In addition to his wife, he is survived by a son, Marshall Gavin; a daughter, Ellen Tullos; two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Goldberg was voted into the National College Football Hall of Fame in 1958. But he had not been elected to the National Football League Hall of Fame. He was asked if that bothered him.
"I haven't thought much about it," he said. "I know a lot of great football players who aren't in there. I don't worry about that. There's an old Italian proverb that says `Life begins tomorrow.'"
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