# Tony Siragusa dead at 55 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** football-nfl\ **Created:** [June 22, 2022, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tony-siragusa-dead-at-55/966654 "2022-06-22T21:05:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2022, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tony-siragusa-dead-at-55/966654/1 "2022-06-22T21:05:50Z")
[Tony Siragusa dies at 55: Former Colts and Ravens DT, nicknamed ‘Goose’, won Super Bowl with Baltimore](https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/tony-siragusa-dies-at-55-former-colts-and-ravens-dt-nicknamed-goose-won-super-bowl-with-baltimore/#:~:text=Former%20NFL%20defensive%20tackle%20Tony,with%20the%20Ravens%20in%201997.) Wow. Only 55 years old. He died in his sleep. ETA: did anyone have him in the [2022 Celebrity Death Pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443)? 45 points! ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2022, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tony-siragusa-dead-at-55/966654/2 "2022-06-23T20:43:24Z")
I sat next to him on a plane once around 10 to 15 years ago. It was after his playing days, he was doing broadcasting work at the time. He was a very big man, but very friendly and talkative. I enjoyed our 2 hour chat. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2022, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tony-siragusa-dead-at-55/966654/3 "2022-06-24T02:36:26Z")
That’s a shame, he seemed like a nice guy. Also always seemed out of breath just standing there when on broadcasts so I can’t say I’m surprised. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2022, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tony-siragusa-dead-at-55/966654/4 "2022-06-24T03:02:22Z")
Yeah, he’d been a very large man for a very long time. Not judging, but carrying 300+ pounds around 24/7 for the majority of your life has got to wear your body down quick, and then the _extreme_ wear and tear of playing professional football for a dozen years on top of that! Even as a very large man, his important internal parts still aren’t all that much larger than yours or mine. That aside, sad to see. Seemed like a genuinely nice, good man. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2022, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tony-siragusa-dead-at-55/966654/5 "2022-06-24T13:49:46Z")
I wasn’t fan of his. Not that I disliked him, I just didn’t care either way. But I was moved by some of the sentiments I read. And wow, he was only 55. Each day we have. It’s a blessing. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2022, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tony-siragusa-dead-at-55/966654/6 "2022-06-24T13:51:48Z")
I liked him a lot. I _hate_ the 2000 Ravens, but he seemed like a good guy. I’m very sorry to hear of his passing. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2022, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tony-siragusa-dead-at-55/966654/7 "2022-06-24T16:29:08Z")
He was a good sideline guy for game broadcasts. Knowledgeable and engaging. As a player, he’ll never get a pass for his dirty takedown of Rich Gannon in the 2000 season AFC championship game. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2022, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tony-siragusa-dead-at-55/966654/8 "2022-06-24T19:51:46Z")
I’m a little bit biased; I hate the Ravens but love the Colts. And I was _very_ annoyed by the fact that every time he opened his mouth on a broadcast, there was a graphic that said “The Voice of Tony Siragusa”. If his agent negotiated that, he should be dragged out into the street. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2022, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tony-siragusa-dead-at-55/966654/9 "2022-06-24T21:24:00Z")
[Here is that play.](https://youtu.be/C__R2dGa6qs&t=30s) The commentator speaking is a former QB, so he’s not sharing a purely objective viewpoint. Before Gannon went down, that Raiders offense was practically unstoppable. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2022, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tony-siragusa-dead-at-55/966654/10 "2022-06-24T22:57:08Z")
Eh… looks a lot more like an ungainly fat guy tackle, than anything meant to be injurious. At any rate, he certainly didn’t lower the boom on him, like say… [Howie Long did in this video.](https://youtu.be/0ylm1Qlx8sA?t=39) ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2022, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tony-siragusa-dead-at-55/966654/11 "2022-06-25T02:04:42Z")
Siragusa’s father died at 48 from a heart attack.