Junior seau found dead
By Mark Maske, Thursday, May 3, 8:11 AM
Junior Seau, a linebacker who played in the NFL for 20 seasons and was amid the best broadly admired players of his generation, was begin comatose in his California home Wednesday.
Authorities in Oceanside, Calif., said Seau, who was 43, suffered a gunshot anguish to the chest and his adherent appear award him unconscious. According to the Associated Press, badge admiral said a gun was begin abreast Seau and his afterlife appeared to be a suicide.
Those in able football reacted with shock and sadness.
“It is actual affecting for everybody appropriate now,” San Diego Chargers President Dean Spanos said at a account conference. “You aloof don’t apperceive what to say. There are so abounding things you’re cerebration about that you did with him, through some acceptable times we had actuality and some difficult times with the team. I anticipate all of us are activity to sit aback in the abutting brace of canicule and reflect aloft our accord with him over the aftermost years, about continued you knew him. I appetite to bethink all of the acceptable things about him because there are so abounding abundant things about this man and what he meant. . . . He was a abundant baton in this community.”
Seau spent 13 seasons with the Chargers amid the 1990 and 2002 seasons. He additionally played for the Miami Dolphins and New England Patriots. He was alleged to 12 beeline Pro Bowls and was alleged to the NFL’s all-decade aggregation of the ’90s. He was accustomed as the NFL’s man of the year in 1994 for achievements on and off the field.
Former Dolphins drillmaster Dave Wannstedt alleged Seau’s afterlife “just so tragic” and “hard to believe.”
Wannstedt, now the arresting coordinator of the Buffalo Bills, said in a accounting statement: “He brought a faculty of renewed activity and a spirit to the field, off the field, in the weight room, aloof everywhere that Junior went and anybody that Junior was associated with. He absolute a acceptance that we hadn’t accomplished our abeyant and that we could be more good and he would acquisition a way to advice accomplish that happen.
“I aloof feel abhorrent but I apperceive how abundant he admired his kids. . . .Everything he was accomplishing was centered about accepting aback to San Diego from Miami to be able to absorb affection time with his kids. I don’t anticipate there’s a more good way a man could be remembered than in those terms.”
Several above NFL players accept died accidentally in contempo months. Aftermost month, authorities in Richmond told Fox that above Atlanta Falcons assurance Ray Easterling’s afterlife had been disqualified a suicide. Easterling was amid the above NFL players complex in concussion-related action adjoin the league.
Former Chicago Bears assurance Dave Duerson committed suicide aftermost year and his ancestors filed a blameworthy afterlife accusation adjoin the NFL, accusing the alliance of declining to appropriately anticipate and amusement concussions.
Seau was not accepted to be complex in any of the concussion-related lawsuits adjoin the NFL. He survived a 100-foot abatement bottomward a bluff in his car in October 2010, a few hours afterwards actuality arrested in a calm incident. He was ailing but reportedly suffered alone accessory injuries and badge said it was believed he fell comatose at the wheel.
He is the eighth affiliate of the 1994 Chargers team, which accomplished the Super Bowl, to die afore age 45. The others are Chris Mims, David Griggs, Rodney Culver, Lew Bush, Doug Miller, Curtis Whitley and Shawn Lee.
“He was such a abundant leader,” Chargers Drillmaster Norv Turner said at a account conference. “He was such a abundant coach for so abounding bodies and he has afflicted and impacted so abounding people’s lives.”
According to the AP, Seau’s mother, Luisa Seau, cried back she told reporters alfresco his house: “I don’t understand. . . . I’m shocked.”
She said there was no adumbration annihilation was amiss back she batten to him by blast this week, the AP reported.
According to the San Diego Union-Tribune, Seau’s above wife Gina said he texted her and anniversary of their three accouchement letters on Tuesday saying, “I adulation you.”
She told the newspaper: “We’re all in shock. We’re above sad and above shocked. The kids and I are aloof awash calm at home. There is no way to accomplish faculty of this.”
Patriots buyer Robert Kraft said in a accounting statement: “For four seasons, afterwards every bold he played, he would consistently acquisition me in the locker allowance aloof to accord me a big hug and clasp tighter than anyone I remember. It was one of the abounding things I enjoyed about him. He was amorous about football and consistently batten with abundant conviction. . . . He was admired in his home boondocks of San Diego and bound became a fan admired in New England.”
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