In 2002 Pat Tillman was about to earn more than $1m a year playing football (American style) when he decided that he'd rather join his brother in the Army's elite Rangers. The September 11 attacks got to him so much that he felt he had to "pay something back".
Today it was reported that Tillman was killed in action in Afghanistan. A genuine sports hero.
Read Peggy Noonan's column on Tillman from 2002.
