{"id":951387,"date":"2023-10-02T19:31:06","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T17:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/fr\/?p=951387"},"modified":"2023-10-02T19:31:07","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T17:31:07","slug":"russ-francis-decede-dans-un-accident-davion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/fr\/actualite-nfl\/russ-francis-decede-dans-un-accident-davion\/","title":{"rendered":"Russ Francis (ex-Patriots) d\u00e9c\u00e8de dans un accident d&rsquo;avion"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>L&rsquo;ancien tight end des New England Patriots, Russ Francis, est d&eacute;c&eacute;d&eacute; ce dimanche dans un accident d&rsquo;avion.<\/h2><p>Russ Francis est forc&eacute;ment un nom qui sonnera comme tr&egrave;s familier &agrave; tous ceux qui suivait d&eacute;j&agrave; la NFL dans les ann&eacute;es 1970-1980. L&rsquo;ancien tight end des New England Patriots est <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Patriots\/status\/1708860055989145637\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>d&eacute;c&eacute;d&eacute; ce dimanche 1 octobre<\/a> dans un accident d&rsquo;avion au large de Lake Placid, ville dans laquelle il avait pris la direction de la compagnie <em>Lake Placid Airways<\/em> depuis quelques ann&eacute;es. Russ Francis &eacute;tait &acirc;g&eacute; de 70 ans.<\/p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We are deeply saddened by the sudden and tragic loss of former New England Patriots tight end Russ Francis. Our condolences are extended to Francis&rsquo; family and friends. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sgrrPZ5Ui4\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/sgrrPZ5Ui4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; New England Patriots (@Patriots) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Patriots\/status\/1708860055989145637?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>October 2, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p><p>Russ Francis avait &eacute;t&eacute; choisi au premier tour (16e position) de la draft NFL 1975 par les <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/fr\/equipe\/new-england-patriots-nfl\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>New England Patriots<\/a> apr&egrave;s un cursus universitaire du c&ocirc;t&eacute; de l&rsquo;universit&eacute; d&rsquo;Oregon. Il jouera alors 6 saisons avec la franchise des Patriots et sera s&eacute;lectionn&eacute; trois fois pour le Pro-Bowl lors de cette p&eacute;riode. Au terme de la saison 1980, le tight end fait le choix de mettre un terme &agrave; sa carri&egrave;re. Mais il ne lui faudra que 12 mois pour revenir sur sa d&eacute;cision et fouler &agrave; nouveau les terrains NFL.<\/p><p>Cette fois ce sera sur la c&ocirc;te ouest que Russ Francis posera ses valises et plus particuli&egrave;rement chez les San Francisco 49ers. Pendant son s&eacute;jour dans la franchise californienne, Francis parviendra a remporter son seul Super Bowl de sa carri&egrave;re avec une victoire lors du Super Bowl XIX au terme de la saison 1984. En 1987, il sera coup&eacute; par les 49ers et retournera pour une saison et demi chez les Patriots afin de conclure sa carri&egrave;re dans la franchise qui l&rsquo;avait vu d&eacute;marrer.<\/p><p>Au total, Russ Francis aura parcouru 5262 yards en r&eacute;ception et inscrit pas moins de 40 touchdowns dans sa carri&egrave;re. Un grand nom des Patriots de la Nouvelle-Angleterre vient de nous quitter!<\/p><p><em>Cr&eacute;dit photo: RVR Photos-USA TODAY Sports<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":180309964,"featured_media":951399,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"kia_subtitle":"","_mux_skip_reasons":[],"proofreadBy":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[118,40],"tags":[622,6506],"sport":[2785],"saison":[3453],"class_list":["post-951387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-actualite-nfl","category-nfl","tag-new-england-patriots","tag-russ-francis","sport-nfl","saison-3453"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Russ Francis (ex-Patriots) d&eacute;c&egrave;de dans un accident d&#039;avion - The Playoffs FR<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/fr\/actualite-nfl\/russ-francis-decede-dans-un-accident-davion\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Russ Francis (ex-Patriots) d&eacute;c&egrave;de dans un accident d&#039;avion - The Playoffs FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/fr\/actualite-nfl\/russ-francis-decede-dans-un-accident-davion\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Playoffs FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheFreeAgentFR\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-10-02T19:31:07+02:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/USATSI_5388912.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1329\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Flavien Jumeau\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@TheFreeAgentFR\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@TheFreeAgentFR\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"\u00c9crit par\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Flavien Jumeau\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Dur\u00e9e de lecture estim\u00e9e\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/fr\/actualite-nfl\/russ-francis-decede-dans-un-accident-davion\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/fr\/actualite-nfl\/russ-francis-decede-dans-un-accident-davion\/\",\"name\":\"Russ Francis (ex-Patriots) d\u00e9c\u00e8de dans un accident d\\\\'avion - The Playoffs FR\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/fr\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/fr\/actualite-nfl\/russ-francis-decede-dans-un-accident-davion\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/fr\/actualite-nfl\/russ-francis-decede-dans-un-accident-davion\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/USATSI_5388912.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-10-02T17:31:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-10-02T17:31:07+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/fr\/#\/schema\/person\/def63bc6746dc5957469b75feb99e66d\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/fr\/actualite-nfl\/russ-francis-decede-dans-un-accident-davion\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/fr\/actualite-nfl\/russ-francis-decede-dans-un-accident-davion\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/fr\/actualite-nfl\/russ-francis-decede-dans-un-accident-davion\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/USATSI_5388912.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/USATSI_5388912.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1329,\"caption\":\"Nov 22, 1987; Tampa, FL, USA; FILE PHOTO; San Francisco 49ers tight end Russ Francis (81) is pursued by Tampa Bay Buccaneers linebacker Ervin Randle (54) at Tampa Stadium. 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