\/news\/eagles-mourn-the-passing-of-hall-of-famer-pete-retzlaff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\"|inline|intext|n\/a\">the team announced<\/a>. He was 88.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Retzlaff played for the Eagles from 1956-1966. When he retired, he was the franchise&#8217;s all-time leader in receptions (452) and receiving yards (7,412). He was named to the Eagles&#8217; Hall of Fame in 1989.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Retzlaff, who wore No. 44, is one of only nine Eagles to have his number retired.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">\u201cPete&#8217;s legacy goes far beyond the success he was able to achieve on the field,\u201d Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie said in a statement. \u201cHe gave so much to this organization and to our sport as a player, general manager, broadcaster, and leader of the NFLPA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pete Retzlaff, a captain and\u00a0integral part of the Philadelphia Eagles&#8217; 1960 NFL championship team, died Friday of natural causes, the team announced. He was 88. Retzlaff played for the Eagles from 1956-1966. When he retired, he was the franchise&#8217;s all-time leader in receptions (452) and receiving yards (7,412). He was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":196619,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-196618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=196618"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196618\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":196623,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196618\/revisions\/196623"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/196619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=196618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=196618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=196618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}