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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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Oct 12, 2018 · By John Hickey. October 12, 2018. It’s been 40 years since Jack Clark was in a huddle with Joe Roth, the left tackle and the star quarterback both tasked with moving the California Golden Bear offense down the field. Someone on the offensive line, not Clark, had just jumped offside, costing the Bears five yards.
Oct 26, 2015 · 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.
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...
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Jul 19, 2023 · The Cal 100: No. 20 -- Joe Roth. The quarterback became a legend after secretly playing his final season of 1976 while deadly cancer ate away at his body. Jeff Faraudo. Jul 19, 2023 1:53 PM...
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Oct 27, 2015 · Cal bears fans Phil Schaaf and Bob Rider collaborated on a documentary about Joe Roth, the star quarterback for the Bears who died of cancer in 1977, just days after playing his final game.
As the college football season approaches, it behooves us to recall Joe Roth (1955-1977), the University of California, Berkeley, star quarterback in the mid-1970s, and perhaps the most famous athlete to die of melanoma. 1, 2 His story demonstrates extreme personal courage and dramatically documents changes in melanoma diagnosis and management.
