AMERICANALMANAC (Jack Newsome) - Ernie Accorsi, the NFL GM who drafted Elway and traded for Eli Manning, dead at 84
Ernie Accorsi, the bold NFL general manager whose defiant draft picks and franchise-altering trades shaped decades of professional football, has died at 84 after a brief battle with cancer. The New York Giants announced Sunday morning that Accorsi "passed away peacefully Saturday while surrounded by the love of his family." Accorsi served as GM of […] The post Ernie Accorsi, the NFL GM who drafted Elway and traded for Eli Manning, dead at 84 appeared first on American Almanac .
Ernie Accorsi, the bold NFL general manager whose defiant draft picks and franchise-altering trades shaped decades of professional football, has died at 84 after a brief battle with cancer. The New York Giants announced Sunday morning that Accorsi "passed away peacefully Saturday while surrounded by the love of his family." Accorsi served as GM of three storied franchises, the Baltimore Colts, the Cleveland Browns, and the Giants, compiling 143 wins and engineering one of the most consequential trades in league history when he acquired quarterback Eli Manning in 2004. Giants co-owner and team president John Mara issued a statement praising the man who reshaped the franchise's trajectory: "Ernie helped shape the course of New York…Open