Brook Berringer - April 18

[Eric the Red]

Brook Berringer

Football player

Brook Warren Berringer was an American quarterback for the University of Nebraska football team in the mid-1990s. Berringer came to Nebraska from Goodland, Kansas, and played a back-up role to Tommie Frazier. Wikipedia

Born: July 9, 1973, Scottsbluff

Died: April 18, 1996, Raymond

 

[Mavric]

Didn't realize he was born in Scottsbluff.

Time flies...

 

[T_O_Bull]

Sat in my son's room, watched him sleep and cried like a baby. A tragic loss of a fine young man.

T_O_B

 

[Warrior]

For those that don't remember Brook he was the Rex Burkhead of the 90's for the Husker's.

 

[Nobody]

embodied being a husker.. completely selfless human being. was projected to go first round in the nfl draft.

imo... there has never been another player to exemplify these words more;

Not the victory but the action; Not the goal but the game; In the deed the glory.

 

[Count 'Bility]

When I was a kid, I attended a football camp that Brook was helping at. My mom was obsessed with him. She got him to lay accross the hood of her cadillac for a picture at the camp one day. The guy was so down to earth and blue collar that he proceeded to hang around and have a 20 minute conversation with my family. I'm going to find that pic and post it.

 

[Landlord]

Would have been 39 today. Wow.

 

[walksalone]

Would have been 39 today. Wow.

I remember not hearing about it until a couple weeks after it happened, and then being shocked...

 

[RedRedJarvisRedwine]

RIP

 

[Creighton Duke]

I remember my dad playing this one early Saturday morning sometime before Brook died. Never knew it was about him until much later. Such a great song.