Former Raiders QB Ken Stabler dies at age 69

JUL 09, 2015 5:55p ET


Former Oakland Raiders quarterback Ken Stabler died due to complications from colon cancer on Wednesday, his family announced on Thursday.

Stabler quietly battled Stage 4 colon cancer since being diagnosed in February 2015.

Stabler's brain and spinal cord were donated to Boston University's Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center to support research for degenerative brain disease in athletes.

The four-time Pro Bowler, nicknamed "The Snake," played for three different teams during his 15-year career, but is best known for his time with the Oakland Raiders throughout the 1970s. He led the league in touchdown passes in 1974 and 1976 and was the man under center when the Silver and Black won Super Bowl XI.

Stabler was a second-round pick of the Raiders out of Alabama in 1968, but didn't get on the field until 1970. He played 10 seasons in Oakland before spending two with the Houston Oilers and three with the New Orleans Saints.

The Tuscaloosa News published a report on Thursday, stating that Stabler had passed away at the age of 69. However, minutes later, the News went back on its story

http://www.foxsports.com/nfl/story/oakla...-69-070915

Good reminder that we in our middle age and later years should be getting our screening colonoscopies.

(07-09-2015 08:24 PM)glacier_dropsy Wrote:  Good reminder that we in our middle age and later years should be getting our screening colonoscopies.

I started doing mine at 35. They're pretty easy. No reason to avoid them.

I have a long family history of Colon Cancer. I get the so-called "Roto-Rooter" exam every two years.