Shea Brian Morenz is a former American football

American football

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 and baseball

Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

 player.

Coming out of San Angelo Central High

Central High School (San Angelo, Texas)

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 in 1992, Morenz was one of the top high school

High school football

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 quarterback

Quarterback

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s in the nation. However, he was never able to fulfill the expectations. After being injured during the Texas-Colorado game in 1994, Morenz lost his starting job to James Brown

James Brown (American football)

James Brown is a former American football quarterback. He was the starting quarterback of the Texas Longhorns from 1994 to 1997...

 who remained the starter for the rest of the season. Morenz also played baseball

Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

 and left the University of Texas after being drafted

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 by the New York Yankees

New York Yankees

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 in the first round (27th overall) of the Amateur Draft in 1995. He reached as high as Triple A

AAA (baseball)

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 for the San Diego Padres

San Diego Padres

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 organization in 1998, but failed to play in the Majors

Major League Baseball

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. His baseball career ended after the 1999 season after playing in Double A ball for the Padres. Shea is the great-grandson of hockey great Howie Morenz

Howie Morenz

Howard William Morenz was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He played centre for three National Hockey League teams: the Montreal Canadiens , the Chicago Black Hawks, and the New York Rangers...

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