Junction Boys Jack Pardee Passes

Former NFL player and coach Jack Pardee died on Monday at the age of 76 after a fight with gall bladder cancer. Pardee, one of the famed "Junction Boys" of Texas A&M, touched the lives of many. Texas A&M athletic director Eric Hyman said, "Not only did we lose a Texas A&M legend today, we lost a man who was a legend at every level of football."


Pardee was married for 50 years to Phyllis Lane Perryman and had five children and 12 grandchildren. Pardee's youngest son, Ted, is the color commentator for the Houston Cougars football radio broadcasts.

In November 2012, Pardee was diagnosed with gallbladder cancer and was reported by his family that he only had six to nine more months to live,[4] The cancer had spread to other organs, and Pardee moved to a Denver hospice. The cancer killed him on April 1 two weeks before his 77th birthday.[5]

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