{"id":26361,"date":"2025-04-30T21:43:27","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T21:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=26361"},"modified":"2025-04-30T21:43:27","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T21:43:27","slug":"former-nfl-agent-has-tragically-died-following-horrific-golf-cart-accident-involving-john-elway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=26361","title":{"rendered":"Former NFL Agent Has Tragically Died Following Horrific Golf Cart Accident Involving John Elway"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jeff Sperbeck, the former agent and longtime close friend of\u00a0NFL<\/a>\u00a0legend John Elway, has tragically passed away after suffering a traumatic brain injury in a horrific golf cart accident.<\/p>\n

According to TMZ, Jeff Sperbeck passed away at 1:10 a.m. on Wednesday after suffering serious injuries in a golf cart accident\u00a0four days earlier<\/a>. Sperbeck was on life support at the Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, California.<\/p>\n

Sperbeck was 62.<\/p>\n

TMZ reported on Tuesday that John Elway was the driver of the golf cart carrying Sperbeck in La Quinta, California. According to the outlet, Sperbeck suffered \u201ca traumatic injury\u201d after falling off the golf cart, rolling and hitting his head on asphalt.<\/p>\n

Elway reportedly made the 911 call, and Sperbeck was \u201cunconscious but still breathing\u201d when paramedics arrived. The two men, along with their wives and Elway\u2019s son, were leaving a Stagecoach party that evening before the horrific accident, per TMZ.<\/p>\n

Sperbeck and Elway remained close friends long after his NFL playing career, opening up the 7Cellars wine company in 2013. The two began started working with Napa Valley-based winemaker Rob Mondavi Jr. to begin their booming wine business.<\/p>\n

Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Mr. Sperbeck during this devastating time.<\/p>\n

John Elway Was One Of Jeff Sperbeck\u2019s Top Clients<\/h2>\n
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John Elway (Photo via Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jeff Sperbeck was John Elway\u2019s agent during the latter\u2019s illustrious playing career as quarterback of the\u00a0Denver Broncos<\/a>\u00a0(1983 to 1998). Elway, the No. 1 pick of the 1983 draft, led the Broncos to five AFC Championships and back-to-back Super Bowls to close out his career.<\/p>\n

Sperbeck and Mike Sullivan later founded Sullivan & Sperbeck and represented other big-named NFL players like Trent Dilfer, Joey Porter, Ronnie Lott and Jim Plunkett.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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