Stanley Shakespeare
Appearance
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Position: | Wide receiver |
Personal information | |
Born: | Auburn, New York, U.S. | February 5, 1963
Died: | April 26, 2005 Jupiter, Florida, U.S. | (aged 42)
Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
Weight: | 190 lb (86 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | Lake Worth (Lake Worth Beach, Florida) |
College: | Miami (FL) |
Career history | |
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Stanley C. Shakespeare (February 5, 1963 – April 26, 2005) was an American football wide receiver who attended Lake Worth High School in Lake Worth Beach, Florida, played college football at the University of Miami and spent one season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL) during the 1987 NFLPA strike.[1][2] He drowned on April 26, 2005, after being knocked off his boat by a large wave.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Stanley Shakespeare". bucpower.com. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
- ^ "Stanley Shakespeare". profootballarchives.com. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
- ^ "Drowning Victim Is Ex-um Standout". articles.sun-sentinel.com. April 28, 2005. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
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[edit]Categories:
- 1963 births
- 2005 deaths
- Players of American football from New York (state)
- American football wide receivers
- Miami Hurricanes football players
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers players
- Sportspeople from Auburn, New York
- Sportspeople from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
- Players of American football from Palm Beach County, Florida
- Accidental deaths in Florida
- Deaths by drowning in the United States
- 20th-century African-American sportspeople
- 21st-century African-American sportspeople