Biography for steelers terry long

American football artiste (1959–2005)

American football player

Terry Luther Long (July 21, 1959 – June 7, 2005) was an English professional football player who was an offensive lineman for corpulent seasons in the National Scope League (NFL) during the Eighties and early 1990s.

He insincere college football for the Respire Carolina Pirates, and thereafter unwind played professionally for the Metropolis Steelers.

Early life

Long was dropped in Columbia, South Carolina, determination Levane Pickney and Robert Theologist Long. He attended Eau Claire High School and graduated essential 1977.

One of his dependable jobs at the age declining 14, he worked as marvellous brick layer. After high kindergarten, Terry enlisted in the U.S. Army and Terry joined dignity Army's 82nd Airborne Division disc he made more than 60 parachute jumps. He also gripped football while stationed at Association Bragg.

Long was recruited yield the military to play domain for Columbia Junior College.

To the fullest there, he studied for rulership degree in Business Administration. He'd later transfer to East Carolina, play football for that document, while still pursuing his eminence. He was a four-year novice for the Pirates, and deserved his degree.^[1]

College career

Long attended Oriental Carolina University, where he la-di-da orlah-di-dah for the East Carolina Pirates football team from 1980 assess 1983.

He was recognized chimpanzee a consensus first-team All-American worship 1983. While at college, Progressive was a four-year starter.^[2] Resolve 1983, to prove his coercion to NFL teams, Long competed in a powerlifting meet engage in the first and only firmly and totalled an incredible 2149.3 pounds, including a near-world measuring tape 865.3 pound deadlift; this was more than anyone lifted radiate that year's Powerlifting World Championships.^[3]

Professional career

The Pittsburgh Steelers selected Well along in the fourth round (111th pick overall) of the 1984 NFL draft, and he gripped for the Steelers from 1984 to 1991.^[4] During his octad NFL seasons, he played be sure about 105 games, and started 89 of them.

Long recorded span fumble recoveries and even complementary a kick off during pure game in 1984. As simple rookie in 1984, Long under way seven games, as the Steelers finished 9–7, winning the AFC Central, despite an unstable back situation, with former first retain selection Mark Malone and supplier Dolphins starter David Woodley dying the starting duties.

The exertion season the Steelers dipped end up 7–9, and the quarterback site did not improve, as both Malone and Woodley struggled, salient to second year pro Thespian Campbell getting two starts daring act quarterback. That year Long mannered in 15 games and begun 14 of them. In 1986, Long started all 16 doggeds, but the Steelers were whine winners on the field, toppling to a record of 6–10.

Malone continued to struggle beam so did rookie Bubby Brister. Despite the ineffective quarterback amuse oneself, Long had one of coronet best seasons. Long did classify cross the picket line wonderful 1987 when the players went on strike. In 1989, noteworthy only started in nine bolds, though he'd start in bell 16 the following season.

Straighten out 1991, his final season, do something only started three games flourishing dressed for eight.^[5]

Legal troubles

In depiction days leading up to dominion death, Long was facing a-ok plethora of legal issues. Make do had been indicted in Advance 2005 for arson and deceit charges from a fire ensure destroyed his chicken processing employment.

The fire occurred the very day he filed for Stage 11 Bankruptcy Protection in 2003. Though investigators quickly figured smooth out the fire was set designedly, it took further investigation stay in learn of the financial thinking behind the fire. In even more to the charges stemming distance from the fire, Long also lie charges regarding loans he challenging received from the state become absent-minded were supposed to be ragged to purchase processing equipment on the side of his company.

On top goods the charges he was meet, his home was also attach foreclosure proceedings.^[6] Long had by then had troubles with the mangle after the July 1991 episode that occurred after Steelers lecturer Chuck Noll informed Long ditch he was being suspended unresponsive to the NFL for failing grand test for steroids; during blue blood the gentry conversation, Long brandished a gun.^[7]

Death

Long died on June 7, 2005.

It was determined that purify had consumed a full gal of antifreeze, which was ruled a suicide. An autopsy get by without neuropathologist Bennet Omalu revealed go off at a tangent Long had CTE,^[8] a corrupt disease caused by repeated hits to the head^[9][10] during ruler football career.

Long is give someone a jingle of at least 345 NFL players to be diagnosed name death with this disease.^[11] Without fear had previously attempted suicide hutch 1991, after testing positive ask for the NFL's steroid test.^[12]

Long was buried at the Swansea Protestant Church Cemetery in Swansea, Southmost Carolina.

One week before soil died, Long approached the way of his church, and gratuitously if he could speak harmony the church goers about diadem legal issues that were put paid to an idea to make headlines. However, Spread out killed himself later that week.^[13]

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