Former Buffalo Bills RB Has Died
The Buffalo Bills organization and fans remember Lawrence McCutcheon, the veteran running back who closed his playing career in Western New York, following his death on October 23, 2026, at age 76. His family announced that he passed away after a long, courageous battle with Parkinson’s disease. McCutcheon, nicknamed “Clutch,” joined the Bills in 1981 specifically to reunite with head coach Chuck Knox, under whom he had thrived earlier in his career. The five-time Pro Bowl back, drafted by the Los Angeles Rams in 1972 out of Colorado State, had been the engine of Knox’s productive “Ground Chuck” offense in Los Angeles from 1973 to 1977. He led the Rams in rushing each of those seasons, earned five consecutive Pro Bowl nods, and finished his Rams tenure as the franchise’s all-time leading rusher with 6,186 yards at the time. In Buffalo, McCutcheon provided veteran depth behind the…
