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List of gridiron football players who died during their careers; List of association footballers who died after on-field incidents; List of athletics competitors who died during their careers; Sudden cardiac death of athletes
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).
Association football: Bus: Samsun, Turkey: 5: 3 players and coach Nuri Asan killed. 2 players have career ending injuries. [27] 24 January 1992: University of Notre Dame: Swimming: Bus: Indiana, United States: 2: 2 members of the women's swim team killed [28] 21 May 1992: California Angels: Baseball: Bus: New Jersey, United States: 0
The recent deaths of at least five high school football players and one middle-schooler is renewing calls for safety precautions as a new school year gets underway.
The week after Taylor’s death on Aug. 5, 14-year-old Semaj Wilkins collapsed while warming up during an afternoon football practice at New Brockton High School, in Coffee County, Alabama ...
A South East High junior varsity football player who was injured after making a tackle during a game on Aug. 23 has died, the school announced.
Players who died following the conclusion of their career should not be included. Players are listed with the team for which they last played before death, rather than the team with which the player spent most of their playing career. Basketball teams may honor active players who died by bestowing upon them a posthumous honor of a retired number.
Two days after Garcia’s death was announced, a Florida high school football player died after collapsing on a field during a game. Port St. Joe High School senior Chance Gainer, 18, died on ...