Posted on 03/24/2016 2:27:10 PM PDT by Kid Shelleen
Former Alabama and NFL fullback Kevin Turner, who died Thursday after a long battle with the neurodegenerative disease ALS, is perhaps best remembered his toughness and versatility as a player and later his perseverance in fighting a deadly illness.
Turner, who was 46, played fullback at Alabama from 1988-91. He then spent eight seasons in the NFL with the New England Patriots and Philadelphia Eagles, retiring after the 1999 season.
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God,he was younger than my five kids.
RIP,young man.
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RIP Kevin, Prayers are up. Hell of a player with the Eagles. A good man.
RIP.
Not a nice way to go. One of my rec basketball buds went that way. He was playing ball with us in the fall of 2013, and gone by early 2015. The deterioration to the point of being unable to move and barely speak was horrible.
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