In this Jan. 10, 2010 file photo, New England Patriots linebacker Junior Seau (55) warms up on the field before an NFL wild-card playoff football game in Foxborough, Mass. Police say Seau, a former NFL star, was found dead at his home in Oceanside, Calif., Wednesday, May 2, 2012, after responding to a shooting there. He was 43. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)Glancing around his corner office inside First Volunteer Bank, anyone who isn’t familiar with Eddie Moore would have difficulty realizing he had an NFL career. Desk photos are of his wife and family, and the walls aren’t decorated with memorabilia from his playing days.
But that is soon to change.
Moore said he plans to hang a signed game jersey given to him by Junior Seau when they were teammates with the Miami Dolphins. It will be Moore’s tribute to a mentor.
Although known as a “walking, talking motivational speaker,” Seau shocked the sports world Wednesday morning when he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound inside his Oceanside, Calif., home.
“It was really tough to hear that he had died, but especially to know he took his own life,” Moore said. “Junior was just an all-around great guy. A lot of veterans are scared to teach you anything when you come into the league because you might take their job, but Junior would teach you everything he knew.