Tuesday, September 9, 2025
Business Casual Accompanied With Your Favorite Pair Of Sneakers
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Join us at the American Cancer Society’s Coaches vs Cancer Tipoff Reception for a one-of-a-kind evening, featuring great food, wonderful guest speakers, a spectacular live and silent auction, and much more! With your support, the American Cancer Society is working to end cancer as we know it, for everyone! The American Cancer Society is working to finish the fight against every cancer in every community. We are the largest private, not-for-profit funder of cancer research in the United States, investing more than $4 billion since 1946. Thanks in part to our contributions, more than 1.5 million lives have been saved in the US in the past two decades. Now, that is a reason to celebrate, so please join us.
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We are honored to have Sam Clancy as our Champion of Hope speaker as well as our Fighting Spirit Honoree. Considered one of the greatest athletes the city of Pittsburgh has ever produced, Sam “Bam” Clancy was a four-year basketball starter for the Panthers from 1977-81, averaging 14.4 points and 11.6 rebounds per game. He is the only Pitt player to score more than 1,000 points (1,671) and grab over 1,000 rebounds (1,362) in a career.
In addition, he was a member of the Seahawks and then returned to Pittsburgh to play for the Maulers of the upstart United States Football League, earning the franchise’s MVP award in its lone season of existence. Clancy later played for the USFL’s Memphis Showboats before returning to the NFL as an impact defensive end for the Cleveland Browns and Indianapolis Colts.
Sam will share several of his most memorable times from basketball (and maybe even football) as well as share his cancer journey.
