longtime Iowa high school football coach killed... - The Orange Mane

Crushaholic · 06-25-2009, 01:01 AM

http://sports.espn.go.com/highschool...ory?id=4283443

PARKERSBURG, Iowa -- Ed Thomas, who produced four NFL linemen as the football coach at tiny Aplington-Parkersburg High, was shot and killed Wednesday inside the school's weight room, authorities said.

The gunman, identified by authorities as 24-year-old Mark Becker, is a former student who played football for Thomas.

Thomas was shot multiple times just before 8 a.m. local time, authorities said. About 50 students were in the school, including several in the weight room, at the time. School was not in session, and no one else was injured in the attack.

Thomas, the 2005 NFL High School Football Coach of the Year, was airlifted to Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo, where he died, his family said in a statement. He was 58.

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Thomas coached several players who went on to the NFL, including Kampman, Jacksonville Jaguars center Brad Meester, Detroit Lions defensive end Jared DeVries and Denver Broncos center Casey Wiegmann.

Los Broncos · 06-25-2009, 01:05 AM

I wonder how close Casey was to him? maybe a little more incentive or inspiration this season.

slyinky · 06-25-2009, 02:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Iron Clady

I wonder how close Casey was to him? maybe a little more incentive or inspiration this season.

Not sure that I would speculate as to how a murder could benefit the Broncos.

watermock · 06-25-2009, 03:17 AM

Obviously an axe to grind.

He sure got the man he wanted.

Iowegians ar ptetty good at uncovering the story.

footstepsfrom#27 · 06-25-2009, 06:47 AM

Very sad...he sounds like a really caring man who thought a lot of his kids and the community. I wonder why he wasn't picked up on the mental health warrant before he went off since it sounds like he was in line for that prior to this.

Kaylore · 06-25-2009, 07:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Iron Clady

I wonder how close Casey was to him? maybe a little more incentive or inspiration this season.

Classy. Way to keep things in perspective there, IC.

Karenin · 06-25-2009, 07:11 AM

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Originally Posted by slyinky

Not sure that I would speculate as to how a murder could benefit the Broncos.

seriously, wtf is wrong with you iron clady?

Los Broncos · 06-25-2009, 08:59 AM

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Originally Posted by slyinky

Not sure that I would speculate as to how a murder could benefit the Broncos.

Not the team, Casey himself.

But I see your point.

The shooting death of legendary Iowa High School football coach Ed Thomas hits Denver Broncos center Casey Weigman hard.

"It's hard to begin to talk about what he's meant to me," Wiegmann told the Denver Post. "He's a second father. He taught me how to play football and a world more than that. He helped make me the man that I am."

Los Broncos · 06-25-2009, 09:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Kaylore

Classy. Way to keep things in perspective there, IC.

Casey himself, not the team.

I just think is kind of came out wrong, my bad.

Pony Boy · 06-25-2009, 09:21 AM

Wiegmann loses mentor in Slaying
http://www.denverpost.com/broncos/ci_12684139

06-25-2009, 01:01 AM	#1
Crushaholic Armchair Poster Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Topeka, KS Posts: 22,079	longtime Iowa high school football coach killed... http://sports.espn.go.com/highschool...ory?id=4283443 PARKERSBURG, Iowa -- Ed Thomas, who produced four NFL linemen as the football coach at tiny Aplington-Parkersburg High, was shot and killed Wednesday inside the school's weight room, authorities said. The gunman, identified by authorities as 24-year-old Mark Becker, is a former student who played football for Thomas. Thomas was shot multiple times just before 8 a.m. local time, authorities said. About 50 students were in the school, including several in the weight room, at the time. School was not in session, and no one else was injured in the attack. Thomas, the 2005 NFL High School Football Coach of the Year, was airlifted to Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo, where he died, his family said in a statement. He was 58. ... Thomas coached several players who went on to the NFL, including Kampman, Jacksonville Jaguars center Brad Meester, Detroit Lions defensive end Jared DeVries and Denver Broncos center Casey Wiegmann.

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06-25-2009, 01:05 AM	#2
Los Broncos Flaw Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Utah Posts: 18,803 Adopt-a-Bronco: Ryan Clady	I wonder how close Casey was to him? maybe a little more incentive or inspiration this season.

06-25-2009, 03:17 AM	#4
watermock "Hoodie Jr" "Hug me!" Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Hot Springs, Ouachitah Posts: 77,090	Obviously an axe to grind. He sure got the man he wanted. Iowegians ar ptetty good at uncovering the story.

06-25-2009, 06:47 AM	#5
footstepsfrom#27 helmet to helmet hitter Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Arlington, TX Posts: 16,126 Adopt-a-Bronco: Joe Mays	Very sad...he sounds like a really caring man who thought a lot of his kids and the community. I wonder why he wasn't picked up on the mental health warrant before he went off since it sounds like he was in line for that prior to this.

06-25-2009, 09:21 AM	#10
Pony Boy "Whoa Nellie" Rub some dirt on it Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 6,379 Adopt-a-Bronco: mellon head	Wiegmann loses mentor in Slaying http://www.denverpost.com/broncos/ci_12684139