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DENVER (AP) - Former NFL halfback and Colorado State University football and track star Alex Burl Jr. has died at age 78.
His family says Burl died in Denver last week after a heart attack.
CSU says a memorial service is planned Thursday. The Army veteran is to be buried at Fort Logan National Cemetery.
Burl was the first black athlete in CSU history to win the Nye Trophy, presented annually to the institution's most outstanding male athlete.
Burl qualified for the 1952 U.S. Olympic trials in track at age 19. In 1954, the Chicago Cardinals selected him in the NFL draft.
Burl later coached football, cross-country, and track and field for Denver Public Schools.
His grandson, Davis Burl, is a linebacker at Colorado State.
His family says Burl died in Denver last week after a heart attack.
CSU says a memorial service is planned Thursday. The Army veteran is to be buried at Fort Logan National Cemetery.
Burl was the first black athlete in CSU history to win the Nye Trophy, presented annually to the institution's most outstanding male athlete.
Burl qualified for the 1952 U.S. Olympic trials in track at age 19. In 1954, the Chicago Cardinals selected him in the NFL draft.
Burl later coached football, cross-country, and track and field for Denver Public Schools.
His grandson, Davis Burl, is a linebacker at Colorado State.
