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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, rather than the team with which he spent most of his career.
The 2011 NFL collective bargaining agreement saw players agree to having their on-field location and health metrics tracked. [2] Next Gen Stats was developed by the NFL in partnership with Zebra Technologies and Wilson Sporting Goods. [1] The former is the NFL's official player tracking partner, with the partnership beginning in 2014.
Willie "the Wisp" Galimore (March 30, 1935 – July 27, 1964) was an American professional football player who played halfback for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL) from 1957 to 1963. Tragically, his NFL career was cut short with his death at age 29 in a traffic accident just ahead of the 1964 season.
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.
The longest losing streaks in the postseason in NFL history The Chicago Cardinals have the longest regular season losing streak, losing 29 consecutive games from 1942 through 1945. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have the longest losing streak since the 1970 AFL–NFL merger , losing the first 26 games in franchise history in 1976 and 1977.
The Detroit Lions lost many notable players to injury throughout the season, including yet another during their divisional round NFL playoff game against the Washington Commanders on Sunday.
The new research came in the first month of the NFL season, and less than two weeks after Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa sustained a concussion in a game against the Buffalo Bills.
The 0–6 Saints got their first win of the season, in a contest that featured 6 touchdowns passes by each quarterback, the Saints' Billy Kilmer and the Cardinals' Charley Johnson, who threw three in the 4th quarter with his team down 21–51. It's one of only two such games in NFL history, together with the 2015 Saints-Giants game above.