Former Syracuse and Denver Broncos great Floyd Little is battling cancer.
The Pro Football Hall of Fame running back “was recently diagnosed with a treatable but aggressive form of cancer. No doubt it will be the toughest fight of his life,” Pat Killorin, who played for Syracuse in the 1960s, wrote on the Friends of Floyd page.
A GoFundme has been set up in hopes of raising $250,000 to defray costs of the medical treatment for Little, 77, who lives in Las Vegas. As of this writing, more than $11,000 had been raised.
Floyd Little, #44, 3-time All America Running Back and College Football Hall of Famer from Syracuse University, and Pro Football Hall of Famer from the Denver Broncos, known for his generosity on and off the gridiron, is now confronting a challenge common to many sports fans. The challenge of cancer.
Floyd was recently diagnosed with a treatable but aggressive form of cancer. No doubt it will be the toughest fight of his life.
… Floyd has a wide community of support who expressed the desire to support him in prayer and in the expense of his cancer treatment. So we created this Friends of Floyd (“FOF”) Page with the permission of the Little Family to receive words of encouragement and to solicit funds to offset the financial burden this journey will take on Floyd and his family. We believe the last thing we want our friend Floyd to do is to worry about this expense or to give up in order to avoid it.
We don’t believe Floyd should have to make these kinds of choices when his focus must be on becoming the next cancer survivor we all celebrate.
Join FOF in supporting Floyd Little with a seed of love. No amount is too small or too large. Lets help Floyd sprint to the finish line. Lets help him finish this race strong.
Little was a three-time All-American at Syracuse from 1964-66. A bronze statue of Little stands outside the football team’s practice facility next to the two legendary running backs who preceded him: Jim Brown and Ernie Davis. Little chose to attend Syracuse, keeping a promise he made to Davis before Davis died of leukemia at age 23.
Little was selected sixth overall in the 1967 combined AFL-NFL draft by the Broncos, going from the Syracuse Orange to the Denver orange. He spent his entire nine-year career with the franchise and rushed for 6,323 yards and 43 touchdowns. Little led the NFL in rushing yards (1,133) and yards from scrimmage (1,388) in 1971. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2010.
Little and his wife, DeBorah, now live in Las Vegas.