RD80s News: Dan Doornick Passes at 70


Football running back Dan Doornick passed away from autoimmune diseases on October 31, 2026 at the age of 70.

(Photo Courtesy: https://www.dailymail.com/sport/nfl/article-16272151/Ex-Giants-Seahawks-running-Dan-Doornink-dead-70-battling-rare-autoimmune-diseases-years.html)

Dan Doornick's football career is best remembered being picked in 1978 by the Giants and later playing for the Seattle Seahawks from 1979 to 1985.  He retired in 1986 and later achieved his M. D. degree through the University of Washington School of Medicine where he later joined his brother practicing internal medicine.  He retired from the medical field at 65 and became a volunteer chaplain.

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