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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.
This category covers association football players who have either died while playing, died directly from injuries sustained while playing, or died after taking ill on the pitch. Contents Top
Miura holds the records for being the oldest active goalscorer in the J-League, [10] the footballer with the world's longest professional career, [11] and, as of 2025, is the oldest professional footballer in the world at 57. [12] He also holds the unique distinction of having played professional football in five separate decades (1980s–2020s ...
American football: Manfred Burgsmüller [1] 52 years, 182 days 2002 Association football: Ezzeldin Bahader (one-off) [2] 74 years, 348 days 2020 Kazuyoshi Miura (continuous) 57 years, 340 days Active Australian rules football: Sampson Hosking : 48 years, 159 days (interchange only) 1936 Wally Watts : 44 years, 49 days 1916 Auto racing (Rallying)
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) -- A player died of a head injury after being hit by a rock apparently thrown by his own fans at a top-flight league game in Algeria and a police investigation will be opened ...
Uruguayan soccer player Juan Izquierdo has died days after collapsing on the field during a game. He was 27. ... Izquierdo’s professional soccer career began in 2018, and in 2023 he led the ...
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 ...
American football player [122] Edith Houghton: 1912–2013: 100: American professional baseball player and scout [123] Jim Hutchinson: 1896–2000: 103: Longest-lived English cricketer [124] Ulrich Inderbinen: 1900–2004: 103: Swiss mountain guide [125] Joaquim Duarte Gonçalves Isabelinha: 1908–2009: 100: Portuguese association football ...