[From ESPN]
When Jim Tyrer first appeared on a Pro Football Hall of Fame ballot in the early 1980s after completing an impressive 14-year career, the Kansas City Chiefs offensive lineman looked like a sure bet to land in Canton.
15, 1980, in an upstairs bedroom of a two-story ranch house, while his children were fast asleep, Tyrer took a .38-caliber pistol and shot his wife to death, and then turned the gun on himself -- an act that orphaned four children, stunned the Kansas City and NFL communities, and abruptly ended any talk of Jim Tyrer's election to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Therein lies the case for Tyrer's renewed Hall of Fame candidacy: If you believe that football played a part in him shooting his wife and then committing suicide, if you believe he was no longer himself when he shot that gun, if you believe enough time has passed, then voting for a man who murdered his wife takes on a different context.
...[continued]Read more of ESPN's story HERE
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