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West Mesquite, Utah RB Ty Jordan remembered during funeral at AT&T Stadium
Mourners gathered at AT&T Stadium Wednesday morning to remember the life of 18-year-old Ty Jordan.
ARLINGTON, Texas - Mourners gathered at AT&T Stadium Wednesday morning to remember the life of 18-year-old Ty Jordan.
The promising football player died on Christmas Day after accidentally shooting himself.
Jordan was a freshman running back at the University of Utah.
The entire team flew to North Texas to honor his life.
Loved one shared stories and fond memories with the crowd of well-wishers. Bless us who have suffered this great loss, and may we find comfort in your arms of love, one speaker said.
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As is the tradition of this column at the beginning of a new year, we look back at the personalities who passed away in the previous year but had a profound impact on the sports that they served. Many were pinnacles of their game, including seven baseball Hall of Famers and one who deserves enshrinement.
Members of Cooperstown who passed were Al Kaline, 85, the classy right-handed hitter called “Mr. Tiger,” Tom Seaver, 75, the most visible player on the “Amazing Mets” 1969 World Series champion team, St. Louis Cardinals legends Lou Brock, 81, one of the greatest leadoff hitters and base stealers of all-time and Bob Gibson, 84, one of the most competitive pitchers in MLB history, Whitey Ford, 91, the greatest starting pitcher in New York Yankees history, Joe Morgan, 77, who was born in Bonham, raised in Oakland and a two-time NL MVP as a member of Cincinnati’s Big Red Machine and Phil Niekro, 81, a knuckleballer with 318 career victories.
The day after Christma brings shocking news of a tragedy on the Utah football team.
Utes running back Ty Jordan, who was named the Pac-12 freshman of the year this week and is ranked ninth in the country in rushing, was reportedly the victim of an accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound, and Utah school officials announced Saturday that he has died. He was 19. On behalf of the entire University of Utah, our love and condolences to Ty Jordan s family, friends, teammates and coaches. We are devastated by this heartbreaking news. To watch Ty on the field was to be thrilled by his athleticism and talent. Rest In Peace, Ty, Utah president Ruth V. Watkins said in a tweet.
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