Corridor of Fame Broncos quarterback John Elway was behind the wheel when his longtime agent, Jeff Sperbeck, fell off a golf cart Saturday evening and suffered accidents which have left him on life help, in keeping with TMZ.
The 61-year-old Sperbeck’s prognosis is “not good” and medical doctors instructed his household “there’s no hope he will recover,” TMZ beforehand reported.
He was on the again of the cart as Elway was driving, and the two-time Tremendous Bowl winner’s enterprise associate reportedly hit his head on asphalt on the non-public Madison Membership group in La Quinta, Calif.
Sperbeck was transported to Desert Regional Medical Middle in Palm Springs after Elway referred to as 911, TMZ reported.
Elway and Sperbeck attended the Stagecoach music competition earlier Saturday with their wives and had simply left a celebration when the accident occurred, the report mentioned.
The Riverside County Sheriff’s Workplace launched an investigation after being made conscious of the incident on Monday, in keeping with Information Channel 3 in Palm Springs.
Sperbeck, who was an agent for 30 years, represented Elway beginning within the Nineties earlier than the 2 turned enterprise companions, later beginning a vineyard referred to as 7Cellars, a nod to Elway’s jersey quantity.
Elway, 64, retired after successful a second straight Tremendous Bowl to cap the 1998 season, when he completed as the sport’s MVP.
A nine-time Professional Bowler and the 1987 MVP, Elway is twelfth in NFL historical past with 51,475 yards passing and 14th all-time with 300 landing passes.
He later turned the Broncos’ normal supervisor and government vice chairman of soccer operations in 2011, main them to a win in Tremendous Bowl 50 in Peyton Manning’s closing season.
Elway turned president of soccer operations in 2021 and was a workforce marketing consultant for one season in 2022 earlier than stepping away from the workforce’s entrance workplace.
