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    Winston-Salem State University Football Player Killed in Car Accident back on Saturday

    from John Dell with the Winston-Salem Journal at www.journalnow.com: Freshman Johnathon Gilmore, a backup tight end at Winston-Salem State who is from the Fayetteville area, died in a car wreck on Saturday afternoon. According to his mother, Tina Ward, the accident happened around 4 p.m. in Fayetteville. Gilmore, who is 6-foot-4 and 240 pounds, played sparingly this past season, appearing mostly on special teams. Ward said that her son loved it at WSSU and was happy in college. “He was home to see his high school (South View) play in a playoff game on Friday night,” Ward said by phone…