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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.
Purdue: 14 members of football team were killed in a railroad collision (1903). 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).
A beloved Florida high school football player died after he collapsed during a game Friday night, school officials say, bringing the number of recent known deaths among high school athletes to seven.
October 12, 2024 at 11:51 PM. Tylee Craft, No. 13, has died, the UNC football program announced Saturday, Oct. 12. Tylee Craft, a wide receiver who was diagnosed with a rare form of lung cancer in ...
Dwyer football community mourns death of recent player. Gannett. Emilee Smarr, Palm Beach Post. December 3, 2023 at 5:15 AM. William T. Dwyer High lost another beloved member of its athletics ...
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a type of brain damage that has been found in 345 of 376 deceased former National Football League (NFL) players, according to a 2023 report by the Boston University CTE Center, which has led the effort to diagnose CTE cases. In comparison, a 2018 BU study of the general population found one CTE case in ...
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 ...
A 17-year-old football player in Georgia was found dead Sunday, a day before he was supposed to represent his high school in the state championship game, authorities said. "We are heartbroken to ...