Jeff Alm

Jeff Alm

Infobox NFLretired


position=Defensive Tackle
number=
birthdate=birth date|1968|3|31
New York, New York
deathdate=death date and age|1993|12|14|1968|3|31

debutyear=1990
finalyear=1993
draftyear=1990
draftround=2
draftpick=41
college=Notre Dame
teams=
* Houston Oilers (1961-1974)
stat1label=Games
stat1value=44
stat2label=Sacks
stat2value=2.5
stat3label=Interceptions
stat3value=0
nfl=ALM276861

Jeffrey Lawrence Alm (March 31, 1968 - December 14, 1993) was an American football player who played defensive tackle for the Houston Oilers of the National Football League.

Alm was a promising player for the Oilers whose career and life were cut short by tragic circumstances.

According to witness, Alm and his best friend, Sean P. Lynch, had dinner at a local steakhouse on December 13, 1993. At 2:45 a.m. Central Standard Time the following day, Alm’s car lost control at Interstate 610 and Lynch was thrown out of the car through the passenger window to his death. Alm had been speeding and lost control of his 1993 Cadillac El Dorado on a curved exit ramp. After the crash Alm ran across the ramp and looked down an embankment, discovering that his boyhood friend had been thrown to his death 30 feet below. Apparently distraught by his best friend’s death, Alm took out a pistol grip shotgun, fired two shots into the air and then shot himself in the face.

Toxicology reports have stated that Alm had a blood alcohol-level of .14, just over the .10 legal limit. Lynch's blood-alcohol level was a staggering .30. Alm was also taking the prescription barbiturate, Fiorinal, commonly prescribed as a muscle relaxant. According to the report by Dr. Joseph A. Jachimczyk, Chief Medical Examiner for Harris County, the barbiturate level was within therapeutic range.

External links

* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9F0CE7D71738F936A25751C1A965958260 NY Times - Alm takes his own life]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A07E2D61E3EF935A35752C0A962958260&n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fSubjects%2fA%2fAlcoholic%20Beverages NY Times - Officials Say Alm was Intoxicated]


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