Minnesota Sports Forum

Sorry to hear about Marion Barber's passing. He was only 38. He was one of my all-time favorite Gophers. https://www.yahoo.com/news/former-dallas-cowboys-rb-marion-222204967.html

That was a sobering article. I always liked him too I didn't know about some of the issues he had been having the past few years.

I was chatting with a good friend last night whose 145-pound son played ahead of Barber at tailback for Wayzata when Marion was a sophomore! He says Barber was a terrific guy. So many blows to the helmet can do some real damage down the line. RIP.

FNG wrote:I was chatting with a good friend last night whose 145-pound son played ahead of Barber at tailback for Wayzata when Marion was a sophomore! He says Barber was a terrific guy. So many blows to the helmet can do some real damage down the line. RIP.

Yeah, I suspect he had CTE. I wonder if they will do an autopsy to check this. Very sobering.

Sad day for WHS. One of our best.