Posted by Francis Perron Obituary – Cause of Death: Fifth-year Ottawa Gee-Gees protective lineman Francis Perron passed on Saturday, not long after his group’s 11-10 misfortune to the University of Toronto Blues. No reason for death has been delivered. He had turned 25 recently.
The demise is shocking. Annihilating to a lamenting family, destroying to such countless companions and to a fellowship of colleagues, who by one way or another, someway need to look past a misfortune that can never be appropriately clarified. There will be distress, there will be tears. Perron was something other than a football player. Inside the structure of a school football crew, he was a brilliant light, a sparkling star with pizzazz and a drive to succeed — the sort of fellow you never have enough of.
Again and again amid reflection … it’ll by why, why, why? It has neither rhyme nor reason. It won’t ever will.
“Our hearts are broken,” said Gee-Gees lead trainer Marcel Bellefeuille. “In losing Francis, we’ve lost an exceptional individual, colleague, player, and veteran pioneer that improved us inside and out. He was somebody that adored and was cherished, by everybody that is a piece of our program. We are arranging as a family and giving everybody the most ideal help as we explore this truly challenging circumstance. Our musings are with his family and friends and family during this inconceivable time.”
The 6-foot-1, 275-pound Perron was a great football player, however, he was likewise a staggering mechanical designing understudy — a double-cross U Sports scholastic all-Canadian. As a football player, in 2019, he had 14 handles (11 performances, six helped) — 2.5 for a misfortune), a sack, and a bungle recuperation for a score in the Panda Game. In his 2017 youngster season, he played in each standard season and post-season game as a genuine rookie. He got done with 15.5 complete handles (eight performances, 15 helped), a tackle for misfortune, and a pass separation.
Before turning into a Gee-Gee, he went to Cégep de Sherbrooke, playing from 2014-16. In his last season, he drove the RSEQ Division 2 meeting with 12 sacks and was named Defensive Player of the Year, Defensive Lineman of the Year, and a gathering top pick.
“We are crushed by the awful information on Francis’ passing,” said Sue Hylland, head of varsity sports at uOttawa. “Francis exemplified all that it intends to be a Gee-Gees understudy competitor and delegate of our games local area at uOttawa. We have guaranteed that our football program, just as all Gee-Gees competitors and staff, have support assets accessible to them all through this troublesome time.
“We are exceptionally thankful for the treatment staff, people on the call, medical caretakers, specialists, and everybody on location at the University of Toronto that did without question, all that they could to help Francis. Our considerations and most unfathomable sympathies are with Francis’ friends and family, colleagues, and everybody he contacted.”
The Gee-Gees were additionally struck hard by misfortune in September of 2017 when 24-year-old guarded lineman Loic Kayembe passed on in his rest. The 6-foot-1, 255-pound Kayembe was in his third year with the group and was an understudy in the Faculty of Social Science.