Wes Dove
Appearance
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Position: | Defensive end | ||
Personal information | |||
Born: | Buffalo, New York, U.S. | February 9, 1964||
Died: | March 5, 1989 Gaithersburg, Maryland, U.S. | (aged 25)||
Height: | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | ||
Weight: | 270 lb (122 kg) | ||
Career information | |||
High school: | Kenmore East | ||
College: | Syracuse | ||
NFL draft: | 1987 / round: 12 / pick: 312 | ||
Career history | |||
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||
Career NFL statistics | |||
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Player stats at PFR |
Wesley Walker Dove (February 9, 1964 – March 5, 1989) was an American football defensive end who played for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Syracuse University.[1][2]
Dove committed suicide one year after the end of his football career, at the age of 25.[3][4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Wes Dove stats". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved December 22, 2023.
- ^ "Wes Dove, DE". NFL. Retrieved December 22, 2023.
- ^ "Dove, All-WNY gridder, kills himself in Maryland". The Buffalo News. March 7, 1989. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Former Seahawk Dies by Suicide". The New York Times. Associated Press. March 8, 1989.
- ^ "Former Syracuse football star Wes Dove was scheduled for..." United Press International. March 7, 1989.
Categories:
- 1964 births
- 1989 deaths
- Players of American football from New York (state)
- American football defensive ends
- Syracuse Orange football players
- Seattle Seahawks players
- Suicides in Maryland
- 1989 suicides
- American football defensive lineman, 1960s birth stubs
- Sportspeople who died by suicide
- 20th-century American sportsmen