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Bob Avellini, who quarterbacked the Chicago Bears through some of the greatest seasons of Walter Payton’s career and helped the team make the playoffs in 1977, has died. He was 70.
A team official on Saturday night confirmed Avellini’s death and said he had been battling cancer.
“Bob was one of a kind, a fierce and tough competitor,” the team said in a statement Sunday.
Bob avellini biography
“He’s perhaps best remembered for leading the Bears on an improbable run in 1977 to our first postseason appearance in 14 years. He will be missed.”
The Bears selected Avellini, a native of Queens in New York City, in the sixth round out of Maryland in the 1975 NFL draft, the same class that produced Payton.
Avellini started the final four games of his rookie season, passing for 268 yards and three touchdowns in a 42-17 victory over the New Orleans Saints to close the year.
Avellini’s experience at the end of that season helped him earn the starting job in 1976, whe