12-19-2007, 11:17 AM
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Nfl notebook
Redskins' Taylor on Pro Bowl roster
Wednesday, December 19, 2007 3:04 AM
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Pro Bowl voters honored the memory of Sean Taylor.
They also used a lot of votes on Dallas Cowboys.
Taylor, who died Nov. 27 after being shot during a burglary at his home in Florida, was voted the starting free safety on the NFC team. He had an NFL-leading five interceptions and was one of the leading vote-getters at the time of his death.
Taylor is the only player known to have made an all-star team posthumously in any sport other than goaltender Pelle Lindbergh, who was voted to the NHL All-Star Game in February 1986. He had been killed in an auto accident in November 1985 after playing eight games for the Philadelphia Flyers, for whom he had won the Vezina Trophy as the NHL's best goalie the previous season.
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