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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 · Three months to the day after his last game as the Bears’ quarterback, Joe Roth was dead. A recurrence of melanoma, identified that September, sprinted through his body, ravaging it to the point where doctors suggested the amputation of one, and then both of his legs.
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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The authorized documentary about Joe Roth, the late Cal All-American quarterback.
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....
