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The former NFL offensive Tackle Luis Sharpe, three times Professional Pro Bowler, died on Friday, confirmed his former team. He was 65 years old.
Sharpe played in the league for 13 seasons, all with the Arizona Cardinals franchise. It was a first round of the Cardinals of San Luis in 1982.
While Sharpe only played for the cardinals, he played in three different cities. He spent the first six seasons of his career in St. Louis, and the next six seasons in Phoenix when the team moved to Arizona.
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Archive: Luis Sharpe, #67 of the Phoenix cardinals, observes during a NFL football game around 1992 at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona. Sharpe played for cardinals from 1982 to 1985 and 1986 to 1994. (Focus on Sport/Getty Images) (Focus on Sport/Getty images)
The last season of Sharpe’s career was the first one that the cardinal franchise was renamed to become the Arizona cardinals. Sharpe started all the 189 games he played in his career.
“Throughout his long and successful career with the cardinals, Luis Sharpe exhibited a rare type of strength and hardness that made him as successful as a player,” said the owner of the cardinals, Michael Bidwill, in a statement.
“Admirably, then he would demonstrate those same features when dealing with the personal challenges he faced when he finished his career. We sent our deepest condolences to all those who loved Luis, particularly his family and former teammates.”
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The offensive Tackle of the Cardinals of San Luis, Luis Sharpe (67) in action against the defensive wing of the Falcones of Atlanta, Greg Brown (98) at the Fulton County Stadium during the 1987 season on November 29, 1987, in Atlanta, Georgia. (RVR Photos-USA Today Sports)
After his career at the NFL, Sharpe fought against a drug addiction and spent time in jail, but changed his life and got sober. In 2015, Sharpe returned to his native state of Michigan to leave Arizona.
“I feel a sense of purpose now,” Sharpe told Atlético in 2020. “I feel more significant than ever when I played professional football. My life is better today. I tell people all the time: ‘What I thought was my greatest curse has become my greatest blessing.'”
Luis Sharpe, #67 of the Phoenix Cardinals, is heated during the warm -up prior to the game before the start of a NFL football match against the Dallas Cowboys on October 23, 1994, at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona. (Focus on Sport/Getty images)
In the last years of his life, Sharpe spent time advising patients in Detroit in a sobriety clinic. The three times PRO Bowler also worked with the NFL to help former players with their health in their days after the game.
“I recognize today that I have the life I have because I have overcome many obstacles and so many challenges,” said Sharpe. “God wanted me to come out and do exactly what I am doing, to share my life with others, to tell them my fall in grace and say: ‘If I can stop before you today as a productive member of society, you can also’.
