Former Saints equipment manager Dan Simmons has passed away

[woohoosaint]

RIP Mr Simmons!
Your loyalty did not go unnoticed!

 

[livefromDC]

Is he the person from the Manning stories? As the legend goes, the Saints don't officially retire numbers, but anyone that tried to get #8 would be politely told it wasn't available.

 

[SweetT]

Gotta win this chip for Dan!!!

 

[Kramer]

Is he the person from the Manning stories?

Yes! From Archie: “Dan was the best, just the very best,” former Saints quarterback Archie Manning said. “He was so kind and sweet and humble. He just did his job and never sought attention. If everyone with the Saints had done their jobs as well as Chief did when I played, we would have won Super Bowls.”

 

[woohoosaint]

Is he the person from the Manning stories? As the legend goes, the Saints don't officially retire numbers, but anyone that tried to get #8 would be politely told it wasn't available.

Silky Powell (assistant equipment manager) was also close to the Manning family.
He helped to look after Peyton and Cooper.
Old Silky passed away in 2018.

 

[treeduck]

RIP

 

[treeduck]

Good novelist as well!

 

[nolaswede]

RIP Sir!

 

[GeauxSainz]

Sad. RIP Sir.

 

[mdharper]

Is he the person from the Manning stories? As the legend goes, the Saints don't officially retire numbers, but anyone that tried to get #8 would be politely told it wasn't available.

That was the one.

 

[Doug B]

Simmons was an unbroken link from John North to Sean Payton. Glad he got to be there for the Saints’ championship season.

 

[Swampy Saint]

RIP

 

[WhoDatWayne66]

RIP sir!

 

[SaintRay]

Some people work an entire career and never enjoy what they do.

Dan Simmons loved every day of his 41 year career.

RIP