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Long unrecognized as the first NFL player to be killed in action in the Vietnam War, Steinbrunner was honored by the Browns on November 14, 2004. [8] Buffalo Bills ' guard Bob Kalsu , a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army with the 101st Airborne Division , was killed in action on July 21, 1970.
Donald Walter Holleder (August 3, 1934 – October 17, 1967) was an American college football star while attending the United States Military Academy and later assistant football coach for the United States Military Academy, who was later killed in the Vietnam War.
Died following a suspected cardiac arrest during a match. [232] 4 September 2021: Jens De Smet 27 FCC Filosoof Amateur player who collapsed at a field and died. [233] 25 September 2021: Guillermo Arias 31 Camaguán FC In the quarterfinals of the third division tournament, he collapsed on the field and died of cardiac arrest. [234] 12 November 2021
College football linebacker Medrick Burnett Jr. has died after sustaining a head injury during an October game. According to a statement from the Jefferson County, Alabama, coroner’s office ...
Kalsu's name (third row, middle) on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. James Robert Kalsu (April 13, 1945 – July 21, 1970) was an American professional football player who was an All-American tackle at the University of Oklahoma and an eighth-round selection in the 1968 NFL/AFL draft by the Buffalo Bills of the American Football League (AFL). [1]
died Position Team Last year played Service Details of death if available Mike Basca [1] 27 1944 Halfback: Philadelphia Eagles: 1941 Army: Killed when his tank was hit by a German 88. Charlie Behan [2] 24 1945 End: Detroit Lions: 1942 Marines: Killed in action during the Battle of Okinawa. Posthumously awarded the Navy Cross. Harry Benson [3 ...
Included are players in professional and college football who have died of any cause. For professional football players, the most common cause of death is vehicle crashes. For college players, the most common cause of death is in-game and practice injuries. Each player is listed with the team to which he was assigned at the time of his death ...
Mimi El-Sherbini, 86, Egyptian football player (Al-Ahly, national team) and manager . [ 675 ] (death announced on this date) Adam Steinhardt , 55, Australian pole vaulter, bowel cancer.