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Dec 19, 2007 1:02 pm US/Central
Taylor Voted Posthumously To Pro Bowl
Slain Redskins Star Named NFC's Starting Free Safety
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Taylor is believed to be teh second person elected posthumously to a major American sports league's all-star game.
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Three weeks after his murder, Sean Taylor has received a major honor. Pro Bowl voters selected the slain Washington Redskins safety to this year's Pro Bowl. Taylor was voted the NFC's starting free safety.
Taylor was having a great year before being fatally wounded in a shooting at his home in Miami three weeks ago. His memory was honored with his selection.
Perhaps the NFC will take the honor a step further and open the game with 10 players on the field, as the Redskins did in their first game after his death.
"It is well-deserved," Washington center Casey Rabach said. "If he would have been able to finish the season, he would have been in there. It just shows the respect everybody around the league had for him and what a great player he was."
Taylor is believed to be the second person elected posthumously to an all-star game in a major American professional sports league. Philadelphia Flyers goalie Pelle Lindbergh was voted by fans to start in the 1986 NHL All-Star game after he was killed in an automobile accident on Nov. 11, 1985.
Taylor led the NFC with five interceptions at the time of his death, even though he had missed the previous two games because of a knee injury. He also was leading the Pro Bowl voting among fans at the time.
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