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Hard-hitting Hall of Fame linebacker Sam Huff dies at 87

FILE - New York Giants linebacker Sam Huff poses for a photo at the NFL football team's training camp in Fairfield, Conn., in September 1963. Huff, the hard-hitting Hall of Fame linebacker who helped the Giants reach six NFL title games from the mid-1950s to the early 1960s and later became a popular player and announcer in Washington, died Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021. He was 87. (AP Photo/Harry Harris, File)

FILE - Washington Redskins' Sam Huff poses in front of his jersey in the locker room in Washington in December 1967. Huff announced his retirement at season's end. Huff later returned to play with the Redskins. Huff, the hard-hitting Hall of Fame linebacker who helped the Giants reach six NFL title games from the mid-1950s to the early 1960s and later became a popular player and announcer in Washington, died Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021. He was 87. (AP Photo, File)

FILE - Sam Huff, the Washington Redskins middle linebacker who retired at end of 1967 season, pauses during a break in Redskins NFL football training camp in Carlisle, Pa., in July 1969, after ending his retirement. Huff, the hard-hitting Hall of Fame linebacker who helped the New York Giants reach six NFL title games from the mid-1950s to the early 1960s and later became a popular player and announcer in Washington, died Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021. He was 87. (AP Photo/Paul Vathis, File)

FILE - Sam Huff, foreground, and Don Chandler, both New York Giants' backs, relax in the dressing room at Yankee Stadium in New York on Dec. 11, 1963. Huff, the hard-hitting Hall of Fame linebacker who helped the Giants reach six NFL title games from the mid-1950s to the early 1960s and later became a popular player and announcer in Washington, died Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021. He was 87. (AP Photo/Eddie Adams, File)

FILE - Defensive backfield coach Tom Landry holds ball as New York Giant defensive players huddle Nov. 6, 1958, during workout at Yankee Stadium in New York. Kneeling are, from left, linebacker Harland Svare, middle guard Sam Huff and back Cliff Livingston. Standing, from left, are backs Carl Karilivacz, Jim Patton, Emlen Tunnell, linebacker Bill Svoboda, back Lindon Crow and Landry. Huff, the hard-hitting Hall of Fame linebacker who helped the Giants reach six NFL title games from the mid-1950s to the early 1960s and later became a popular player and announcer in Washington, died Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021. He was 87. (AP Photo/John Lindsay, File)

FILE -New York Giants' linebacker Sam Huff, left, tackles Green Bay Packers' Jim Taylor (31) during an NFL football game in Green Bay, Wis., Sept. 4, 1962. The Packers won, 20-17. Huff, the hard-hitting Hall of Fame linebacker who helped the Giants reach six NFL title games from the mid-1950s to the early 1960s and later became a popular player and announcer in Washington, died Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021. He was 87. (AP Photo, File)

FILE - Former New York Giants linebacker Sam Huff waves to the fans as he stands behind his Hall of Fame bust during the halftime show of an NFL football game between the Giants and the Denver Broncos on Sept. 15, 2013, in East Rutherford, N.J. Huff, the hard-hitting Hall of Fame linebacker who helped the Giants reach six NFL title games from the mid-1950s to the early 1960s and later became a popular player and announcer in Washington, died Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021. He was 87. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun File)

Hard-hitting Hall of Fame linebacker Sam Huff dies at 87