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Former Bridge City football star Shane Dronett found dead in Atlanta-area home
By RYAN S. CLARK
January, 21, 2009
Shane Dronett, a Bridge City native who played with the NFL's Atlanta Falcons, was found dead in his Atlanta-area home Wednesday, according to media reports and friends.
A cause of death has not yet been determined by the Gwinnett County Forensics Department as an autopsy has been scheduled.
Dronett, who recently turned 38, played at Bridge City High School and later went to the University of Texas where he became an All-American on defense. In 1992, he was a second round draft pick of the Denver Broncos and finished his career with the Falcons.
Dronett was a member of the Falcons' National Football Conference Championship team in 1998 that lost to the Broncos in Super Bowl XXXIII.
Vidor football coach/athletic director and Bridge City High alumni Jeff Mathews said this afternoon he learned from a friend about Dronett's death.
Mathews said Dronett was a family friend going back to when his brother, Jason, played high school football with Dronett at Bridge City.
"I was just shocked," Mathews said. "You know he was something special. He was just so gifted in everything he did."
Mathews said that Dronett was survived by his wife and their two children.
By RYAN S. CLARK
January, 21, 2009
Shane Dronett, a Bridge City native who played with the NFL's Atlanta Falcons, was found dead in his Atlanta-area home Wednesday, according to media reports and friends.
A cause of death has not yet been determined by the Gwinnett County Forensics Department as an autopsy has been scheduled.
Dronett, who recently turned 38, played at Bridge City High School and later went to the University of Texas where he became an All-American on defense. In 1992, he was a second round draft pick of the Denver Broncos and finished his career with the Falcons.
Dronett was a member of the Falcons' National Football Conference Championship team in 1998 that lost to the Broncos in Super Bowl XXXIII.
Vidor football coach/athletic director and Bridge City High alumni Jeff Mathews said this afternoon he learned from a friend about Dronett's death.
Mathews said Dronett was a family friend going back to when his brother, Jason, played high school football with Dronett at Bridge City.
"I was just shocked," Mathews said. "You know he was something special. He was just so gifted in everything he did."
Mathews said that Dronett was survived by his wife and their two children.
