DT Norman Hand. Played for the Fins in 1995-1996.

Died at the age of 37. Unkown causes as of now



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/14/2010 11:01AM by MikeO.

Wow thank you for the posted occurance of a one year guy. Sucks that he died, and nothing realy more to say, except I hope his family does ok, and copes well.

I liked Norman Hand, he played well in San Diego and I wasn't particularly happy when we sent him there. Condolences to his family.

Rick

there must be some connection bw being huge and dying of natural causes before 40

Size sure can be related. The leading cause of unexpected deaths are blood clots. When I was 40, I put on few pounds and my activity went down due to a job situation. I ended up with blood clots going in both major arteries going to my lungs. That very nearly killed me.

I learned that Blood clots kill more people than AIDS and breast cancer combined, and is one of the leading causes of sudden deaths like this. In Norman Hand's case, it is a very strong possibility.

It sounds like he has a family that loved him. I hope you all will join me in praying for their peace.

bpa

It was heart disease that killed him in the news reports that came out today.

When these guys leave the league they got to get that weight off. This is a very sad story

Reminds me of Michael Strahan. He retired and lost like 50-75 lbs right away, was kind of shocking but understandable.

For sure. The human body simply can't support that mass for long.

sorry to hear that. I remember being disappointed when we traded him, he seemed to be the guy we needed besidd Timbo, they mad a godd pair of tackles.