About Frank Wainright
Lived 1967 – 2016 (aged 48). Frank Wainright was an American american football player.
Frank Wesley Wainright (October 10, 1967 – April 5, 2016) was an American professional football tight end in the National Football League (NFL) for ten seasons for the New Orleans Saints, Philadelphia Eagles, Miami Dolphins, and Baltimore Ravens. He played high school his freshman through junior year at Peoria Heights High School. He played college football at the University of Northern Colorado and was drafted 210th overall in the eighth round of the 1991 NFL draft.
Wainright is one of at least 345 NFL players to be diagnosed after death with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), which is caused by repeated hits to the head.
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Who was Frank Wainright?
American football player (1967-2016)
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Frank Wainright was born on 10 October 1967 in Peoria.
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Frank Wainright died on 5 April 2016.
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Frank Wainright was an american football player.
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Frank Wainright was American.
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