Mario Danello Found Dead

['Hamas' Jenkins]

USC Kicker...at the bottom of a cliff.

Per ESPN.

[siberian khatru]

Don't tell mecca.

[Rain Man]

I had no idea he was a Chiefs fan.

[dirk digler]

Mario Danelo, a kicker for the USC football team, was found dead Saturday in San Pedro, Calif.

Danelo's body was found at the bottom of White Point Cliff in San Pedro, according for a spokesman for the Los Angeles Police Department. Police did not release further details.

Danelo, a redshirt junior, walked on with the Trojans in 2003 and earned a scholarship in 2005, according to the USC athletic department's Web site.

He was 15-for-16 on field goals this season and made 44 of 48 PATs, leading the team in scoring with 89 points.

Danelo is the son of former NFL kicker Joe Danelo.

['Hamas' Jenkins]

I had no idea he was a Chiefs fan.

ROFL

Excellent gallows humor, sir. Sick, but classic. :clap:

[Simplex3]

Ok, which one of you drunk idiots killed the wrong damn kicker?

[Rain Man]

Wait. Wait! That's the sacrifice! That's the kicker sacrifice that we needed! The Chiefs playoff-kicking curse is over!

[Fairplay]

Im a casket bearer.

[Mecca]

Man what the hell......Ryan Francis a PG from the basketball team got killed last mothers day.....it just never ends.

[Mecca]

According to people close to this........it's an apparent suicide.

It's been a bad day....

[ChiTown]

According to people close to this........it's an apparent suicide.

It's been a bad day....

Dude!

Sorry to hear that....

[Coach]

Hmm... apparent suicide?

I don't mean to be rude or nosy, but has he has any type of a medical issue or somethin? :shrug:

[siberian khatru]

According to people close to this........it's an apparent suicide.



Well, that's even more sad.


Although I wish our kickers would do the honorable thing and commit suicide after playoff games.

[Mecca]

Hmm... apparent suicide?

I don't mean to be rude or nosy, but has he has any type of a medical issue or somethin? :shrug:

I honestly don't know......everything seemed going well for him. He was a walkon that earned a scholarship......yea he missed 2 EP's in the bowl game but we won and I don't think that would make someone kill themselves.

[Spott]

Although I wish our kickers would do the honorable thing and commit suicide after playoff games.


ROFL

[Phobia]

Maybe he was the guy Paris finally turned down.

['Hamas' Jenkins]

I'm going to hell for this...but:

[Simplex3]

According to people close to this........it's an apparent suicide.
He heard he might be drafted by the Chiefs.

[Mecca]

USC kicker Mario Danelo found dead today of an apparent suicide in San Pedro.
Danelo's body was found at 4:30 p.m. at Point Fermin Park and he had been missing for a day and rigor mortis already set in when authorities discovered him.
The man appeared to have suffered traumatic injuries and was wearing street clothes, police said. Police planned to use a helicopter to remove the body.

[Mojo Rising]

This sucks. He was my cousins roommate. Don't know yet if he fell off or drove over it.

[Fairplay]

He heard he might be drafted by the Chiefs.


ROFL

['Hamas' Jenkins]

USC kicker Mario Danelo found dead today of an apparent suicide in San Pedro.
Danelo's body was found at 4:30 p.m. at Point Fermin Park and he had been missing for a day and rigor mortis already set in when authorities discovered him.
The man appeared to have suffered traumatic injuries and was wearing street clothes, police said. Police planned to use a helicopter to remove the body.

Sorry...

[88TG88]

today was a crappy day. RIP mario

[Thig Lyfe]

I had no idea he was a Chiefs fan.

ROFL

Wait, I mean :shake:




Seriously though, you're going to hell.

[Demonpenz]

during the game I told my dad he will probably blow his brains out, my friend replied, he will probably shank that one too.

[dirk digler]

Not suicide

LOS ANGELES -- Police said there was no evidence pointing to suicide in the death of Southern California kicker Mario Danelo, whose body was found about 120 feet down a rocky cliff.

Mario Danelo
Nelson Chenault-US PRESSWIRE
USC kicker Mario Danelo was discovered at the base of a cliff in Los Angeles Saturday.

"I have no indication per se that it was a criminal event," Lt. David Pierson, commanding officer of the LAPD Harbor Division detectives, told the Los Angeles Times. "But we exhaust all leads to ensure that we're making the right categorization of the case."

Pierson said investigators had information that Danelo was out with friends Friday night and that he was last seen around midnight. His body was found Saturday afternoon near Point Fermin lighthouse in the city's San Pedro section.

Pierson said police had no information as to whether Danelo had been drinking. Martha Garcia of the Los Angeles Police Department said the body showed signs of traumatic injuries.

Someone flying a remote-control airplane noticed something at the bottom of the cliff and a friend hiked down to the beach and discovered the body, Pierson said.

Fire Department spokesman Brian Humphrey said investigators did not find a surf board, scuba-diving tanks or anything else to indicate Danelo might have been down there for any of the recreational activities common to the area.

Humphrey said over the years a handful of people had fallen from the cliff.

"It's entirely possible that he fell," Humphrey said.

Atop the cliff are signs forbidding entrance. They warn of unstable, slippery surfaces and steep drops. A bouquet of flowers and candles were left at the scene by onlookers late Saturday.

Danelo, the 21-year-old son of former NFL kicker Joe Danelo, made 15 of 16 field goals this season and led the Trojans in scoring with 89 points. The junior made two field goals in the Rose Bowl on Monday to help USC beat Michigan 32-18.

He only missed two field goals in his career, going 26-for-28, and was 127 of 134 on extra points. In 2005, he set NCAA single-season records with 83 extra points and 86 attempts.

Speaking on behalf of Trojans coach Pete Carroll, USC spokesman Tim Tessalone said: "We were stunned to hear about this tragedy. This is a great loss. Mario was a wonderful young man of high character.

"He was one heck of a kicker. He was a key ingredient in our success the past two years. The thoughts and prayers of the entire Trojan family go out to the Danelo family on this sad, sad day."

Reached by phone Saturday, the family declined to comment.

USC linebacker Dallas Sartz said Danelo would be remembered for his upbeat personality and dependable kicking.

"I just remember Mario was the guy who always had a smile on his face and would always cheer you up," said Sartz, a team captain.

[Frankie]

USC Kicker...at the bottom of a cliff.

Per ESPN.
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