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Terry Beasley, a former Auburn star receiver and College Football Hall of Famer, has died of an obvious suicide, in keeping with police. He was 73.
AUBURN, Ala.: Terry Beasley, a former Auburn star receiver and College Football Hall of Famer, has died of an obvious suicide, in keeping with police. He was 73.
St. Clair County Coroner Dennis Russell stated Beasley was declared useless at about 5:15 p.m. Wednesday.
Moody Police Chief Reece Smith stated the case is being investigated as a possible suicide.
“We got a call at 5:20 (Wednesday) afternoon and officers found Mr. Beasley with what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound,” Smith stated Thursday.
Beasley, who for many years suffered from the consequences of various concussions throughout his enjoying profession, paired up with Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Pat Sullivan and earned All-America honors in each 1970 and 1971. He nonetheless holds the varsity receiving information with 2,507 yards and 29 touchdowns in a 3-12 months profession.
Beasley was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2002. His No. 88 is considered one of solely three Auburn soccer jerseys to be retired, together with Sullivan’s No. 7 and Bo Jackson’s No. 34.
“Pat Sullivan was the leader, the quarterback, the Heisman Trophy winner, but the guy who made that whole passing game go was Beasley,” former Auburn athletic director and sports activities data director David Housel stated. “He is an Auburn legend. He is the standard by which all other Auburn receivers will be measured.”
Beasley additionally holds Auburn’s file for consecutive video games with a landing catch (8), together with 100-yard receiving video games in a season (6) and a profession (12).
Beasley was a primary-spherical draft decide by the San Francisco 49ers in 1972. He performed three seasons within the NFL earlier than retiring in 1975 due to accidents and later was a plaintiff in a lawsuit in opposition to the NFL on the consequences of mind accidents. It was settled in 2016.
In the lawsuit, Beasley stated he had suffered reminiscence loss, complications, nervousness and sleeplessness on account of soccer-associated accidents.
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