Editing (section) Norm Van Brocklin 0 You are not logged in. The rich text editor does not work with JavaScript switched off. Please either enable it in your browser options, or visit your preferences to switch to the old MediaWiki editor ==Final years== Following his dismissal, Van Brocklin returned to his [[pecan]] farm in [[Social Circle, Georgia]], east of [[Atlanta]]. His only connections to football during this era were as a running backs coach for [[Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football|Georgia Tech]] under head coach [[Pepper Rodgers]] in 1979,<ref name=vbioffhr>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=oYYHAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zzIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4702%2C168432 |newspaper=Robe News-Tribune |location=Georgia |agency=Associated Press |title=Van Brocklin is officially hired |date=March 2, 1979 |page=7A}}</ref> who was fired that December.<ref name=vbsbg>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2pxjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5OEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6616%2C4478287 |newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard |agency=Associated Press |title=Van Brocklin says goodbye to college life |date=January 17, 1980 |page=4B}}</ref> It was his only stint as an assistant coach. Rodgers's successor [[Bill Curry]] brought in a new staff in 1980 and Van Brocklin then was a college football analyst on "Superstation" [[TBS (U.S. TV channel)|WTBS]] in Atlanta.<ref name=shjobitap /><ref name=uogvbdi>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=G8cUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MOIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4782%2C423093 |newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard |agency=wire services |title=Former UO great Van Brocklin dies |date=May 2, 1983 |page=1B}}</ref> Van Brocklin, a heavy cigarette smoker, suffered a number of illnesses, including a [[brain tumor]]. After it was removed, he told the press, "It was a brain transplant. They gave me a sportswriter's brain, to make sure I got one that hadn't been used."<ref name=bestwt>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gYsqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fF0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6895%2C4195617 |newspaper=Pittsburgh Press |agency=UPI |title=Best and worst of 1981 sports quotes |date=December 27, 1981 |page=D9}}</ref> He died of a heart attack in 1983 at age 57,<!--the day after suffering a [[stroke]],--><ref name=shjobitap /><ref name=uogvbdi /> five weeks after former teammate Bob Waterfield.<ref name=twnoldmn>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gmcaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9CkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6679%2C4231326 |newspaper=Milwaukee Journal |last=Johnson |first=Chuck |title=there's was no one like the Dutchman |date=May 5, 1983 |page=3, part 3}}</ref><ref name=frswtfdi>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=os1OAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hxMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4807%2C7300995 |newspaper=Wilmington Morning Star |location=North Carolina |agency=Associated Press |title=Former Rams star Waterfield dies |date=March 26, 1983 |page=4D}}</ref> Van Brocklin was posthumously elected to the University of Oregon Athletics Hall of Fame in 1992.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23959128 |title=Norm "The Dutchman" Van Brocklin |publisher=Find A Grave |accessdate=September 6, 2012}}</ref> Loading editor Below are some commonly used wiki markup codes. Simply click on what you want to use and it will appear in the edit box above. Insert: – — … ° ≈ ≠ ≤ ≥ ± − × ÷ ← → · § Sign your username: ~~~~ Wiki markup: {{}} | [] [[]] [[Category:]] #REDIRECT [[]] <s></s> <sup></sup> <sub></sub> <code></code> <blockquote></blockquote> <ref></ref> {{Reflist}} <references/> <includeonly></includeonly> <noinclude></noinclude> {{DEFAULTSORT:}} <nowiki></nowiki> <!-- --> <span class="plainlinks"></span> Symbols: ~ | ¡ ¿ † ‡ ↔ ↑ ↓ • ¶ # ¹ ² ³ ½ ⅓ ⅔ ¼ ¾ ⅛ ⅜ ⅝ ⅞ ∞ ‘ “ ’ ” «» ¤ ₳ ฿ ₵ ¢ ₡ ₢ $ ₫ ₯ € ₠ ₣ ƒ ₴ ₭ ₤ ℳ ₥ ₦ № ₧ ₰ £ ៛ ₨ ₪ ৳ ₮ ₩ ¥ ♠ ♣ ♥ ♦ View this template This field is a spam trap. DO NOT fill it in! Edit summary Preview Mobile Desktop Show changes