UNC football hero Steve Streater dead at age 50

Posted Jun 20, 2009
UNC football hero Steve Streater died Friday at Randolph Hospital, according to a nursing supervisor. He was 50 years old. The hospital declined to release his cause of death. Streater starred on the 1980 UNC team, the last to win an ACC Championship. Streater, the team’s punter and top defensive back, played alongside Lawrence Taylor and Donnell Thompson – two players who made names for themselves in the NFL. (WRAL Sports Fan)

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