Kurt Crain (December 31, 1964 – April 10, 2012) was an

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player and coach. He played college football for the

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and

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. He went on to play two seasons in the NFL – one for the

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, the other for the

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. He was drafted by the Oilers in the sixth round of the 1988 NFL Draft. In 2008, he joined the coaching staff of the

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. Crain died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound at his home in

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on April 10, 2012. He was 47.

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1964 births 2012 deaths All-American college football players American football linebackers Auburn Tigers football players Green Bay Packers players Houston Oilers players Memphis Tigers football players People from Baldwin County, Alabama Players of American football from Birmingham, Alabama South Alabama Jaguars football coaches Sportspeople from Birmingham, Alabama Players of American football from Mobile, Alabama Suicides by firearm in Alabama 2012 suicides {{Linebacker-1960s-stub