[OBITUARY] Pedro DeBrito, one of the top players just as the college game started to take off in the early 1980s, died onSaturday in Miami, Fla., of injuries resulting from an automobile accident he was involved two days earlier. DeBrito, who starred at the University of Connecticut, played for Team America in the NASLin 1983 and made one appearance for the USA. He was 55 when he died.
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[OBITUARY] Pedro DeBrito, one of the top players just as the college game started to take off in the early 1980s, died onSaturday in Miami, Fla., of injuries resulting from an automobile accident he was involved two days earlier. DeBrito, who starred at the University of Connecticut, played for Team America in the NASLin 1983 and made one appearance for the USA. He was 55 when he died.
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