Overview
- The New York Giants said Accorsi passed away peacefully on Saturday at age 84 while surrounded by family and the team and league issued public tributes.
- Accorsi spent 37 years in the NFL and served as general manager of the Baltimore Colts, Cleveland Browns, and the Giants from 1998 to 2006.
- In the 2004 draft Accorsi engineered the deal that sent Philip Rivers and multiple picks to the Chargers in exchange for Eli Manning, a move that franchise leaders and coaches call pivotal.
- As Giants general manager he hired Tom Coughlin and assembled players such as Justin Tuck, Osi Umenyiora and Jeremy Shockey who formed the core of the teams that won Super Bowls after his retirement.
- Officials praised Accorsi’s influence on the club and the league, the family has not released a cause of death, and one outlet’s report of a brief cancer battle has not been broadly confirmed.