Harald Hasselbach

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Harald Hasselbach
No. 96
Position:Defensive end
Personal information
Born:(1967-09-22)22 September 1967
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died:23 November 2023(2023-11-23) (aged 56)
Parker, Colorado, U.S.
Height:6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Weight:285 lb (129 kg)
Career information
High school:South Delta (Delta, BC, Canada)
College:Washington
CFL Draft:1989 / Round: 5 / Pick: 34
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR

Harald Hasselbach (22 September 1967 – 23 November 2023) was a Dutch gridiron football player who was a defensive end in the Canadian Football League (CFL) and National Football League (NFL). He played seven seasons in the NFL for the Denver Broncos from 1994 to 2000, winning two Super Bowls, including a start in Super Bowl XXXIII.[1][2] Previously, he played four seasons for the Calgary Stampeders of the CFL, winning the 80th Grey Cup in 1992.[3] He played college football for the Washington Huskies after attending high school near Vancouver.

Career

In five years of college football for Washington and backing up Dennis Brown and Steve Emtman, he only appeared in four plays, including a tackle of Emmitt Smith. He talked the Philadelphia Eagles out of drafting him in the 1990 NFL draft because he had already signed with Calgary. He then went on to play four seasons in the CFL (two as an all-star). At Calgary, defensive line coach Tom Higgins helped mold his talent before he engaged in a 14-team bidding war for his services.[4]

After Denver won his services for what would become seven seasons from 1994 through 2000, he tallied 154 tackles, 29 regular season starts and a start in Super Bowl XXXIII.[4] He had 17.5 NFL-career quarterback sacks and four forced fumbles (see career highlights below).[5] He never missed a game (regular or playoff) in his seven-year tenure (121 games) in Denver.[6] This total included nine NFL playoff games and starts in all three playoff games when Denver repeated as Super Bowl Champs in Super Bowl XXXIII, where he recorded two tackles against Atlanta.[7] He is one of at least ten players to have won a Grey Cup and a Super Bowl.[6]

In 2016, he was inducted into the British Columbia Football Hall of Fame.[1] He was a defensive line coach at Regis Jesuit High School at the time of his death.[6]

Personal life

Hasselbach was born in Amsterdam on 22 September 1967,[8] to a Dutch father and a Surinamese mother. His father was an agricultural engineer and the family moved frequently; he grew up in the Netherlands, Indonesia, Kenya, and Canada. Hasselbach's older brother Ernst-Paul (1965–2008) was a television presenter.[9] He attended high school at South Delta Secondary School in Delta in Metro Vancouver.[10][1] He and his son Terran, who played college football at Colorado[11] were in a near-fatal car accident when Terran was a high school freshman.[12]

Hasselbach died of mucinous adenocarcinoma on 23 November 2023, at the age of 56.[13]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Hasselbach among B.C. Football Hall of Fame inductees". 4 November 2016.
  2. ^ "Super Bowl XXXIII – Denver Broncos vs. Atlanta Falcons – January 31st, 1999". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  3. ^ "THE RING BEARERS: SUPER BOWL AND GREY CUP WINNING PLAYERS". CFL Alumni Association. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  4. ^ a b Raley, Dan (3 February 2021). "How Hasselbach Turned Himself into an NFL Player after UW Miss". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Former Broncos DL Harald Hasselbach, two-time Super Bowl champion, dies at 56 after fighting cancer". NFL. Associated Press. 23 November 2023. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  6. ^ a b c Schefter, Adam (23 November 2023). "Broncos' two-time Super Bowl champ Harald Hasselbach dies at 56". ESPN. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  7. ^ Cwik, Chris (23 November 2023). "Former UW Husky lineman Harald Hasselbach, who won two Super Bowls with Broncos, dead at 56". KIRO-TV. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  8. ^ "Harald Hasselbach". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  9. ^ "Robinson-presentator en Vlaamse assistente komen om bij opnames '71 Graden Noord'". De Morgen. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  10. ^ Willard, Heather (23 November 2023). "Back-to-back Broncos Super Bowl champ Harald Hasselbach dies at 56". KDVR. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  11. ^ Raley, Dan (23 November 2023). "Cancer Claims Hasselbach, Little-Used Husky Turned NFL Starter". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  12. ^ "96 Terran Hasselbach". Colorado Buffaloes. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  13. ^ Klis, Mike (23 November 2023). "Former Bronco Harald Hasselbach dies at 56". KUSA (TV). Retrieved 23 November 2023.

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