The Passing of Former Bills QB Jack Kemp and the Sad Reality I Faced

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Published: May 2, 2009

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... Jack Kemp passed away. The details are yet to be revealed although his battle with cancer has been well documented.

For those of you who might not be familiar with Jack Kemp's career, he was one of the finer quarterbacks during the original days of the American Football League.

He was a seven time AFL All-Star (the equivalent to today's Pro Bowl), the AFL MVP of 1965, and a two-time AFL Champion (1964-65), winning the 1965 AFL Championship's MVP award.

He later carried the success he achieved during his football career into the world of politics.

While many of us sports fans knew Jack Kemp as the Buffalo Bills' quarterback, many other people knew Mr. Kemp as a long-time member of the House of Representatives and a man who served as the United States' Secretary of Urban Housing and Development under former president George H.W. Bush.

His contributions to the sport of football were only exceeded by his time and devotion in the political w...

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