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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Far less given the vast difference in the contact collisions between the two sports.........
this was discussed about a week ago on a thread about NFL concussions.........
I am so sorry for your loss. One is never prepared to lose a parent. Prayers for you.
I did as well, but she put it in her mouth.
A dud. I’d have tried again, but I ran out of shells.
My 31 year old nephew took his own life two years ago, come June. To this day, I still grieve over his loss. We were very close; yet not close enough to have an impact on preventing what was to come the night we lost him.
My 31 year old nephew took his own life two years ago, come June. To this day, I still grieve over his loss. We were very close; yet not close enough to have an impact on preventing what was to come the night we lost him.
RIP.
I know that NFL players go to early graves — I didn’t think that suicide was a primary cause though.
Gotta love the Mods these days.
Plus in rugby, head hits (both using the head and going for the head) are, as far as I know, illegal and grounds for ejection. Too many football players were taught to lead with the head, or tackle in a way that caused head-to-head clashes. There’s no helmet in the world that can prevent effects from those building up over time.
The sport that causes me to be amazed is Australian Rules Football. Those guys jump like basketball players and hit like American football players...with no pads at all. I wonder if they have similar concussion issues to the NFL/NHL, because man, those guys HIT.
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