Beasley, ex-Auburn WR and HOFer, dies at 73

AUBURN, Ala.– Terry Beasley, a previous Auburn star receiver and College Football Hall of Famer, has passed away of an evident suicide, according to authorities. He was 73.

St. Clair County Coroner Dennis Russell stated Beasley was declared dead at about 5:15 p.m. Wednesday.Moody Cops Chief Reece Smith said the case is being investigated as a prospective suicide.”We got a call at 5:20 (Wednesday)afternoon and officers discovered Mr. Beasley with what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot injury,” Smith said Thursday.Beasley, who for years struggled with the impacts of a variety of concussions during his playing career, paired up with Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Pat Sullivan and earned All-America honors in both 1970 and 1971. He still holds the school getting records with 2,507 lawns and 29 touchdowns in a three-year career.Beasley was inducted into the College Football Hall of Popularity in 2002. His No. 88 is one of just three Auburn football jerseys to be retired, together with Sullivan’s No. 7 and Bo Jackson’s No. 34. “Pat Sullivan was the leader, the quarterback, the Heisman Prize winner, however the guy who made that entire death game go was Beasley,”previous Auburn athletic director and sports details director David Housel said.”He is an Auburn legend. He is the requirement by which all other Auburn receivers will be determined.”Beasley also holds Auburn’s record for successive games with a touchdown catch(8 ), along with 100-yard receiving games in a season (6)and a career(

12). Beasley was a first-round draft pick by the San Francisco 49ers in 1972. He played 3 seasons in the NFL before retiring in 1975 because of injuries and later was a complainant

in a claim versus the NFL on the results of brain injuries. It was settled in 2016. In the lawsuit, Beasley stated he had actually suffered amnesia, headaches, stress and anxiety and insomnia as a result of football-related injuries.