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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.
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). Cal Poly Mustangs football team: 16 players and 6 others died in an airplane crash (1960).
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
Longtime Detroit Lions fan Ben Roth attended Sunday's game in Chicago with his 6-year-old daughter Isadora. Before the game, he was allowed to watch practice on the field, where he rushed into ...
Former Detroit Lions QB Greg Landry, ... Landry’s best season as a Lion came in 1971, when he completed 52.1% of his passes for 2,237 yards, 16 TDs and 13 interceptions en route to Pro Bowl and ...
Lions wide receiver Chuck Hughes collapsed on the field and was rushed to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead. He remains the only player in NFL history to have died on the field. November 27, 1980; The Bears come back from 14 points down in the fourth quarter to force overtime.
Joe Schmidt, a Detroit Lions legend and Hall of Famer, has died at the age of 92, his family said in statement published by the Pro Football Hall of Fame.