After the horrors of 9/11, defensive back Pat Tillman gave up a successful and lucrative NFL career to enlist in the Army and defend his country. Tragically, he was killed in a friendly fire incident in Afghanistan in 2004. He posthumously received the Silver Star and Purple Heart medals.
But his memory lives on in the form of the Pat Tillman Award, which was created in 2014 and is “given to a person with a strong connection to sports who has served others in a way that echoes the legacy of the former NFL player and U.S. Army Ranger, Pat Tillman,” according to ESPN.
This year, ESPN decided to name… Prince Harry as the recipient. Tillman’s mother is extremely upset with the choice.
Mary Tillman said she was never consulted by the sports network to give the Duke of Sussex the Pat Tillman Award, which honors the late NFL safety-turned-Army Ranger who enlisted after the Sept. 11…
