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Norm Willey, who claimed 17 sacks in a game, dies at 83

Norm Willey, who claimed 17 sacks in a game, dies at 83

Norm Willey, a defensive end for the Eagles in the 1950s, has died at the age of 83. To modern fans, Willey may be best known for an NFL Films feature about him in which he claimed that he once sacked Giants quarterback Charley Conerly 17 times in one game — before sacks were an…