Mongo has passed

jlzinck · 04-23-2025, 06:46 PM

https://www.nfl.com/news/hall-of-fam...attle-with-als

ALS is horrible

Siberian13 · 04-23-2025, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by jlzinck

https://www.nfl.com/news/hall-of-fam...attle-with-als

ALS is horrible

Yeah can’t imagine what the family goes through watching the decline. RIP Mongo

49erRCCollector · 04-23-2025, 07:39 PM

So sad. RIP.

bojesphob · 04-24-2025, 06:40 AM

One of my grandmothers passed back in the early 90s from ALS. Looks like he was at about the same point she was when she passed based on the one picture in the story. At least with my grandmother, she was getting extremely frustrated that she had more and more trouble communicating - she had lost the ability to speak early on, and at the end, she could no longer move enough to be able to write, and she could only move her eyes. She had said to my grandfather that once she got to that point, she didn't think she could continue, and it was shortly after that she passed. From her own words, it's like you're slowly being trapped inside of your own body, and you become an observer of things around you and not an active participant. I would imagine many people who have it lose their mind after a while, and it's amazing that Hawking survived as long as he did with it (he's the only person who have ever "survived" the disease). Definitely hope for quick healing for the family.

Grid · 04-24-2025, 07:57 AM

McMichael was a good guy. I'd hang out at his place in Joliet doing signings before he got sick. I knew him for the better part of 20 years.

I'm hearing from those close to him, that when things got bad last week. And they brought him back home from the hospital once they stabilized him. That its been a steady stream of friends dropping by to say their good buys. So most of those that loved him, had some closure.

RIP Bam Bam!

ThatGuyPal · 04-24-2025, 08:01 AM

Weird how people rush to be “first” to post news like this but RIP Mongo. Entertained me in WCW not knowing his football days

Grid · 04-24-2025, 08:43 AM

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Originally Posted by ThatGuyPal

Weird how people rush to be “first” to post news like this but RIP Mongo. Entertained me in WCW not knowing his football days

Weird that someone like you would want to throw shade. That a football fan would post the death of a Hall of Fame player. In a football message board.

The fact that you dont know anything about his "football days"l. Maybe means you shouldn't be the one posting in here?

Stifle · 04-24-2025, 09:00 AM

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Originally Posted by jlzinck

https://www.nfl.com/news/hall-of-fam...attle-with-als

ALS is horrible

Seems like the odds of ALS for NFL players is skyrocketing even with rules on helmet to helmet.

jlzinck · 04-24-2025, 09:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Stifle

Seems like the odds of ALS for NFL players is skyrocketing even with rules on helmet to helmet.

Strange even for you

Grid · 04-24-2025, 09:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Stifle

Seems like the odds of ALS for NFL players is skyrocketing even with rules on helmet to helmet.

You do understand, that McMichael played from 1980-1994. And helmet to helmet was not illegal at all during his time. Right?

If the odds were skyrocketing for players that played over the past 25 years. Compared to those prior. Your post would make sense. But that is not whats happening.

Asian62150 · 04-24-2025, 09:32 AM

RIP Mongo.

Had maybe the biggest personality on a team filled with them.

fungi2510 · 04-24-2025, 11:45 AM

Mongo lived a life that I think most would be very proud of. Playing in the league over a decade, joining professional wrestling, coaching a professional team, and getting paid to talk sports. What a life.

I find it interesting and maybe a bit refreshing that most are referring to this disease as ALS, no longer calling it mostly Lou Gehrig's disease. I believe it helps in the fight. I hope a cure can be found, because as others have stated, this is a terrible disease that isn't rivaled by many.

RIP Mongo

erock28 · 04-24-2025, 12:21 PM

RIP Mongo from a Packer fan/bitter rival. Fun player to watch with a nasty mean streak on the field. ALS and Alzheimers have to be the worst of the diseases...

bojesphob · 04-24-2025, 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Stifle

Seems like the odds of ALS for NFL players is skyrocketing even with rules on helmet to helmet.

Now, the statistics may have changed a lot since the early 90s (I haven't looked them up since), but when my grandmother passed from it, the doctors told the family that the highest rates for ALS were former football players and nurses. Not sure what the connection is for the two (as I wouldn't imagine that nurses would get a lot of head trauma), but she was career long baby nurse at the hospital with newborns.

daveyc1 · 04-24-2025, 12:42 PM

it is a terrible shame what he has been through the last few years.

slyguy · 04-24-2025, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by bojesphob

...wouldn't imagine that nurses would get a lot of head trauma...

