Dan Turk

June 25, 1962 (age 38)

Turk was mainly used as a long snapper and reserve center. Turk was a 4th round pick (101st overall selection) of the Steelers in the 1985 draft. He was the only player on an active NFL roster who appeared as a replacement player during the 1987 strike, appearing for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in their final replacement game. In 1995, as a result of a training camp injury to Don Mosebar, Turk became the fourth starting center in Raider history. But the following year, he was replaced by a heavier and more powerful blocker: Barret Robbins. He also served as a holder for place kicking. In his final season with the Redskins and in the NFL, Turk botched several snaps during the regular season. During his last game, a divisional round contest of the 1999-1900 NFL playoffs against his former club, the Buccaneers, he misdirected the snap to Brett Conway that could have resulted in a game-winning 51-yard field goal. He died from testicular cancer the following year at age 38 after being diagnosed earlier in the year.

Dan Turk

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gridiron football player

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University of Wisconsin–Madison.

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Turk was mainly used as a long snapper and reserve center. Turk was a 4th round pick (101st overall selection) of the Steelers in the 1985 draft. He was the only player on an active NFL roster who appeared as a replacement player during the 1987 strike, appearing for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in their final replacement game.

In 1995, as a result of a training camp injury to Don Mosebar, Turk became the fourth starting center in Raider history.

But the following year, he was replaced by a heavier and more powerful blocker: Barret Robbins. He also served as a holder for place kicking.

In his final season with the Redskins and in the NFL, Turk botched several snaps during the regular season. During his last game, a divisional round contest of the 1999-1900 NFL playoffs against his former club, the Buccaneers, he misdirected the snap to Brett Conway that could have resulted in a game-winning 51-yard field goal.

He died from testicular cancer the following year at age 38 after being diagnosed earlier in the year.

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That year he started all 16 games, between Steve Wisniewski at left guard and Kevin Gogan at right guard, and did a credible job for a team finishing with a won-lost record of 8-8, Mike White"s first year as head coach.

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