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华盛顿传奇四分卫索尼·尤尔根森（Sonny Jurgensen），因其强大的臂力、敏锐的智慧和亲切的性格成为华盛顿橄榄球历史上最受爱戴的人物之一，其家人周五宣布他已去世，享年91岁。
华盛顿指挥官队（Washington Commanders）在社交媒体上分享了尤尔根森家人的声明，证实了他的死讯。
“我们为他非凡的人生和赛场上的成就感到无比自豪，他不仅拥有黄金臂力，更以无畏的精神和智慧赢得了 Canton（美国职业橄榄球名人堂所在地）传奇的地位，”家人表示。
家人称他是”我们家庭中坚定、幽默且充满深爱的核心”。
“虽然他已完成最后一次传球，但他的遗产将永远是他所热爱的城市和他所建立的家庭中不可磨灭的一部分，”家人说道。
1964年，尤尔根森通过一笔出人意料的四分卫交易来到华盛顿——当时诺曼·斯尼德（Norm Snead）被送往费城老鹰队。在接下来的11个赛季中，尤尔根森改写了球队的纪录。
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在NFL进攻规则改革之前，他曾五次单赛季传球码数超过3000码，其中两次是在费城老鹰队。1983年，他入选职业橄榄球名人堂，至今仍是华盛顿队中唯一一位在比赛中穿9号球衣的球员。
“索尼·尤尔根森过去是、现在仍是华盛顿橄榄球标志性的传奇人物之一，”球队控制人约书亚·哈里斯（Josh Harris）表示，他从小就是尤尔根森的球迷。”对我而言，索尼就是身着酒红色和金色战袍的象征：坚韧、智慧且始终忠诚于这支球队和球迷。”
尤尔根森与华盛顿球队长达四十余年的渊源——从球员到广播评论员——使他成为华盛顿特区的全民偶像。他是独一无二的索尼：这位红头发、身材微胖但总能与球迷保持联系的普通人，既能与球队老板谈笑风生，也能在关键时刻挺身而出。
他以违反宵禁而闻名，也常因无视教练安排和自嘲身材不佳而引人注目。但他用精准的口袋传球弥补了身体上的不足，帮助当时的红皮队重新焕发活力，在前三个赛季带领球队取得的胜场数超过了之前六个赛季的总和。
“我只需要进攻线球员给我4秒钟，”他曾说，”我尽量保持在场上，不被挤出口袋。我靠传球取胜，而非跑动。”
1965年11月28日，这一承诺得到完美诠释：面对全场球迷的嘘声，他带领华盛顿队从21-0的落后局面逆转，以411码传球和3次达阵击败达拉斯牛仔队，最终比分34-31。这场比赛成为教练比尔·麦克皮克（Bill McPeak）执教球队五年以来的高光时刻。
“我很高兴球迷们让我留在场上，”赛后他讽刺地说道，”他们还挺客气的，也许比尔·麦克皮克也会感激这一点。”
尤尔根森曾带伤征战，甚至赢得了以严格著称的文斯·隆巴迪（Vince Lombardi）的赞赏——1969年隆巴迪带领华盛顿队取得十余年以来首个胜季。隆巴迪评价他：”他是我见过的最佳四分卫。”
但隆巴迪次年去世，尤尔根森与注重防守的继任者乔治·艾伦（George Allen）始终无法磨合。球队交易来了比利·基尔默（Billy Kilmer），引发了持续至1974年尤尔根森退役的”索尼VS比利”（Sonny vs. Billy）传奇对决。
“很少有球员能像索尼·尤尔根森这样，在职业生涯结束后仍保持对橄榄球的真挚热爱，”名人堂主席吉姆·波特（Jim Porter）表示，”看着索尼传球就像欣赏大师级工匠创作艺术品。”
尤尔根森职业生涯完成2433次传球，累计32224码，传球成功率57.1%，完成255次达阵传球，189次被抄截，生涯评分82.6。他五次入选职业碗（Pro Bowl），五次成为联盟传球码王，并以1968年对杰瑞·艾伦（Gerry Allen）的99码达阵传球永远载入史册。
对于年轻时未亲眼见证尤尔根森赛场风采的华盛顿人而言，他在”索尼、山姆和弗兰克”（Sonny, Sam and Frank）广播解说组合中展现的敏锐评论成为新的偶像源泉。尤尔根森与名人堂线卫山姆·赫夫（Sam Huff）、解说员弗兰克·赫尔佐格（Frank Herzog）一起，在评论中时而批评时而支持球队，在嬉笑怒骂间成为华盛顿体育文化的一部分。
退役后，尤尔根森成为球队非正式的”全能顾问”。1990年代中期，当年轻四分卫格斯·弗罗特（Gus Frerotte）与希斯·舒勒（Heath Shuler）争夺首发位置时，他亲自指导弗罗特。1999年球队被收购后，他甚至乘坐老板的直升机出席训练，坐在边线获得特殊席位。
尽管如此，尤尔根森仍会毫不犹豫地批评自己不喜欢的决策或表现，尤其对四分卫位置。他常怀念允许四分卫自主呼叫战术的年代。
1934年8月23日，尤尔根森出生于北卡罗来纳州威尔明顿，全名Christian Adolph Jurgensen III。在杜克大学时他就是双向球员（既能进攻又能防守），1957年第四轮被费城老鹰队选中。直到1961年，他才在诺曼·范布罗克林（Norm Van Brocklin）之后成为首发，并单赛季传球3723码、32次达阵和24次抄截——三项数据均领先联盟。
三年后的1964年4月1日，他意外接到交易通知：
“有人进来告诉我，’你被交易到红皮队了’，”尤尔根森在2007年采访中回忆道，”我说’不可能，今天是愚人节，你在开玩笑吧’。他说’不，我没开玩笑，我刚从电台听到的’。”
“所以我当时很震惊。”
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Sonny Jurgensen, Hall of Fame quarterback and Washington sports icon, dies at age 91
2026-02-06T11:21:00-0500 / CBS/AP
Sonny Jurgensen, the Hall of Fame quarterback whose strong arm, keen wit and affable personality made him one of the most beloved figures in Washington football history, has died, his family announced Friday. He was 91.
