Read something very, very good about Wheatley... - New England Patriots Forums

MosiT · 04-30-2008, 05:12 PM

Not our Wheatley, but Tyrone Wheatley, former NFL player.

I was doing some searching for more information on Wheatley and came across this article about Tyrone Wheatley because I was wondering if they were related in any manner. They are not but this section of the article on Tyrone really brought a tear to my eye and really made me appreciate what he had done with his life. Very nice stuff. Heres the part of the article and the link to the rest of it.

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Wheatley was born in Inkster, Michigan, a city nicknamed Baby Saigon for its high crime rate. Inkster is located in Metropolitan Detroit, east of both Ann Arbor and the University of Michigan. Wheatleys father (also named Tyrone) suffered a mortal gunshot wound to the head in 1974 when Wheatley was two years old. Wheatleys stepfather died of a heart attack when he was 13, leaving behind Wheatley, his sister, and half-brother, two-year-old Leslie Mongo. Shortly afterward, Wheatleys mother, Patricia, was laid off and became an alcoholic. With the effective loss of his two parents, Wheatley and his sister were forced to move in with an aunt, where he lived through the rest of his childhood. Due to family difficulties, Wheatley acts as the guardian of two cousins and his half brother. Mongo was ten years younger than Wheatley, and graduated high school in New Jersey in 2004—thirteen years after Wheatley had graduated high school.

Wheatley was involved in competitive athletics from an early age: In his youth, he ran competitively with the Penn Park track team, where, as an eight-year-old, he stood out for his discipline and promptness.

Because of his family trouble, he assumed a family leadership role at a relatively young age. Wheatley made it clear to his brothers and sisters that when chaos came to their lives, they should to turn to him because he would be there and he would never fall. When he was in high school, he would take his younger siblings to basketball games, mapping out emergency plans for shooting outbreaks or brawls.

Wheatleys guardianship continued throughout his career at the University of Michigan and while he was a professional athlete. While playing in the NFL, he realized that leaving Mongo—the youngest of his siblings—in Inkster and merely providing financial support was not a solution because Mongo was still exposed to gang shootings.

As Mongos guardian, Wheatley moved Mongo to New Jersey for school. Mongo later earned outstanding freshman athlete honors during the Bergen County, New Jersey outdoor track championships while living with Wheatley, who was playing for the Giants at the time. In 2004, with his graduation from high school imminent, Mongo signed a letter of intent with the Utah State Aggies football team as a defensive back.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrone_Wheatley

patsox23 · 04-30-2008, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by MosiT

Not our Wheatley, but Tyrone Wheatley, former NFL player.

Nice story. Douchebag thread title.

***otis p. driftwood*** · 04-30-2008, 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by patsox23

Nice story. Douchebag thread title.

What do you expect from NEMosiT?

I believe he's already projected our Wheatley to not make the team.

***BelichickFan*** · 04-30-2008, 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by patsox23

Douchebag thread title.

LOL, you expect anything else from NEM ?

***Michael*** · 04-30-2008, 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by BelichickFan

LOL, you expect anything else from NEM ?

If it is NEM he's using a new IP address.

***BelichickFan*** · 04-30-2008, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Michael

If it is NEM he's using a new IP address.

So I heard, but it is undoubtedly him.

***otis p. driftwood*** · 04-30-2008, 10:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Michael

If it is NEM he's using a new IP address.

Indeed.

I'm shocked. Shocked I tell you!

But it's him.

MosiT · 05-01-2008, 12:35 AM

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Originally Posted by a.paul

Indeed.

I'm shocked. Shocked I tell you!

But it's him.

No it is not.

***FloridaHerb*** · 05-01-2008, 02:38 AM

Only has 178 posts in a month...can't possibly be NEM

05-01-2008, 02:38 AM	#9
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