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Put Niland and Green in the ROH
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John Niland is one of my all-time favorite Cowboys. As a boy, I remember big old 76 sweeping out to clear the field for backs like Calvin Hill and Duane Thomas. Since I joined this site, I have placed it under my avatar that he belongs in the Ring Of Honor.
I haven’t seen any news stories posted about this, but I am Facebook friends with him and I just saw this posted on his Facebook page. Mods, I didn’t know how to put this in a format with a link, but you can go to John’s Facebook page to verify the accuracy of this.
This is heartbreaking for me. Another one of my boyhood heroes has gone.
The information below is copied and pasted from Facebook
John Hugh Niland
February 29, 1944 - August 15, 2026
On August 15, 2026 at 7:20am, John Niland of Amityville, New York passed away in his home in McKinney, Texas with his family.
John will become a Legacy Donor, as his brain will be donated to the Boston University CTE Center to be studied and shed light on the affects of professional sports on the human body. You can read and support their amazing work at www.bu.edu/cte/.
In lieu of cards, please email photos, videos, stories and memories to [email protected] so the family can have these things forever.
Thank you to the millions of friends and fans that have supported, cheered on and loved our John just as much as we did.
The Niland family requests privacy at this time. Celebration of Life services to be announced.
I haven’t seen any news stories posted about this, but I am Facebook friends with him and I just saw this posted on his Facebook page. Mods, I didn’t know how to put this in a format with a link, but you can go to John’s Facebook page to verify the accuracy of this.
This is heartbreaking for me. Another one of my boyhood heroes has gone.
The information below is copied and pasted from Facebook
John Hugh Niland
February 29, 1944 - August 15, 2026
On August 15, 2026 at 7:20am, John Niland of Amityville, New York passed away in his home in McKinney, Texas with his family.
John will become a Legacy Donor, as his brain will be donated to the Boston University CTE Center to be studied and shed light on the affects of professional sports on the human body. You can read and support their amazing work at www.bu.edu/cte/.
In lieu of cards, please email photos, videos, stories and memories to [email protected] so the family can have these things forever.
Thank you to the millions of friends and fans that have supported, cheered on and loved our John just as much as we did.
The Niland family requests privacy at this time. Celebration of Life services to be announced.
Rest in Peace, Mr. John Niland.
