In his sophomore year he decided to concentrate on football. In his freshman year of high school he was catcher for his baseball team, but did not make the varsity team. He went to Bret Harte Middle School and helped lead Leland High School to the Central Coast Division I Football Championship. The oldest of three sons, with Kevin and Richard as the other two, Tillman played competitive football.
Tillman was born on November 6, 1976, in Fremont, California, the son of Mary (Spalding) and Patrick Kevin Tillman. He also received posthumous Silver Star and Purple Heart medals. Tillman was posthumously promoted from specialist to corporal. Tillman was the first professional football player to be killed in combat since Bob Kalsu, who died in the Vietnam War in 1970. Controversy ensued when a month later, on May 28, 2004, the Pentagon notified the Tillman family that he had been killed by fire from his own side the family and other critics allege that the Department of Defense delayed the disclosure for weeks after Tillman's memorial service out of a desire to protect the image of the U.S. At first, the Army reported that Tillman had been killed by enemy fire. Tillman joined the Army Rangers and served several tours in combat before he was killed in the mountains of Afghanistan. His service in Iraq and Afghanistan, and subsequent death, were the subject of national attention when he was killed in action as a result of friendly fire. (November 6, 1976 – April 22, 2004) was an American professional football player in the National Football League (NFL) who left his sports career and enlisted in the United States Army in May 2002 in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks.
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