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Joseph Lawrence Roth (May 29, 1955 – February 19, 1977) was a college football player and All-American quarterback for the California Golden Bears. Roth played the 1976 season knowing he was dying of melanoma ; he died in February 1977, three months after his last regular season game and just weeks after playing an all-star game in Japan.
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But what only Coach White and Joe Roth’s closest friends knew was that he was hiding a terrible secret: He was dying from melanoma, an especially vicious cancer of the skin. And the memory of his stoicism and courage in fighting that lonely battle still moves them to tears, 40 years later.
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Oct 12, 2018 · Every year since 1977, Cal has designated the home football game against either USC or UCLA in memory of Joe Roth. Four decades after his death, for one Saturday a year, the memory of a man whose talents were snuffed out by cancer will be celebrated by generations who never saw him play.
Oct 27, 2015 · Joe Roth died 34 days after playing his last game, the Japan Bowl. It was Feb. 19, 1977, and he was 21. Since that day, Bay Area sports fans have been waiting for a Hollywood feature or...
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Jul 19, 2023 · No. 20: Joe Roth. Cal Sports Connection: Roth led Cal to an 8-3 record and Pac-8 co-title in 1975 and finished ninth in the Heisman Trophy voting in '76 despite secretly battling melanoma.
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Feb 19, 2007 · Encased behind plexiglas, Cal quarterback Joe Roth's locker remains as it was in 1977 at Memorial Stadium in Berkeley, Calif. on Wednesday, February 14, 2007. The star quarterback died of...
The authorized documentary about Joe Roth, the late Cal All-American quarterback.
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