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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.
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 campaign — established to raise funds for temporary local housing for the football player's parents, who live about 2,000 miles away — has since raised nearly $50,000 of a current $100,000 ...
An Alabama A&M football player who suffered a head injury during a game in October has died, officials said. Medrick Burnett Jr., 20, was playing his first season as a linebacker with Alabama A&M ...
Bill Demory, 74, American football player (New York Jets), complications from prostate cancer and Parkinson's disease. [442] Carlos Diegues, 84, Brazilian film director (Ganga Zumba, Bye Bye Brasil, Deus é Brasileiro), complications from surgery. [443] James Ferguson, 65, American anthropologist and author (The Anti-Politics Machine). [444]
D.J. Hayden and Zach McMillian, two former University of Houston football players, died in a wreck in Houston, Texas early Saturday morning, according to a report from the Houston Chronicle.
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An Alabama A&M football player who suffered a head injury during a game in October has died. The university announced that linebacker Medrick Burnett Jr. passed away on Tuesday evening, a month ...