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per Greder:
After each Gophers game, linebacker Jon Celestin talked on the phone with his father, Frederick, back home in Georgia. They spoke for the last time after Minnesota’s spring game on April 15.
“He said he couldn’t wait for the season,” Jon Celestin said Tuesday. “He was going to come up to a game and everything.”
Three days later, Frederick was struck by a Chevy Tahoe while walking at 5:20 a.m. in Albany, Ga., according to WALB-TV. The driver, Brian Williams, swerved but couldn’t avoid Celestin, who was taken to a nearby hospital and died within the hour, the station reported. No charges were filed against Williams.
Frederick was wearing his son’s maroon-and-gold No. 13 jersey at the time of the accident.
“It was pretty hard, but I’ve been persevering and keeping the team — still leading the team, doing what I can to make my team successful,” Celestin said Tuesday from Big Ten media days.
http://www.twincities.com/2017/07/2...estin-dedicates-senior-season-to-late-father/
Go Gophers!!
After each Gophers game, linebacker Jon Celestin talked on the phone with his father, Frederick, back home in Georgia. They spoke for the last time after Minnesota’s spring game on April 15.
“He said he couldn’t wait for the season,” Jon Celestin said Tuesday. “He was going to come up to a game and everything.”
Three days later, Frederick was struck by a Chevy Tahoe while walking at 5:20 a.m. in Albany, Ga., according to WALB-TV. The driver, Brian Williams, swerved but couldn’t avoid Celestin, who was taken to a nearby hospital and died within the hour, the station reported. No charges were filed against Williams.
Frederick was wearing his son’s maroon-and-gold No. 13 jersey at the time of the accident.
“It was pretty hard, but I’ve been persevering and keeping the team — still leading the team, doing what I can to make my team successful,” Celestin said Tuesday from Big Ten media days.
http://www.twincities.com/2017/07/2...estin-dedicates-senior-season-to-late-father/
Go Gophers!!
