A. Tittle (1971), Norm Van Brocklin (1971), and Ace Parker (1972). Friedman's frustration grew as he continued to be overlooked. In February 1976, more than 40 years after his NFL career had ended, he wrote a letter to The New York Times pleading his case. It was not until 2005, 23 years after his death, that Friedman was finally inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. A group of 40 to 50 players who played for him at Brandeis printed brochures and lobbied for his induction. He was then nominated by the Hall's veterans committee and received the requisite votes by a 39-member panel of selectors. Friedman has received numerous other honors, including the following: In 1961, he was inducted into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame. In 1976, Friedman was inducted, as part of the inaugural class of inductees, into the Greater Cleveland Sports Hall of Fame. In 1979, Friedman was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. In 1980, Friedman was inducted into the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor. He was the first quarterback and the seventh football player (behind Tom Harmon, Gerald Ford, Ron Kramer, Bennie Oosterbaan, Willie Heston, and Germany Schulz) to be inducted into the Hall of Honor. In 2004, he was inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. Family and later years Friedman was married in February 1931 to Shirley Immerman, a resident of Brooklyn. The wedding was held at a Long Island country club with Guy Lombardo and his orchestra providing the entertainment. They were married for more than 50 years. In 1949, Friedman became Brandeis University's first athletic director. He also served as head football coach until the school dropped the program. He went on sabbatical in September 1962 and resigned the following April, citing business pressures and the growth of his boys' quarterback school at Camp Kohut in Oxford, Maine. He sold the camp in 1969. In his later years, Friedman suffered from multiple health problems. He battled and beat cancer, underwent back surgery, and suffered from heart disease and diabetes. In April 1979, Friedman developed a diffused clot of arteries in his left leg that resulted in gangrene. He underwent a partial amputation of his left leg below the knee. In November 1982, he was found dead in his apartment in New York City as the result of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He