{"id":1784982,"date":"2022-12-23T08:04:40","date_gmt":"2022-12-23T13:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1784982"},"modified":"2022-12-23T10:34:17","modified_gmt":"2022-12-23T15:34:17","slug":"super-bowl-champ-and-former-bronco-ronnie-hillman-dead-at-31-after-cancer-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/super-bowl-champ-and-former-bronco-ronnie-hillman-dead-at-31-after-cancer-battle\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Bowl Champ and Former Bronco Ronnie Hillman Dead at 31 After Cancer Battle"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsuper-bowl-champ-and-former-bronco-ronnie-hillman-dead-at-31-after-cancer-battle%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1784982&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"speakable\">Ronnie Hillman, a Super Bowl champion running back who played with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/nfl\/denver-broncos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Denver Broncos<\/a>, has died, his family said in a social media post on Thursday. He was 31.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Hillman\u2019s family said the former NFL player was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/ronnie-hillmans-family-provides-update-super-bowl-champ-need-prayers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">battling renal medullary carcinoma<\/a>, a &#8220;rare but highly aggressive neoplasm form of cancer that primarily affects young African Americans with sickle cell trait,&#8221; back in August. He was placed in hospice care earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/640\/320\/Ronnie-Hillman.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Denver Broncos running back Ronnie Hillman takes a handoff from Peyton Manning in the first quarter of a preseason football game against the Houston Texans at Sports Authority Field at Mile High on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2014 in Denver.\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Denver Broncos running back Ronnie Hillman takes a handoff from Peyton Manning in the first quarter of a preseason football game against the Houston Texans at Sports Authority Field at Mile High on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2014 in Denver.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Steve Nehf\/The Denver Post via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our beloved son, brother &#038; father, Ronnie K Hillman Jr.,&#8221; the running back\u2019s family said on his Instagram. &#8220;Ronnie quietly and peacefully transitioned\u00a0today in the company of his family and close friends.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We as the family,\u00a0appreciate the prayers and kind words that have already been expressed. We ask that you would give us time to process our feelings as we prepare to lay our precious RJ to rest.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/ex-nfl-player-devin-funchess-eyeing-switch-nba-says-playing-pro-basketball-dream-growing-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>EX-NFL PLAYER DEVIN FUNCHESS EYEING SWITCH TO NBA, SAYS PLAYING PRO BASKETBALL WAS A &#8216;DREAM&#8217; GROWING UP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/640\/320\/Ronnie-Hillman2.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Denver Broncos running back Ronnie Hillman, #23, during the Super Bowl 50 Denver Broncos press conference held at the Santa Clara Marriott in Santa Clara, California.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Denver Broncos running back Ronnie Hillman, #23, during the Super Bowl 50 Denver Broncos press conference held at the Santa Clara Marriott in Santa Clara, California.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Rich Graessle\/Icon Sportswire\/Corbis\/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Hillman was the Broncos&#8217; leading rusher in 2015, the same season they won the Super Bowl \u2014 he started 10 out of 16 games and ran for 863 yards on 207 carries, seven of them touchdowns, mostly splitting touches with C.J. Anderson.<\/p>\n<p>Hillman was a third-round pick out of San Diego State in 2012.\u00a0He was on the Broncos when the team made it and won Super Bowl 50 over the Carolina Panthers during the 2015 season.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/640\/320\/Ronnie-Hillman3.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Ronnie Hillman, #23 of the Denver Broncos, is tackled by Luke Kuechly, #59 of the Carolina Panthers, in the third quarter during Super Bowl 50 at Levi&#039;s Stadium on Feb. 7, 2016 in Santa Clara, California.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Ronnie Hillman, #23 of the Denver Broncos, is tackled by Luke Kuechly, #59 of the Carolina Panthers, in the third quarter during Super Bowl 50 at Levi&#8217;s Stadium on Feb. 7, 2016 in Santa Clara, California.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Patrick Smith\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&#038;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&#038;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He spent four seasons with Denver before spending the 2016 season with both the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/nfl\/minnesota-vikings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Vikings<\/a>\u00a0and the then-San Diego Chargers.<\/p>\n<p><i>Fox News\u2019 Ryan Morik contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Ryan Gaydos is the sports editor for Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ronnie Hillman, a Super Bowl champion running back who played with the Denver Broncos, has died, his family said in a social media post on Thursday. He was 31. Hillman\u2019s family said the former NFL player was battling renal medullary carcinoma, a &#8220;rare but highly aggressive neoplasm form of cancer that primarily affects young African &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1784985,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[6962,3645,10847,6731,5458,4785,11430,8047,11429,3642,3692,10716,3819,10717,4783],"class_list":["post-1784982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-the","tag-after","tag-and","tag-battle","tag-bongino","tag-bowl","tag-bronco","tag-cancer","tag-champ","tag-dead","tag-former","tag-hillman","tag-report","tag-ronnie","tag-super"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1784982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1784982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1784982\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1784985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1784982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1784982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1784982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}