 Media Credit: Adam Scotti Tassone (number 19) played in 12 games over four seasons with McGill. [Click to enlarge]
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McGill Redmen football player Adriano Tassone died in a car accident early Wednesday morning near his home in the borough of St. Laurent. The U3 commerce student was 23 years old.
A visitation for Tassone was held on Sunday at the Côte-des-Neiges Funeral Centre. A funeral service at Mary Queen of the World Cathedral and a short service at Molson Stadium were held on Monday morning. Tassone will be interred at the Notre Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery.
"He was absolutely amazing," said McGill guard Jordan Knowles. "The visitation [on Sunday] had line-ups out the door all day, up to three hour waits at some points. The funeral home said they've never seen anything like it."
At the funeral service, the Redmen announced an award that will be handed out to a McGill football player every year in Tassone's honour. They also read a copy of the speech Tassone had made at an awards banquet two weeks earlier-a speech that explored Tassone's feelings on his impending graduation-which struck an eerily appropriate tone in the new setting.
A tragic loss
Shortly after 3 a.m. on March 18, Tassone lost control of his car and hit a fire hydrant on the north side of Henri-Bourassa Boulevard in St. Laurent. His car then flipped over and crashed into a electrical pole. According to police, Tassone wasn't wearing a seatbelt at the time of the accident.
An autopsy to help determine the reason Tassone lost control of his car was conducted by the Montreal coroner's office earlier this week, the results of which will likely be released sometime in April.
Tassone, who spent four years with the Redmen after joining the team in 2005, was a defensive back who played in 12 games with McGill, recording 10 solo tackles, four assisted tackles, and a pass knockdown.
"From an athletic perspective, he was one of the fastest guys on the team," said McGill Football Head Coach Sonny Wolfe. "He was a hard-working guy, and had a sense of pride in everything he did. He wasn't the best player on our team, but he was probably as good a teammate as anyone, and was one of the most popular players on our team. He cared about his team, he cared about his teammates, and he cared about making each day a little bit brighter."
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