As Seahawk fans, we were blessed to see his brilliance twice a year for several seasons before the move to the NFC. He was respected in Seattle as he was in each NFL city. He, like the others, is greatly missed. At times people find it difficult to focus on the human side of sports and athletes. A story that defies all odds like this one makes it easier for us to read. After the fifth passing in , the Washington Post reported that the statistical chances five people die from the same man roster is less than 1 percent.
In the three years after the Super Bowl, three men had already died. At my year reunion we had lost two people out of By year three the Chargers had already surpassed our reunion number. In less than 20 years, 15 percent of the team has died. They hit a tough stretch, losing three of their next four, but finished with an mark and a two-game lead in the AFC West.
In their first playoff game, the Chargers held off the Miami Dolphins and then defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers on the road, It's FreeGameFriday! Watch the thrilling AFC Championship game online. And they had fun doing so. One of those players, linebacker Doug Miller, played three years with the team.
He made a name for himself on special teams and had his locker right next to Chargers legend Junior Seau. Police say Griggs, 28, had a blood alcohol level twice the legal limit when he swerved off a highway in Fort Lauderdale and slammed into a metal pole.
All people aboard lost their lives. Culver was just 26 and left behind two young children. Linebacker Doug Miller was 28 when he died in what can only be described as a freak accident. He was camping along the Colorado River near Dotsero, Colorado in July , when lighting struck him.
Ten years pass without incident. Then, in May , center Curtis Whitley was found dead from a drug overdose in his trailer in west Texas. Whitley, 39, had struggled with drugs for his whole NFL career and admitted to using methamphetamine.
He was found face-down in his bathroom by friends who checked on him after not hearing from him for days. Five months later, in October , defensive end Chris Mims was found face-down dead in his home, as well. The first casualties: Rodney Culver, 26, left was killed in a jetliner crash in May that claimed lives.
David Griggs, 28, right died when he crashed his car drunk driving just months after playing the Super Bowl. He died of an enlarged heart at age 38 after ballooning to nearly pounds when he entered a depressive cycle after he was forced out of the NFL.
At the end of his life, he became reclusive and he died alone in his California apartment. Defensive tackle Shawn Lee was 44 when he went into cardiac arrest and died in North Carolina in February after suffering diabetes for years. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline.
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