Kinda asking for jokes there, man.

...RIP to a good player. Glad he got HOF, that'll be impactful to his family.

yoyosh · 04-24-2025, 01:59 PM

Met him at a Chicago area health club opening when I was a kid, he was super cool

Dallas Cowboys · 04-24-2025, 03:43 PM

Rest in peace.
Crazy I just bought his PSA certified 1990 Pro Set autograph for my Hall of Fame collection on the 17th. Should be here Saturday.

TheHeel · 04-24-2025, 03:44 PM

I am happy he finally passed due to the suffering he and his family endured. RIP, Mongo.

Retired hobbist · 04-25-2025, 04:31 PM

He was almost a forgotten man in that loaded 85 Bears defense. If McMahon wasn't cheap shot in 86' I think the Bears would have rolled to a back to back championship and the Bears team would have become a legendary dynasty in the SB era.

Sad news...

Jed Clampett · 04-27-2025, 04:13 PM

Mongo was a big
Part of the BEST defense of all time

tjforce · 04-27-2025, 06:05 PM

So happy that the powers that be decided to put him in the HOF before it was all over.

Guy lived a heck of a life.

Soxrule111 · 04-29-2025, 09:22 AM

RIP to a Legend

thenwhatjk · 04-29-2025, 09:43 AM

It’s the 2016 NFL draft and I’m working transportation logistics. The Chicago 6, the band that featured Mongo and Dan Hampton and a few other guys from the 85 Bears are playing a set in Grant Park. Mongo comes up to me and asks if he can park his RV in my area all day, which should have been a hard no, but it’s Mongo, so I oblige.

They play their afternoon set and load their gear out and are gone. Many many hours later, probably 10 or 11pm I am wrapping up my work day and walking down Columbus Ave in Chicago to release all the the livery drivers I’m in charge of for the night, and I discover the RV is still there. I tell a couple of the drivers the story from earlier in the day and as we head towards the RV, you can see it is rocking back and forth quite a bit. I forget if they heard us outside or if somebody laughed or something, but the lights were on inside with significant condensation on the windows, and a hand emerges and snatched the blinds shut. Ostensibly, he and his lady had been getting after it potentially many hours. My other work anecdotes from that weekend were having a 20 minute conversation with Carson Wentz’s dad after he got drafted and Mike Ditka leaving a still lit cigar on my desk (which lives in my garage to this day) but Mongo’s RV lovin’ took the cake

04-23-2025, 06:46 PM	#1
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04-23-2025, 07:39 PM	#3
49erRCCollector Member Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 12,270	So sad. RIP. __________________ Will MASSIVELY overpay for: 2002 Fleer Authentix #180, 181 Derek Smith & Zack Bronson AND 2007 Upper Deck Target Exclusive Rookies Autographs #261 Joe Staley #'d to /5

04-24-2025, 09:32 AM	#11
Asian62150 Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Posts: 6,213 Asian62150	RIP Mongo. Had maybe the biggest personality on a team filled with them. __________________ IG: Asian62150

04-24-2025, 11:45 AM	#12
fungi2510 Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 10,025 mkeil1980 fungi2510	Mongo lived a life that I think most would be very proud of. Playing in the league over a decade, joining professional wrestling, coaching a professional team, and getting paid to talk sports. What a life. I find it interesting and maybe a bit refreshing that most are referring to this disease as ALS, no longer calling it mostly Lou Gehrig's disease. I believe it helps in the fight. I hope a cure can be found, because as others have stated, this is a terrible disease that isn't rivaled by many. RIP Mongo __________________ Check Out My Cards ID = fungi2510 Check me out on Sport Lots. http://www.sportlots.com/inven/invenbin/dealerpage.tpl?dealer=dmkeil02

04-24-2025, 03:44 PM	#19
TheHeel Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 15,411	I am happy he finally passed due to the suffering he and his family endured. RIP, Mongo. __________________ 48,230, 52,879, 40,400, 4,780 Pending Deals:

04-24-2025, 06:40 AM	#4
bojesphob Member Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 3,671 bojesphob	One of my grandmothers passed back in the early 90s from ALS. Looks like he was at about the same point she was when she passed based on the one picture in the story. At least with my grandmother, she was getting extremely frustrated that she had more and more trouble communicating - she had lost the ability to speak early on, and at the end, she could no longer move enough to be able to write, and she could only move her eyes. She had said to my grandfather that once she got to that point, she didn't think she could continue, and it was shortly after that she passed. From her own words, it's like you're slowly being trapped inside of your own body, and you become an observer of things around you and not an active participant. I would imagine many people who have it lose their mind after a while, and it's amazing that Hawking survived as long as he did with it (he's the only person who have ever "survived" the disease). Definitely hope for quick healing for the family.

