Shawn Lee American football player

Shawn Swaboda Lee (October 24, 1966 – February 26, 2011) was an American football defensive tackle who played eleven seasons with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1988–89), the Miami Dolphins (1990–91), the San Diego Chargers (1992–97), and the Chicago Bears (1998) in the National Football League. He started in Super Bowl XXIX for the Chargers. Lee and Reuben Davis were nicknamed "The Two Tons of Fun".Shawn Lee was educated at the University of North Alabama as a communications Major. He was a co-founder of the Players Community Resource Center.Lee, who had been struggling with diabetes for the past few years, died on February 26, 2011 from cardiac arrest brought on by double pneumonia. Lee was 44.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)Lee Shawn Swaboda (full name)
Birth dateOctober 24, 1966
Birth place
Brooklyn
Date of deathFebruary 26, 2011
Place of death
Raleigh North Carolina

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American football player

Career start1988
Debut team
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Draft pick163
Draft round6
Draft year1988
Former team
Chicago Bears
Miami Dolphins
San Diego Chargers
Tampa Bay Buccaneers

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