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Charle Young, former Seahawks captain, dies at 75

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May 12, 2026 at 1:58 pm Updated May 12, 2026 at 2:08 pm Charle Young, whose 13-year career NFL was capped by three years with the Seahawks in which he played a key role in the franchise’s first two playoff seasons, has died. The San Francisco 49ers announced his death Tuesday afternoon. He was 75. A cause of death was not immediately announced. Young played for the Eagles, Rams, 49ers and Seahawks from 1973-85, the last three with Seattle. Young signed as a free agent with the Seahawks in 1983, the first season for head coach Chuck Knox, under whom he had also played for with the Rams. Young was one of a handful of veterans Knox brought to Seattle when he got the job in 1983, most of whom had played for him previously, who proved pivotal in the team’s rise that season from three straight losing seasons to a 9-7 record that got the Seahawks into the playoffs for the first time.…

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