Sean Michael Maurice Taylor (April 1, 1983 – November 27, 2007) was an American football free safety for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Redskins as the fifth overall pick of the 2004 NFL Draft where he played for four seasons until his murder in 2007. Today we will discuss about Sean Taylor: Girlfriend married| Death| Cause of death| Wife.
Sean Taylor: Girlfriend married| Death| Cause of death| Wife…
Sean Taylor was born in Florida to Pedro Taylor, a policeman, and Donna Junor. He spent his early years growing up with his great-grandmother Aulga Clarke in Homestead, Florida and later moved to his father’s home at the age of 11. Taylor was baptized at the Bethel Seventh-day Adventist Church in Florida City by Pastor David Peay. He grew up in a low-income neighborhood in Miami, on a street lined with candy-colored houses.
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| Position: | Free safety | ||||||||
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| Born: | April 1, 1983 Florida City, Florida, U.S. |
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| Died: | November 27, 2007 (aged 24) Miami, Florida, U.S. |
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| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 212 lb (96 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Gulliver Prep (Pinecrest, Florida) |
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| College: | Miami (FL) | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2004 / Round: 1 / Pick: 5 | ||||||||
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Girlfriend married
Sean Taylor and Jackie Garcia were high school sweethearts, meeting when the former was just properly beginning his high school football career at Gulliver Preparatory School. Over the years, Jackie stuck by him through thick and thin, so it was honestly no surprise when they got engaged and decided to start a life together. They thought that their daughter, whom they also named Jackie, would be their start to a big family. But little did they know that life had very different plans for them.
Death
The ‘What Happened to Sean Taylor” story began when he was at home in Miami during a botched burglary attempt in November 2007. Five Fort Myers-area men broke into his house looking to steal cash and were unaware that the NFL star was at home with a knee injury instead of playing a Redskins game against Tampa Bay Buccaneers. One of the suspects revealed that confronted them at his bedroom door with a machete, which is when he was shot.
Taylor’s fiancée Jackie Garcia Haley and 18-month daughter were also in the house but did not get injured. The Redskins star was shot in the upper leg and had extensive blood loss through a severed femoral artery, which was the Sean Taylor cause of death. He was rushed to the hospital, but breathed his last 24 hours later, in one of the greatest tragedies.
Cause of death
Taylor, who was shot and killed during a burglary of his home on Nov. 27, 2007, during his fourth season in the NFL, was posthumously voted a Pro Bowler and All-Pro, as well as inducted into Washington’s Ring of Fame, in 2008.
Wife
Jackie Garcia Haley told the court on Monday that Sean Taylor, her high school sweetheart and father of her daughter, lay gasping for air in a pool of blood after he was shot by intruders at their home in Palmetto Bay, Florida in 2007.
Ms Haley, whose uncle is the actor Andy Garcia, shook as she said: ‘I got a towel and tried to stop the bleeding. I ran outside and screamed for help. I told them someone was dying, to please hurry.’ She spoke at the trial of Eric Rivera, 23, the man accused of murdering Taylor during a bungled home invasion six years ago.