The Washington Commanders shared a statement from Jurgensen’s family on social media confirming his death.
“We are enormously proud of his amazing life and accomplishments on the field, marked not only by a golden arm, but also a fearless spirit and intellect that earned him a place among the legends in Canton,” the family said.
The family called him the “steady, humorous, and deeply loving heart of our family.”
“While he has taken his final snap, his legacy will remain an indelible part of the city he loved and the family he built,” the family said.
Jurgensen arrived in Washington in 1964 in a surprise quarterback swap that sent Norm Snead to the Philadelphia Eagles. Over the next 11 seasons, Jurgensen rewrote the team’s record books.
Washington football great Sonny Jurgensen is introduced at FedEx field on Nov. 3, 2013, in Landover, Maryland. Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post via Getty Images
He topped 3,000 yards in a season five times, including twice with Philadelphia, in an era before rules changes opened up NFL offenses. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1983 and remains the only Washington player to wear the No. 9 jersey in a game.
“Sonny Jurgensen is, and always will be, one of the defining legends of Washington football,” said controlling owner Josh Harris, who grew up a fan. “For me, Sonny was the embodiment of what it means to don the burgundy and gold: tough, smart and endlessly devoted to this franchise and its fans.”
Jurgensen’s four-plus decades of association with the franchise in Washington as a quarterback and then as a broadcaster made him a one-name celebrity in the nation’s capital. He was the one and only Sonny, contrary but loyal: the everyman red-headed football player with the out-of-shape belly who kept a connection with fans but could also pull out a cigar and hobnob with the team owner.
Notorious for breaking curfew, Jurgensen was also known for ignoring coaches and joking about his less-than-ideal physique. He more than compensated with his pinpoint passing from the pocket, helping make the then-Redskins exciting and competitive again, leading the team to more victories in his first three seasons than the club had won in its previous six.
“All I ask of my blockers is 4 seconds,” he once said. “I try to stay on my feet and not be forced out of the pocket. I beat people by throwing, not running.”
That’s exactly what he did on Nov. 28, 1965, when he dismissed the crowd’s boos and rallied Washington from a 21-0 deficit to a 34-31 win over the Dallas Cowboys by throwing for 411 yards and three touchdowns. The game was the highlight of coach Bill McPeak’s five losing seasons with the club.
“I’m glad the crowd let me stay in,” Jurgensen said sarcastically after the game. “It was decent of them, and maybe Bill McPeak appreciates it, too.”
Jurgensen played through numerous injuries and even won over the notoriously tough Vince Lombardi, who coached Washington to its first winning season in more than a decade in 1969. Lombardi said of Jurgensen, “He is the best I have seen.”
But Lombardi died the following year, and Jurgensen never really hit it off with defense-minded successor George Allen. Washington acquired Billy Kilmer, generating the great “Sonny vs. Billy” debates that lasted until Jurgensen retired after the 1974 season.
“Few players could rival Sonny Jurgensen’s genuine love of the game that continued long after his playing days,” Hall of Fame president Jim Porter said. “Watching Sonny throw a football was like watching a master craftsman create a work of art.”
Jurgensen finished his career with 2,433 completions for 32,224 yards and a 57.1 completion percentage. He threw 255 touchdown passes, 189 interceptions and had a career rating of 82.6. He made the Pro Bowl five times, led the NFL in passing yards five times, and will always be in the record books for an untoppable 99-yard touchdown pass to Gerry Allen in 1968.
Washingtonians too young to remember Jurgensen as a player came to adore him for his astute observations as part of the radio broadcast trio of “Sonny, Sam and Frank.” Jurgensen, Hall of Fame linebacker Sam Huff and play-by-play man Frank Herzog would fuss and laugh while both rooting for and criticizing the burgundy and gold.
Jurgensen also became an unofficial confidant-at-large around the organization. He took Gus Frerotte under his wing when the young quarterback was battling Heath Shuler for the starting job in the mid-1990s. He became a member of Daniel Snyder’s inner circle after Snyder bought the team in 1999, arriving in the owner’s helicopter and getting a special sideline seat to watch practices.
Still, Jurgensen wouldn’t hesitate to question decisions and performances he didn’t like, especially when it came to quarterbacks. He often pined for the days when QBs were allowed to call their own plays.
Born Christian Adolph Jurgensen III in Wilmington, North Carolina, on Aug, 23, 1934, Jurgensen was a two-way star at Duke and was drafted in the fourth round by the Eagles in 1957. He sat behind Norm Van Brocklin until 1961, when he took over the starting job and threw for 3,723 yards, 32 touchdowns and 24 interceptions — all league highs.
Three years later he found himself on the way to Washington on April 1, 1964.
“Someone came in and said, ‘You were traded to the Redskins,’” Jurgensen said in a 2007 interview. “I said, ‘No, it’s April Fool’s Day, you’re kidding.’ He said, ‘No, I’m not kidding. I just heard it on the radio.’
“So I was shocked.”