What is Tunch Ilkin?
[[File:Tunch ilkin.jpg|right|200px]] '''Tunch Ilkin''' (born '''Tunç Ali İlkin'''; September 23, 1957 – September 4, 2021) was a Turkish-born American football player and sports broadcaster. He played as an [[offensive tackle]] for the [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] and [[Green Bay Packers]]. He was the first [[Turkish people|Turk]] to play in the [[National Football League]] (NFL).<ref>{{cite news|title=The Rumble|date=March 3, 2013|newspaper=The New York Post|url=https://nypost.com/2013/03/03/the-rumble-296/|access-date=September 4, 2021|quote=He can fall back on a degree in finance, but he would rather follow in the mobile, agile footsteps of former Steelers offensive lineman Tunch Ilkin, the lone NFL player of Turkish descent.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/04/us/tunch-ilkin-als-death/index.html|title=Former NFL player Tunch Ilkin dies at 63|first=Shawn Nottingham and Christina Maxouris|last=CNN|website=CNN}}</ref> After his playing career, he was a television and radio analyst for the Steelers from 1998 to 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/steelers/2021/09/04/tunch-ilkin-ex-steelers-player-broadcaster-dies-after-battling-als/5733883001/|title=Former Steelers player, longtime broadcaster Tunch Ilkin dies at 63 after battling ALS|first=Analis|last=Bailey|website=USA TODAY}}</ref> His career lasted from 1980 until 1993. Ilkin was born in [[Istanbul]], [[Turkey]]. In October 2020, Ilkin announced that he was living with [[ALS]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.steelers.com/news/tunch-to-focus-on-treatment|title=Tunch to focus on treatment|website=www.steelers.com|access-date=2021-09-05|archive-date=2021-06-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603131007/https://www.steelers.com/news/tunch-to-focus-on-treatment|url-status=dead}}</ref> He died from the disease on September 4, 2021 in [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]], at the age of 63.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wpxi.com/sports/nfl/pittsburgh-steelers/former-steelers-broadcaster-tunch-ilkin-dies/JOV7FRKTQ