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Aaron Hernandez

アーロン・ヘルナンデス　/　あーろん・へるなんです

American american football player

November 6, 1989 – April 19, 2017　・　Bristol, Connecticut, United States

Connecticut
American football player

My Take

I cannot write about Aaron Hernandez the way I write about other athletes. The talent was real — a John Mackey Award winner and a genuine NFL star at an age when most players are still finding their footing — but it is inseparable from the murder he was convicted of and the life that was taken. What stays with me is the posthumous discovery of severe brain trauma in a 27-year-old, which forces uncomfortable questions about what football extracts from the people who play it. I read his story less as a biography than as a warning the sport has yet to fully answer. Tragedy is the only honest word.

Overview

Aaron Josef Hernandez (November 6, 1989 – April 19, 2017) was an American professional football player who was a tight end in the National Football League (NFL). He played three seasons with the New England Patriots until his arrest and conviction for the murder of Odin Lloyd.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Aaron Hernandez
Name (Japanese): アーロン・ヘルナンデス
Reading: あーろん・へるなんです
Born: November 6, 1989 – April 19, 2017
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Scorpio / Snake
Origin: Bristol, Connecticut, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: 188 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: American football player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Bristol Central High School
University: University of Florida

Awards & achievements

2009 John Mackey Award

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

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