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Position: | Guard | ||||||
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Born: | Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. | September 20, 1964||||||
Died: | May 21, 2004 Effingham, New Hampshire, U.S. | (aged 39)||||||
Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 286 lb (130 kg) | ||||||
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High school: | Boston College High School | ||||||
College: | Boston College | ||||||
NFL draft: | 1987 / round: 4 / pick: 96 | ||||||
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* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||||
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Stephen Paul Trapilo (September 20, 1964 – May 21, 2004) was an American professional football player who was a guard in the National Football League (NFL).
Trapilo was born in Boston, Massachusetts and played scholastically at Boston College High School.[1] He played collegiately for the Boston College Eagles,[2] where he was honored by the Associated Press and United Press International as a second-team All-American as a senior.[3][4]
Trapilo was selected by the New Orleans Saints in the fourth-round of the 1987 NFL draft.[5] He spent four seasons with the Saints, starting all 16 games in 1989 & 1990. He joined them again for the 1992 season, after not playing in 1991.[6]
Trapilo died of a heart attack on May 21, 2004, while on vacation with his family in Effingham, New Hampshire.[7]