Harald Hasselbach

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Harald Hasselbach
No. 96
Position:
1989
 / Round: 5 / Pick: 34
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Total tackles:154
Sacks:17.5
Forced fumbles:4
Fumble recoveries:4
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR

Harald Hasselbach (22 September 1967 – 23 November 2023) was a Dutch

Super Bowl champion
.

Early life

Hasselbach was born in Amsterdam on 22 September 1967,

Metro Vancouver.[6][1] During his youth he practiced various sports, ranging from cricket, field hockey, to swimming and soccer.[7]

Career

Playing five years of college football at the

defensive line coach Tom Higgins helped mold his talent before he engaged in a 14-team bidding war for his services, deciding to sign with the Denver Broncos.[8]

From

Super Bowl champions in Super Bowl XXXIII, where he recorded two tackles against Atlanta.[11] He is one of at least ten players to have won a Grey Cup and a Super Bowl.[10]

After his career he served as coach at a local high school.

defensive line coach at Regis Jesuit High School at the time of his death.[10]

Personal life

Hasselbach's older brother Ernst-Paul (1965–2008) was a television presenter.[5] Hasselbach had a wife and four children.[7] Hasselbach and his son Terran, who played college football for Colorado,[13] were in a near-fatal car accident when Terran was a high school freshman.[14]

Hasselbach complained of memory and concentration loss in the years before his death. He was diagnosed with cancer in mid-2023.

mucinous adenocarcinoma on 23 November 2023, at age 56.[16] At the time of his death he was the only Dutch player to have ever won a Super Bowl.[15]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Hasselbach among B.C. Football Hall of Fame inductees". 4 November 2016.
  2. ^ "Super Bowl XXXIII – Denver Broncos vs. Atlanta Falcons – January 31st, 1999". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  3. ^ "THE RING BEARERS: SUPER BOWL AND GREY CUP WINNING PLAYERS". CFL Alumni Association. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Harald Hasselbach". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Robinson-presentator en Vlaamse assistente komen om bij opnames '71 Graden Noord'". De Morgen. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  6. ^ Willard, Heather (23 November 2023). "Back-to-back Broncos Super Bowl champ Harald Hasselbach dies at 56". KDVR. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  7. ^ a b "Enige Nederlandse Super Bowl-winnaar Harald Hasselbach (56) overleden". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 23 November 2023. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  8. ^ a b Raley, Dan (3 February 2021). "How Hasselbach Turned Himself into an NFL Player after UW Miss". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  9. NFL. Associated Press
    . 23 November 2023. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  10. ^ a b c Schefter, Adam (23 November 2023). "Broncos' two-time Super Bowl champ Harald Hasselbach dies at 56". ESPN. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  11. ^ Cwik, Chris (23 November 2023). "Former UW Husky lineman Harald Hasselbach, who won two Super Bowls with Broncos, dead at 56". KIRO-TV. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  12. ^ van der Velden, Koen (24 November 2023). "Tweevoudig Super Bowl-winnaar Hasselbach (56) betaalde hoge prijs als American footballer". de Volkskrant (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 25 November 2023.
  13. ^ Raley, Dan (23 November 2023). "Cancer Claims Hasselbach, Little-Used Husky Turned NFL Starter". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  14. ^ "96 Terran Hasselbach". Colorado Buffaloes. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  15. ^ a b "Tweevoudig Super Bowl-winnaar Harald Hasselbach (56) overleden" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Omroep Stichting. 23 November 2023. Archived from the original on 23 November 2023.
  16. ^ Klis, Mike (23 November 2023). "Former Bronco Harald Hasselbach dies at 56". KUSA (TV). Retrieved 23 November 2023.

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