{"id":26486,"date":"2025-05-01T18:57:13","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T18:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=26486"},"modified":"2025-05-01T18:57:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T18:57:13","slug":"widow-releases-statement-after-husband-dies-from-injuries-sustained-during-golf-cart-accident-involving-john-elway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=26486","title":{"rendered":"Widow Releases Statement After Husband Dies From Injuries Sustained During Golf Cart Accident Involving John Elway"},"content":{"rendered":"

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Pro Football Hall of Famer John Elway broke his silence Wednesday night after his longtime agent, Jeff Sperbeck, sustained injuries that he could not recover from and passed away following a golf cart crash in California.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am absolutely devastated and heartbroken by the passing of my close friend, business partner and agent Jeff Sperbeck,\u201d Elway said in a statement, via ESPN.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are no words to truly express the profound sadness I feel with the sudden loss of someone who has meant so much to me.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy heart and deepest sympathies go out to Jeff\u2019s wife, Cori; his children, Carly, Sam, and Jackson; and everyone who knew and loved him. Jeff will be deeply missed for the loyalty, wisdom, friendship, and love he brought into my life and the lives of so many others.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sperbeck, the agent and business partner for\u00a0NFL<\/a>\u00a0Hall of Famer John Elway, died from injuries he suffered during a golf cart accident on April 26, according to TMZ Sports.<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n

The 62-year-old fell off a golf cart being driven by Elway and suffered a traumatic brain injury. He was immediately placed on life support and declared dead on Wednesday by the Riverside County Sheriff\u2019s Office in California.<\/p>\n

He succumbed to his injuries at 1:10 am local time Wednesday morning, four days after the accident occurred, officials announced.<\/p>\n

Sperbeck\u2019s wife, Cori, has\u00a0since released<\/a>\u00a0a statement after losing her husband:\u00a0\u201cWe are deeply saddened to share the passing of our beloved Jeff Sperbeck. He was a wonderful father, husband, brother, son, and friend to many and will be profoundly missed by all.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are grieving this unimaginable loss as a family alongside our dearest friends the Elway\u2019s and the many other clients Jeff called friends. We are grateful for the overwhelming outpouring of support that we have received and ask for privacy for our family at this difficult time.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What Happened On That Fateful Day With John Elway And Jeff Sperbeck?<\/h2>\n
\"\"
Jan 2, 2022; Inglewood, California, USA; Denver Broncos president of football operations John Elway looks on before the game against the Los Angeles Chargers at SoFi Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

NFL Hall of Famer John Elway\u2019s longtime friend, business partner, and agent, Jeff Sperbeck, tragically lost his life, sustaining serious injuries from a golf cart accident on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n

Elway was driving the golf cart.<\/p>\n

How did this happen?<\/p>\n

Sperbeck and Elway were traveling in the vehicle with their wives after attending an after-party at Stagecoach music festival in California.<\/p>\n

The Stagecoach Festival is an annual country music festival held at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California. This year, it ran from April 25 to April 27.<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n

Sperbeck is said to have suffered a severe injury when he fell off the back of the moving vehicle, rolled, and hit his head on the asphalt.<\/p>\n

There is no indication that Elway was driving negligently and is not being accused of wrongdoing now<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Pro Football Hall of Famer John Elway broke his silence Wednesday night after his longtime agent, Jeff Sperbeck, sustained injuries that he could not recover from and … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26487,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26486"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26488,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26486\/revisions\/26488"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/26487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}