Tommy Kane

Thomas Henry Kane (born January 14, 1964) is a Canadian former professional football player. He played for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL) for four years, and then for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL) for one year.

Football career Kane played college football at Syracuse University.

NFL

A third-round draft pick in 1988, Kane played for the Seattle Seahawks from 1988 to 1992, when his season ended early due to ankle and knee injuries. The Seahawks cut him during training camp in the following year

CFL

Kane moved to the Canadian Football League. He played five games for the Toronto Argonauts in 1994.

At the end of his pro career, Kane volunteered at youth football camps sponsored by Montreal's Westend Sport Association, which he had attended as a youth. While with the Argonauts, he donated a year's salary to the Centre. He was subsequently sentenced to community service.

On November 30, 2003, Kane severely beat and then stabbed his estranged wife, Tammara Shaikh, in his mother's house in LaSalle, Quebec. Shaikh, 35, died in the arms of a church counsellor from Kane's church who had accompanied her to the home with the intention of escorting Kane to a detox center. The couple had recently separated. Kane was ultimately sentenced to 18 years in prison.

In 2010, Quebec judge Clement Gascon ordered Kane to pay damages of $590,000 to Tammara Shaikh's family. $125,000 was awarded to each of Kane and Shaikh's four children and $90,000 to Tammara's sister, Ava Shaikh, who had gained legal custody of the children after Tammara's murder. In late 2015, the Canadian Parole Board approved Kane for six months of day parole while he continued to serve his 18 year sentence.

Popular culture On November 22, 2014, Investigation Discovery aired this story in season 3, episode 3 of the original series Fatal Vows in an episode entitled Big League Murder.