04-24-2025, 07:57 AM	#5
Grid Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Chicago Posts: 12,895 Gridiron-Gladiators	McMichael was a good guy. I'd hang out at his place in Joliet doing signings before he got sick. I knew him for the better part of 20 years. I'm hearing from those close to him, that when things got bad last week. And they brought him back home from the hospital once they stabilized him. That its been a steady stream of friends dropping by to say their good buys. So most of those that loved him, had some closure. RIP Bam Bam!

04-24-2025, 08:01 AM	#6
ThatGuyPal Member Join Date: Jan 2021 Posts: 3,749	Weird how people rush to be “first” to post news like this but RIP Mongo. Entertained me in WCW not knowing his football days

04-24-2025, 12:21 PM	#13
erock28 Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Oak Creek, WI Posts: 2,411 topnotchcards28	RIP Mongo from a Packer fan/bitter rival. Fun player to watch with a nasty mean streak on the field. ALS and Alzheimers have to be the worst of the diseases...

04-24-2025, 12:42 PM	#15
daveyc1 Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: maine Posts: 1,739	it is a terrible shame what he has been through the last few years.

04-24-2025, 01:59 PM	#17
yoyosh Member Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: USA Posts: 4,314 partyauctions yoyosh	Met him at a Chicago area health club opening when I was a kid, he was super cool

04-24-2025, 03:43 PM	#18
Dallas Cowboys Member Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: Amarillo, Texas Posts: 1,043 joyboy23 legolas27	Rest in peace. Crazy I just bought his PSA certified 1990 Pro Set autograph for my Hall of Fame collection on the 17th. Should be here Saturday.

04-25-2025, 04:31 PM	#20
Retired hobbist Member Join Date: Feb 2021 Posts: 1,440	He was almost a forgotten man in that loaded 85 Bears defense. If McMahon wasn't cheap shot in 86' I think the Bears would have rolled to a back to back championship and the Bears team would have become a legendary dynasty in the SB era. Sad news...

04-27-2025, 04:13 PM	#21
Jed Clampett Member Join Date: Aug 2022 Posts: 464	Mongo was a big Part of the BEST defense of all time

04-27-2025, 06:05 PM	#22
tjforce Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 22,991	So happy that the powers that be decided to put him in the HOF before it was all over. Guy lived a heck of a life. __________________ "Whether you like it or not, learn to love it, because it’s the best thing going. Wooooo!"

04-29-2025, 09:22 AM	#23
Soxrule111 Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: DeKalb Posts: 14,324 Soxrule111	RIP to a Legend __________________ Texans Future Super Bowl Champions Check my COMC Port, Selling my Collection in 2025. Making Progress, down to about 1,660 Cards but 10% off right now and lowering cards all week through the sale

04-29-2025, 09:43 AM	#24
thenwhatjk Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Berrrrrrwyyyyn IL Posts: 9,071 thenwhatjk	It’s the 2016 NFL draft and I’m working transportation logistics. The Chicago 6, the band that featured Mongo and Dan Hampton and a few other guys from the 85 Bears are playing a set in Grant Park. Mongo comes up to me and asks if he can park his RV in my area all day, which should have been a hard no, but it’s Mongo, so I oblige. They play their afternoon set and load their gear out and are gone. Many many hours later, probably 10 or 11pm I am wrapping up my work day and walking down Columbus Ave in Chicago to release all the the livery drivers I’m in charge of for the night, and I discover the RV is still there. I tell a couple of the drivers the story from earlier in the day and as we head towards the RV, you can see it is rocking back and forth quite a bit. I forget if they heard us outside or if somebody laughed or something, but the lights were on inside with significant condensation on the windows, and a hand emerges and snatched the blinds shut. Ostensibly, he and his lady had been getting after it potentially many hours. My other work anecdotes from that weekend were having a 20 minute conversation with Carson Wentz’s dad after he got drafted and Mike Ditka leaving a still lit cigar on my desk (which lives in my garage to this day) but Mongo’s RV lovin’ took the cake __________________ White Sox. Oilers/Titans. Bears. Bulls.