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Casey earned All-America recognition and a trip to the finals at the U.S. Olympic Trials in 1960. In addition to national honors, he won three consecutive Mid-American Conference titles in the high-hurdles, 1958–60.

Casey was the ninth overall selection of the 1961 NFL Draft, taken by the San Francisco 49ers. He played eight NFL seasons. His best-known play came in 1967 for the Rams in the penultimate game of the regular season against the Green Bay Packers. Casey caught the winning touchdown pass with under thirty seconds to play to give the Rams a 27–24 victory.

Casey began his acting career in the film Guns of the Magnificent Seven, a sequel to The Magnificent Seven. He played opposite fellow former NFL star Jim Brown in two films, ...tick...tick...tick... and Black Gunn. He also starred in several so-called Black exploitation films of the 70s including, Cleopatra Jones, Brothers, Hitman and Cornbread, Earl and Me.

The 80’s included memorable rolls in Sharky's Machine opposite Burt Reynolds, CIA agent Felix Leiter in the James Bond film Never Say Never Again opposite Sean Connery, and in Keenen Ivory Wayans's 1988 comedy classic, I'm Gonna Git You Sucka.

Casey enjoyed painting and writing poetry. Look at the People, a book of his paintings and poems, was published by Doubleday in 1969.

He died on September 19, 2017.

Look up tonight! A total lunar eclipse, also known as a Blood Moon, will paint the moon a deep red hue in a rare celestial event visible across all 50 states.

Key Eclipse Times (ET):

• Partial Eclipse Begins: 1:09 AM (March 14)

• Total Eclipse (Blood Moon) Begins: 2:26 AM

• Maximum Eclipse: 2:58 AM

• Total Eclipse Ends: 3:21 AM

• Partial Eclipse Ends: 4:47 AM

No special equipment needed—just find a clear, dark sky and enjoy! If it’s cloudy, you can watch live streams from Griffith Observatory or Time and Date.

Don’t miss it! The next total lunar eclipse visible in the U.S. won’t happen until March 2026.