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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).
[23] [24] In some cases, damage to players' brains contributes to severe alcoholism leading to death. [25] [26] Two former NFL Man of the Year winners suffering from CTE symptoms have committed suicide by shooting themselves in the chest, with the intent of leaving their brains intact to be studied for the damage inflicted by football. [27] [28]
Gomez-Regalado’s death is the third reported death of a high school football player in 12 days. Javion Taylor, 15, died after doing about 40 minutes of light drills on Aug. 5, according to the ...
List of deaths through alcohol; List of deaths from anorexia nervosa; List of choking deaths; List of deaths due to COVID-19; List of drowning victims; List of deaths from drug overdose and intoxication; List of people killed in duels; List of people who were executed. List of people executed by lethal injection; List of people who were beheaded
An 18-year-old football player and honor student collapsed as Port St. Joe High School played against Liberty County. He died later at a hospital.
Football fans have mourned a heartbreaking amount of NFL stars in 2024. In February, Tony Hutson passed away at age 48, according to an obituary shared at the time. No cause of death was given.
This is a list of Australian rules football players who have died either during their respective playing careers or due to career-ending injury or disease incurred during their playing career. It includes both on-field and off-field deaths.