April 23, 2004
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Edited From ABCNEWS-
Pat Tillman, a 27-year-old former NFL player who swapped a glamorous football career to enlist in the U.S. Army, has been killed in direct action during a firefight in Afghanistan.
A former member of the Arizona Cardinals, Tillman, along with his brother Kevin, enrolled with the U.S. Army Rangers after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.
Tillman, an unrestricted free agent, spurned a $9 million, five-year offer sheet from the St. Louis Rams in 2001 to join the Army.
The 5-foot-11, 200-pound Tillman was an exceptional student with a 3.84 grade point average through college and graduated summa cum laude with a degree in marketing.
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