Rest in Peace, Junior, you were a helluva player..........
Posted on 05/02/2012 12:33:58 PM PDT by pepsi_junkie
TMZ first reported that retired NFL star Junior Seau was found dead Wednesday morning, and that the police were investigating after his housekeeper found the NFL legend with a fatal shotgun wound to the chest. He was 43 years old.
The report has been confirmed by the North County Times:
Pro football great and Oceanside sports legend Junior Seau has apparently committed suicide, found by a housekeeper with a gunshot wound to the chest, according to multiple sources.
Oceanside Mayor Jim Wood said he learned of the death from police Chief Frank McCoy.
Police responded to Seau's home on The Strand on Wednesday after receiving a call about a reported suicide. The San Diego County medical examiner's office said an investigator was sent to the scene.
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Not with a defender model with an 18 inch barrel.
Or used a shotgun with a sawed-off barrel.
A short barrel or loooong fingers . . .
Did it hurt a lot?
Nasty.
I just went and ‘sized’ up my Mossberg defender with an 18 inch barrel.
No problemo.
He was a big guy though, could of probably done it with a full size shotgun.
It can end tomorrow. At least future problems. All the NFL needs to do is give the players back their leather headgear. But that won't do for the NFL. They might lose revenue if the game lost any bone crunching excitement.
Very sad to hear about Junior. He was such an intense player. And a great guy from what I've read of him.
Just making an observation.
apparently you weren't successful.
last time i heard the name junior seau, Rush Limbaugh was reporting that he'd driven his SUV over the side of a hill or something.
ding ding ding.
Rest in Peace, Junior, you were a helluva player..........
I would impose weight limits.....no more than 250 pounds, there was a time when a 300-pound player was unheard of...now they are not only over 300 pounds, but they are fast as well. That’s a bad combination.
It would take a VERY deliberate effort. Even with a pistol grip shotgun without a stock, it wouldn't be easy. Maybe the thing had a sawed off barrel...... (OR SOMEONE SHOT HIM)....
A Samoan dude! RIP Junior.
What is the incidence of concussions for rugby players? If it is lower than that of football players, that would be very telling.
Throughout his Chargers career, I recall he was good to the San Diego community and a first class player. I can't imagine the anguish his mother's going through.
If brain injury did cause major shifts in personality, as I've seen happen in stroke patients, I can understand why he'd want "out" before he couldn't recognize and control who he was and do so in a manner his brain could be preserved for study.
My guess is he did it this way to avoid a mangled head or face at his funeral....out of consideration to his family
Rugby is a very different sport. Large portions of what happens in an NFL play, perfectly legal with the rules stuff, is against the rules in rugby. They just don’t run at each other as much, there’s not as much emphasis on bringing people to the ground. Football is a collision sport, rugby gets some collisions but that’s really the point of football.
You missed.
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