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Unfortunate for Tony Dungy.........

Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2005 9:24 am
by Xaiveir
No im not talking about not going undefeated this year........


James Dungy, the 18-year-old son of Indianapolis Colts coach Tony Dungy, was found dead at 1:30 a.m. ET Thursday in his apartment in Lutz, Fla., a suburb of Tampa, Debbie Carter, a spokesperson for the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, confirmed Thursday.

A death investigation is under way, and the spokesperson said that the county medical examiner's office or the hospital at which James Dungy was pronounced dead would have a ruling on the cause of death.

James Dungy officially was pronounced dead this morning at University Community Hospital in Tampa.

Tony Dungy has left the Colts and is in Tampa. Indianapolis plays at Seattle this Saturday.


Terrible news for an otherwise great year for Dungy and the Colts.

Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2005 9:26 am
by Kramer
god that is sad.

Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2005 10:02 am
by Eziekial
Just saw that come across the news. I wonder what happened?

Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2005 10:29 am
by Ogru
http://www.620wdae.com/localsportsstory.html?ID=20051222094458 is reporting that it's a suicide.

EDIT: Full text of the story.

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's department is confirming the death of 18-year-old James Dungy. Dungy, the son of former Buccaneers coach Tony Dungy, was found dead in his North Tampa apartment by his girlfriend early this morning. A death investigation is going on now. At this time, it appears suicide is the cause of death.

The sheriff's office reports an emergency call came in at 1:30 a.m. from Dungy's apartment at Campus Lodge Apartments near USF. Paramedics responded, finding Dungy not breathing. They attempted CPR on Dungy, then transported him to UCH hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Tony Dungy was flying in to Tampa Thursday morning.

Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2005 4:59 pm
by Diekan
Sucks for anyone, but I feel for Dungy more. He's got one of the seemingly most down to earth "real" personality of all the NFL coaches.