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This is a list of association footballers who died due to football-related incidents.. The primary causes of on-field deaths have evolved over time. Improvements in infection control and emergency surgery since the early days of organised soccer have mostly eliminated the fatal complications that were once common after routine sporting injuries.
Sportspeople who died during their careers are covered in lists by sport, and in the case of motorsports by location. List of American football players who died during their careers List of association footballers who died after on-field incidents
Purdue: 14 members of football team were killed in a railroad collision (1903). Northeastern Oklahoma A&M: 5 football players were killed in a head-on highway crash (1966). Marshall: 37 members died in an airplane crash (1970). Wichita State: most of the starting players and coaches, 31 in total, died in an airplane crash (1970).
Zara Murphy, 13, died after becoming ill during a football match in Drogheda, Co Louth, last week. Father of tragic young footballer says family’s world ‘turned upside down’ Skip to main content
Raphael Dwamena, a striker for the Ghana International football team, died at the age of 28 after collapsing during a match Saturday, the Ghana Football Association announced on its website.
Reed Ryan. University of Minnesota Duluth football player Reed Ryan died on Tuesday, Nov. 28, one week after collapsing at the conclusion of a workout on Nov. 21.. His family announced the tragic ...
Entire team (save one player) and coaching staff, along with members of the press, boosters, and plane crew, were all killed in a crash shortly after take-off from Evansville en route to a game against Middle Tennessee State University. The sole team member who did not board the plane died in a car crash two weeks later. 16 March 1978
Teen football player deaths: A Kansas high school football player dies from a medical emergency. It's the 3rd case this month. It's the 3rd case this month. 'A vibrant and passionate young man'