Shawn Lee (American football)
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Position: | Defensive Tackle |
Personal information | |
Born: | Brooklyn, New York, U.S. | October 24, 1966
Died: | February 26, 2011 Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S. | (aged 44)
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Weight: | 300 lb (136 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | Erasmus Hall (Brooklyn, New York) |
College: | North Alabama |
NFL Draft: | 1988 / Round: 6 / Pick: 163 |
Career history | |
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Career NFL statistics | |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Shawn Swaboda Lee (October 24, 1966 – February 26, 2011) was an American football defensive tackle who played eleven seasons with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1988–89), the Miami Dolphins (1990–91), the San Diego Chargers (1992–97), and the Chicago Bears (1998) in the National Football League. He started in Super Bowl XXIX for the Chargers. Lee and Reuben Davis were nicknamed "The Two Tons of Fun".
Shawn Lee was educated at the University of North Alabama as a communications Major. He was a co-founder of the Players Community Resource Center.[1]
Lee, who had been struggling with diabetes for the past few years, died on February 26, 2011 from cardiac arrest brought on by double pneumonia.[2] Lee was 44.
References[]
- ^ Who's Who Among African Americans (23rd ed.). ISBN 978-1-4144-5345-3.
- ^ Jenkins, Chris (February 28, 2011). "Former Chargers DL Shawn Lee dead at 44". The San Diego Union-Tribune.
Categories:
- 1966 births
- 2011 deaths
- Sportspeople from Brooklyn
- American football defensive tackles
- North Alabama Lions football players
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers players
- Miami Dolphins players
- San Diego Chargers players
- Chicago Bears players
- Deaths from pneumonia in North Carolina
- American football defensive lineman, 1960s birth stubs