Tony Canadeo, 84; Star Halfback With Green Bay Packers

Tony Canadeo, 84, a star halfback with the Green Bay Packers in the 1940s and ‘50s and a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, died Saturday in Green Bay, Wis. The cause of death was not announced.

Canadeo was just the third 1,000-yard rusher in pro football history when he gained 1,052 yards for the Packers in 1949.

A native of Chicago, Canadeo played college football at Gonzaga in Washington state. He was a seventh-round draft choice of Green Bay in 1941 and became a starter in 1943. He spent 1945 in the military and returned the next season, playing with the Packers until 1952.

Canadeo was the second member of the Packers to have his uniform number (33) retired, after Don Hutson (14).

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Bhaddanta Vinaya, one of Myanmar’s most revered Buddhist monks and a spiritual advisor to pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, died Saturday in Yangon General Hospital. He was 93 and had been battling diabetes and heart problems.