The family of CFL Hall of Famer Milt Stegall has really offered a declaration on the premature finish of his 20-year-old boy, Chase
Chase Stegall handed away Monday early morning at his home at DePaul University in Chicago, the place he was a pupil with the establishment’s soccer group.
He was the oldest boy of Milt and Darlene, and sibling to Collin.
“It is with profound sadness that we announce the sudden passing of our beloved son and brother, Chase Hamilton Stegall. Chase lived a life filled with love, kindness, and talent, and his memory will be forever etched in our hearts,” the declaration claims.
“We are deeply touched by the outpouring of affection and appreciation for Chase and the various items he shared all through his life. Your heartfelt condolences and help imply greater than phrases can specific.
“As a family members, we request for personal privacy as we regret this deeply excruciating loss.”
No reason for demise has been given.
< figcaption course=” image-caption”>Former Winnipeg Blue Bomber Milt Stegall, alongside together with his son Chase, is congratulated throughout a ceremony the place Bombers president and CEO Wade Miller inducted him into the Bombers Ring of Fame in 2016. (John Woods/The Canadian Press)
Chase was usually seen across the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and their outdated Polo Park-area stadium within the mid-Nineties till the mid-2000s.
His dad, Milt, who retired from taking part in in 2009, was one of the widespread Bombers in group historical past. He performed in blue and gold from 1995-98 earlier than suiting up for the New Orleans Saints however tearing his ACL.
He got here again to the Bombers from 1999-2008 and put his stamp all around the CFL report books.
He was named a division all-star eight instances, a league all-star six instances and the league’s most excellent participant in 2002. He holds nearly each Bombers receiving report and is the CFL all-time chief in profession touchdowns with 147.
“Chase was a brilliant and skilled boy with an appealing future, and his loss is really felt deeply throughout our whole Blue Bombers household,” mentioned an announcement Monday from Blue Bombers president and CEO Wade Miller, whose profession with the Bombers was overlapped by Stegall’s.
Tributes and condolences have additionally been expressed by the CFL, the league’s TV broadcaster, TSN, the NHL’s Winnipeg Jets, and dozens upon dozens of followers on social media.
Milt Stegall has been a CFL analyst on TSN’s studio panel since his retirement.
No particulars a couple of memorial service for Chase have been introduced.
“In this time around of pain, we bask in understanding the number of lives he touched and we will certainly remain to honour Chase’s memory with the love and light he brought right into the globe,” the Stegall household assertion says.
“As a family members, we request for personal privacy as we regret this deeply excruciating loss.”
