• When a football coach or enthusiast dies, give a football-related memorial gift.Football official standing next to football image by Pezography from Fotolia.com
  
  When a loved one dies, it is an understandably difficult and sad time. Encourage the family members of a deceased friend who loved football or who was a football coach with specific memorial gifts related to football. These gifts can be customized to reflect specific memories of the deceased person and to bless others long after the person is gone.
  
  

Heisman Trophy Replica

• Purchase a replica of a Heisman Trophy for the deceased person's family. The Heisman Memorial Trophy is given to "the most outstanding college football player in the United States" every year, according to the official Heisman Trophy website.
  
  

Personalized Football Helmet

• Select a football helmet of the deceased's favorite team, and get friends to sign the helmet using a permanent marker. Encourage them to write short memories or affirmations on the helmet. Then, present the helmet to the family. The helmet can be displayed in the family's home in a glass display box, which you may want to include with the helmet.
  
  

Charitable Donation

• Collect money from friends and make a charitable donation in the name of the deceased to a charitable football organization or to the football program of the deceased's high school or college. This is a generous and thoughtful way to leave the legacy and life of the deceased's in the minds of others and to make a difference in other lives.