{"id":4688,"date":"2011-03-21T15:38:06","date_gmt":"2011-03-21T19:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/?p=4688"},"modified":"2011-03-21T15:38:06","modified_gmt":"2011-03-21T19:38:06","slug":"former-oilers%e2%80%99-wr-drew-hill-dies-at-54","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/?p=4688","title":{"rendered":"Former Oilers\u2019 WR Drew Hill Dies At 54"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ATLANTA, Ga. \u2014 Former NFL wide receiver <strong>Drew Hill<\/strong>, a two-time Pro Bowler who was a key part of the Houston Oilers\u2019 famed \u201cRun and Shoot\u201d offense of the 1980s, died at an Atlanta hospital late Friday after suffering two massive strokes, according to his agent.<\/p>\n<p>Piedmont Hospital spokesman <strong>Jim Taylor<\/strong> on Saturday confirmed the 54-year-old <strong>Hill\u2019s<\/strong> death.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hill <\/strong>fell ill on a golf course on Thursday and died late Friday after suffering the strokes, said his agent, Jay Mathis of Next Level Management.<\/p>\n<p>A 12th round pick from Georgia Tech in 1979, <strong>Hill<\/strong> played for the Los Angeles Rams from 1979 to 1984, for the Oilers from 1985 to 1991, and for the Atlanta Falcons for the 1992 and 1993 seasons.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m shocked,\u201d former Oilers quarterback <strong>Warren Moon<\/strong> told the Houston Chronicle. \u201cI can\u2019t believe it. <strong>Drew<\/strong> meant so much to us as a player and as a person. I counted on him so much. He was the consummate professional. It\u2019s just so sad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hill<\/strong> had 634 receptions for 9,831 yards and 60 touchdowns, averaging 15.5 yards per catch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ATLANTA, Ga. \u2014 Former NFL wide receiver Drew Hill, a two-time Pro Bowler who was a key part of the Houston Oilers\u2019 famed \u201cRun and Shoot\u201d offense of the 1980s, died at an Atlanta hospital late Friday after suffering two massive strokes, according to his agent. Piedmont Hospital spokesman Jim Taylor on Saturday confirmed the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":210,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/210"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4688\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}