T. J. Turner (linebacker)
Appearance
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Position: | Linebacker |
Personal information | |
Born: | Dayton, Ohio, U.S. | October 1, 1978
Died: | March 10, 2014 Dayton, Ohio, U.S. | (aged 35)
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
Weight: | 255 lb (116 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | Hillsboro (OH) |
College: | Michigan State |
NFL draft: | 2001 / round: 7 / pick: 239 |
Career history | |
Stats at Pro Football Reference |
Thomas Samuel Turner III (October 1, 1978 – March 10, 2014) was an American professional football linebacker who played one season with the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Patriots in the seventh round of the 2001 NFL draft. He played college football at Michigan State University and attended Hillsboro High School in Hillsboro, Ohio.[1] Turner died of cancer on March 10, 2014.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "T.J. TURNER". profootballarchives.com. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
- ^ "Former HHS star and NFL linebacker T.J. Turner dies at 35". highlandcountypress.com. March 11, 2014. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
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Categories:
- 1978 births
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- Players of American football from Dayton, Ohio
- American football linebackers
- Michigan State Spartans football players
- New England Patriots players
- Deaths from cancer in Ohio
- 20th-century African-American sportsmen
- 21st-century African-American sportsmen
- American football biography stubs