EVERMAN, Texas — Friends and family gathered Saturday in Everman to grieve the loss of Corey Fulbright, a former football player who was paralyzed during a high school game 20 years ago.
In 2002, when Fulbright was 17 years old, he broke his neck and suffered a spinal cord injury after delivering a hit in the 2002 UIL 3A state championship game.
Twenty years later, Fulbright went to the hospital after his lungs collapsed while battling pneumonia.
He died on Feb. 8 at 37 years old.
"For those of us who knew him, we will miss him immensely," Everman football tweeted the day after.
Fulbright's funeral was held at Everman High School on Saturday. The community also honored Fulbright with a balloon release at Johnson Park in Everman.
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