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    USC kicker Danelo found dead at bottom of cliff

    http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200...x.html?cnn=yes

    SAN PEDRO, Calif. (AP) -- Southern California kicker Mario Danelo was found dead Saturday about 120 feet down a rocky cliff near Point Fermin lighthouse.

    The body was reported by a passer-by at about 4:30 p.m., said Martha Garcia of the Los Angeles Police Department.

    Danelo, the 21-year-old son of former NFL kicker Joe Danelo, made 15 of 16 field goals this season and led the Trojans in scoring with 89 points. The junior made two field goals in the Rose Bowl on Monday to help USC beat Michigan 32-18.

    Speaking on behalf of Trojans coach Pete Carroll, USC spokesman Tim Tessalone said: "We were stunned to hear about this tragedy. This is a great loss. Mario was a wonderful young man of high character.

    "He was one heck of a kicker. He was a key ingredient in our success the past two years. The thoughts and prayers of the entire Trojan family go out to the Danelo family on this sad, sad day."

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    Re: USC kicker Danelo found dead at bottom of cliff

    This has been a strange past few months in the world of sports.

    My heart goes out to all who knew him.

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    Re: USC kicker Danelo found dead at bottom of cliff

    Sad
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    Re: USC kicker Danelo found dead at bottom of cliff

    I posted this in another thread but it deserves its own thread. Thanks pedro. This is very sad, only 21 years old. As I stated in the other thread, this is the second player USC has lost in the past eight months. Last May, Ryan Francis, a freshman PG on the basketball team, was shot and killed while visiting family back home in Louisiana. Three summers ago USC lost Drean Rucker, one of the top LB recruits in the country in a boating accident. On top of that, former Trojans Darrell Russell and Michael Bastianelli died tragically in a car crash last December. It's been a rough three or four years for the USC program.


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    Re: USC kicker Danelo found dead at bottom of cliff

    Quote Originally Posted by Dom Heffner View Post
    This has been a strange past few months in the world of sports.
    I agree...and these haven't been the garden variety incidents either.

    I surprised that an All-American QB hasn't died from ebola during the last month or so.

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    Re: USC kicker Danelo found dead at bottom of cliff

    No suicide per AP. Accidental. Thank God.

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    Re: USC kicker Danelo found dead at bottom of cliff

    It appears Danelo was drunk at the time of the accident.

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070205/...kicker_death_2
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    Re: USC kicker Danelo found dead at bottom of cliff

    This happens every so often at Red River Gorge. More often than not, someone gets up in the middle of the night to take a pee and wanders
    over the edge of a cliff.

    http://www.enquirer.com/editions/200...wwloc2hik.html

    http://www.abc-of-rockclimbing.com/n...iver-gorge.asp This kid, it turns out, was drunk, too.

    http://www.enquirer.com/editions/200...edriver01.html
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    Re: USC kicker Danelo found dead at bottom of cliff

    Quote Originally Posted by SunDeck View Post
    This happens every so often at Red River Gorge. More often than not, someone gets up in the middle of the night to take a pee and wanders
    over the edge of a cliff.

    http://www.enquirer.com/editions/200...wwloc2hik.html
    Jamie was one of my friends from high school. Really great guy that was involved with the band program during high school. He was also involved with a church group at college and played baseball through his sophomore year oh high school I believe.

    Just a really great guy....that one was a tough one for myself and many, many others.

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    Re: USC kicker Danelo found dead at bottom of cliff

    Quote Originally Posted by SunDeck View Post
    This happens every so often at Red River Gorge. More often than not, someone gets up in the middle of the night to take a pee and wanders
    over the edge of a cliff.

    http://www.enquirer.com/editions/200...wwloc2hik.html

    http://www.abc-of-rockclimbing.com/n...iver-gorge.asp This kid, it turns out, was drunk, too.

    http://www.enquirer.com/editions/200...edriver01.html
    Pedro had a friend who fell off the cliffs at Moab, in the middle of the night he went to the bathroom and went the wrong way. Which is easy to do in red rock country, even in the day time. His friends used the GPS system to tel 911 where to come.

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    Re: USC kicker Danelo found dead at bottom of cliff

    sad to here kid was just kicking in the rose bowl then few weeks later his life ends make u realize how special everyday is


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