meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Leading Saints Podcast

The Death of a Football Player Converted My Family to the Church | Ft. Troy Dunn

Leading Saints Podcast

Leading Saints

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2026

⏱️ 17 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Join Kurt Francom and other fantastic speakers and entertainers for the Sea Saints Alaskan Cruise. Find all the details and book your cabin at SeaSaints.com

Use Code: LeadingSaints to be included in exclusive Leading Saints experiences onboard.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

They're private.

0:01.2

Yeah.

0:01.4

I'm glad you mentioned that for sure.

0:03.5

So, Troy, maybe, I mean, where does your journey lead or start that led you to this world

0:08.7

of creating Ladery St.

0:10.6

You know, cruise experiences, both professionally and spiritually?

0:14.9

I mean, how far back do you want to go?

0:18.2

I like to tell people my life is as off track as it could possibly be, I guess. Not really,

0:25.1

but, you know, the grand plan that the 14-year-old boy had. Yeah. You know, I, we were converts to

0:33.2

the church when I was a young boy. And I don't know if this is the right time to share that

0:39.6

in my conversion story but I'll just say it was a powerful life change life changing

0:43.9

experience the courage of a young latterly same boy 18 years old who was just a great

0:49.4

example to his head football coach which happened to be my dad And that young boy was tragically killed in an accident and the whole football team,

1:00.5

as well as the head coach, arrived at an LDS chapel for a funeral.

1:07.4

And my father couldn't pull himself together emotionally.

1:11.6

He was just sitting in the parking lot in his car, in a packed parking lot at an LDS chapel.

1:18.6

They wouldn't start the funeral until Coach Dunn showed up.

1:21.6

And one of the players said, I think I saw him sitting in his car.

1:24.6

And the dad of the deceased young man went out and opened his car door

1:30.0

and said, coach, we're not doing this without you.

1:33.4

And my dad apologized profusely.

1:36.8

I'm so sorry.

...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in 2 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Leading Saints, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Leading Saints and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.