By Gina Gomez
Oct. 17, (THAINDIAN NEWS) This is certainly going to be one of the saddest news for soccer lovers in recent times. Cullen Bryant passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 13. The news of his death has been confirmed by his sister-in-law Wanda E. Bryant. According to Wanda, at the time of his death Bryant was at his home in Colorado Springs, Colo. Bryant was 58.

Intricate details, like the cause of the death, has not been made available to the media as of now. According to reports, it appears now that without the knowledge of his family Bryant had been employed under the strict vigilance of a doctor, at the time of his death.

Though she did not choose to highlight much insight in to the matters that lead to his death, Wanda revealed that Bryant was supposedly under the prescription of a doctor when he had suddenly died on Tuesday. He is supposedly survived by his three children; two adult sons named William Cullen Jr. and Brandon and a teenage daughter, Brianna (13). Bryant had divorced from his wife and had not married since.

He was a second round draft who was picked up by the Rams in the year of 1973. He had remained with the team till the year of 1982, after which he had left for a stint with the Seattle Seahawks, spending the entire season of 1983-84 with them. He returned to the Rams again in 1987 and remained to play out his last pro season. During his time, he was regarded as being the biggest player to have regularly returned kick offs.