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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.
Samuel Sochukwuma Okwaraji // ⓘ (19 May 1964 – 12 August 1989) was a professional footballer who played internationally for Nigeria.He was also a qualified lawyer who had a masters in international law from the Pontifical Lateran University of Rome. [1]
Amir Angwe (1966 – 29 October 1995) was a Nigerian international footballer who played for BCC Lions [2] and Julius Berger, and represented the Nigeria national football team. [3] He died following a heart attack in an African Cup Winners' Cup game against Mozambique side Maxaquene. [4]
Babangida represented the Nigeria national under-17 football team at the 1993 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Japan and was the world champion. [ 3 ] Personal life and death
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).
Pages in category "Association football players who died while playing" The following 149 pages are in this category, out of 149 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Nwakanma was born in Nigeria and moved to India to study at the DAV College, Panjab University in Chandigarh in the early 1980s. [1] [2] He met fellow Nigerian footballers Emeka Ezeugo and Christopher Kem, with whom he partnered to help Panjab University win the All-India Inter-Varsity Football Championship in 1985.
Bobsam 'Bob' Elejiko (18 August 1981 – 13 November 2011) was a Nigerian footballer. He played as a central defender for several domestic teams between 2000 and 2011 before his death on the field during a football match.