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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.
At the 1970 World Cup in Mexico, much was expected of Riva; however, he initially underperformed in the first round, failing to score in either of Italy's three group matches, although both Riva and his strike-partner Angelo Domenghini saw their goals wrongly disallowed for offside in Italy's final group match, a 0–0 draw against Israel on 11 ...
Gianluca Vialli OMRI (Italian pronunciation: [dʒanˈluːka ˈvjalli]; 9 July 1964 – 5 January 2023) was an Italian football player and manager who played as a striker.Vialli started his club career at his hometown club Cremonese in 1980, where he made 105 league appearances and scored 23 goals.
Pro Football Hall of Famer Larry Allen has died, the Dallas Cowboys announced on Monday. Allen, 52, died suddenly while in Mexico on vacation, according to the team.
Piermario Morosini was born on 5 July 1986, in Bergamo, Italy.His mother Camilla died in 2001, when he was fifteen years old. His father, Aldo, died in 2003, followed shortly after by a disabled brother who committed suicide, leaving him alone with a disabled elder sister.
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.
Aldo Donelli (1907–1994), American football and soccer player, and is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame. In 1941, he made American football history becoming thus far the only man to simultaneously coach both a National Football League team, the Pittsburgh Steelers, and a collegiate team, Duquesne Dukes. The latter would finish that ...
English soccer star George Baldock has died at the age of 31. According to the BBC, the athlete — who was born in the U.K. but also held Greek nationality — was found dead in a swimming pool ...