{"id":9662,"date":"2024-10-06T00:40:41","date_gmt":"2024-10-06T00:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=9662"},"modified":"2024-10-06T00:40:41","modified_gmt":"2024-10-06T00:40:41","slug":"buffalo-bills-icon-and-nfl-hall-of-famer-tragically-dies-from-hyponatremia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=9662","title":{"rendered":"Buffalo Bills Icon And NFL Hall Of Famer Tragically Dies From Hyponatremia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The football world is mourning the death of a former Buffalo Bills star, with Billy Shaw confirmed to have passed away this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Shaw\u2019s family disclosed that the late guard left them while at his home in Toccoa, Ga., on Friday. His wife, Patsy, and their three daughters were at his bedside at the time of his passing.<\/p>\n<p>Shaw was 85.<\/p>\n<p>According to his family, hyponatremia was the cause of death. Hyponatremia is attributed to low levels of sodium in the blood.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We are saddened to learn about the passing of Bills Wall of Famer Billy Shaw.<\/p>\n<p>We are thinking of his friends, family, and loved ones during this difficult time. \u2764\ufe0f\ud83d\udc99<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8A4wa0qMMU\">https:\/\/t.co\/8A4wa0qMMU<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BillsMafia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BillsMafia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/u6GrmmEjml\">pic.twitter.com\/u6GrmmEjml<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Buffalo Bills (@BuffaloBills) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BuffaloBills\/status\/1842347195141591199?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 4, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-billy-shaw-was-an-important-player-for-the-bills-in-the-60s\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Billy Shaw Was An Important Player For The Bills In The 60s<\/h2>\n<p>Billy Shaw helped the Buffalo Bills win consecutive championships in the American Football League in the mid-60s and was a member of the 1999 Pro Football Hall of Fame class.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cBilly Shaw holds the distinction of being the only member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame to play his entire career in the American Football League, but while that fact is worthy of noting and nice to recite, it comes nowhere near providing the reason he was elected as a member of the Class of 1999,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Hall of Fame President &amp; CEO Jim Porter said, per the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.profootballhof.com\/news\/2024\/10\/pro-football-hall-of-famer-billy-shaw-%E2%80%94-a-shining-star-of-american-football-league-%E2%80%94-dies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hall of Fame website<\/a>.\u00a0<em>\u201cBilly\u2019s all-around athleticism brought a new dimension to the guard position and made the 1960s Buffalo Bills a formidable opponent capable of bruising opponents with a punishing rushing attack.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAnd while Billy could be unforgiving to anyone in his way on the football field, he was the classic example of the \u2018Southern gentleman\u2019 off the field to everyone he encountered.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Billy Shaw was born in Natchez, Miss., in 1938. He played his high school football at Carr Central High School and went on to represent Georgia Tech as a two-way tackle.<\/p>\n<p>He was drafted by the Bills, as well as the\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/dallas-cowboys\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dallas Cowboys<\/a>, in 1961 but opted to play for Buffalo, where he would spend his entire nine-year career.<\/p>\n<p>TPS offers condolences to Billy\u2019s family, friends, and loved ones.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>R.I.P. Billy Shaw \u2013 1938-2024.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; The football world is mourning the death of a former Buffalo Bills star, with Billy Shaw confirmed to have passed away this weekend. 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