The Philadelphia Eagles mourned yet another death of a former player from the early 90s, 6'-4", 290 lb. offensive lineman Tom McHale. While McHale was never a star athlete in the NFL, it is a sad affair and hopefully the last one for a long time. McHale can be added to the list of died-too-young Eagles from that era, including Jerome Brown, Reggie White, and Andre Waters (am I forgetting anybody??).
Considering that most players who played then are or would be only in their late 30s to early 50s now, that is a disproportionate number of deceased players from one team. Hopefully this is just coincidence, but it makes one wonder about the level of danger and damage these young men battled thru week in and week out. Not a pretty picture when you think about it.
R.I.P. Tom... be sure to give Reggie a pancake block in your next practice game in the big football field in the sky...
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