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Charles Frederick Hughes (March 2, 1943 – October 24, 1971) was an American football wide receiver who played in the National Football League (NFL) from 1967 to 1971 with the Philadelphia Eagles and the Detroit Lions.
Chuck Hughes: 28 WR: Detroit Lions: Cardiac arrest (in-game), compounded by spleen injury from a previous game 1971 Bruce McLenna: 26 FB: Kansas City Chiefs : Car crash 1968 Ralph Norwood: 23 OT: Atlanta Falcons: Car crash 1989 David Overstreet: 25 RB: Miami Dolphins: Car crash 1984 Brian Piccolo: 26 HB: Chicago Bears: Embryonal cell carcinoma ...
Five decades ago, Detroit Lions wide receiver Chuck Hughes, 28, died of a heart attack when a blood clot dislodged after he was tackled. One NFL player has died on the field. His widow watched ...
The 1971 Detroit Lions season was their 42nd in the league.The team failed to improve on their previous season's output of 10–4, winning only seven games.. Mired in adversity, the 1971 season turned especially tragic for the Lions and the NFL when, during their week 6 hosting of the Chicago Bears, Lions wide receiver Chuck Hughes collapsed on the playing field.
50 years ago on Oct. 24, the Detroit Lions' Chuck Hughes had a heart attack and died during a game against the Bears
After the death on the field of Lions receiver Chuck Hughes during a Bears game in Detroit in 1971, Butkus wrote he picked up a magazine that had a quote from Lions middle linebacker Mike Lucci ...
Jim Kelly, the first player to have his jersey number (12) officially retired by the Buffalo Bills, is seen here in 2010 Otto Graham, whose number 14 was retired by the Browns, at his new job, as the U.S. Coast Guard Academy Athletic Director in 1959 Jim Brown's #32 was retired by the Browns after his 9-years tenure on the franchise Lenny Moore, whose number 24 was retired by the Colts, poses ...
Chuck Hughes 2: WR: 1970–1971 [1] Notes: 1 The No. 56 was temporarily unretired with Schmidt's blessing when the Lions acquired linebacker Pat Swilling from the New ...