Mosi Tatupu dies at the age of 54
February 25th, 2010 - 1:56 am ICT by Aishwarya BhattSamoa, Feb 24 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Patriots’ Mosi Tatupu has died at the age of 54. He was a fullback and a special teams ace for the Patriots for 13 seasons. The cause of his death hasn’t been known so far. Barry Markowitz who is a family friend, told the Star-Bulletin, “He had some health issues.” He refused to elaborate on the cause of death.
Mosi Tatupu was born in Pago Pago, American Samoa. He was an accomplished football player in his school days as well. He was also well known as a schoolboy football star at the Punahou High in Honolulu. He was also the owner of the Hawaii state record for career yards for 17 years. He had been drafted by the Patriots in the eighth round of the 1978 draft out of the University of Southern California.
“It’s a tremendous shock. I didn’t know that he was ill, if he was ill, we’re not sure how he died and that doesn’t seem to have been released at this time … It’s shocking sudden news to us,” said Steve Schairer, who is now the athletic director at King Philip, but he was the lacrosse coach during Mosi Tatupu’s time as head football coach.
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