It was 20 years ago, on April 22, 2004, that Tillman was killed at age 27 by friendly fire in a firefight in Spera, Afghanistan, as part of the U.S. Army Second Ranger Battalion.
"I don't look at that as defying what I said," his Leland High football coach said of one line-stepping interaction with Tillman. "I look at it as his approach to the way he lived his life and the way he played the game."
"I don't look at that as defying what I said," his Leland High football coach said of one line-stepping interaction with Tillman. "I look at it as his approach to the way he lived his life and the way he played the game."
"I don't look at that as defying what I said," his Leland High football coach said of one line-stepping interaction with Tillman. "I look at it as his approach to the way he lived his life and the way he played the game."