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Sporting Witness: Pat Tillman - The American Football Hero Killed in Afghanistan

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29/07/2017 GMT

Pat Tillman - The American Football Hero Killed in Afghanistan

BBC World Service - Sporting Witness, Pat Tillman - The American Football Hero Killed in Afghanistan

How a sports star turned military hero died in a controversial friendly fire incident.

How a sports star turned military hero died in a controversial friendly fire incident in Afghanistan in 2004.

In 2002, the American football star Pat Tillman became a national hero when he gave up a lucrative career to join the US army and fight in the war on terror. Tillman was a poster boy for the military, but two years later he was killed in a controversial friendly fire incident in Afghanistan. His friend and fellow American footballer, Jeremy Staat, talks to Dina Newman.

PHOTO: Pat Tillman in action (Getty Images)

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