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Cause of death Year Jeff Alm: 25 DT: Houston Oilers: Suicide: 1993 Eric Andolsek: 25 G: Detroit Lions: Car crash 1992 Troy Archer: 24 DE: New York Giants: Car crash 1979 Brad Beckman: 24 TE: Atlanta Falcons: Car crash 1989 Jerome Brown † 27 DT: Philadelphia Eagles: Car crash 1992 Frank Buncom † 29 LB: Cincinnati Bengals : Blood clot 1969 J ...
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.
[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]
Stepped on a land mine during the Battle of Iwo Jima. Posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. Dave Schreiner [10] 24 1945 End Detroit Lions: 1943 Marines Killed by a sniper during the Battle of Okinawa. Len Supulski [11] 22 1943 End Philadelphia Eagles: 1942 Air Force Died in a training flight crash. Don Wemple [12] 27 1944 End Brooklyn ...
A 2017 study conducted by the Boston University CTE Center concluded that the brains of 99% of former NFL players had at least trace amounts of the neurodegenerative disease. Researchers studied ...
After making the Pro Bowl in 1998 and 1999, averaging ten sacks per year, he was poised to have a dominant NFL career. However, the following season he failed a drug test, which his lawyer attributed to "second-hand smoke," and was later suspended for four games in 2001 for a second violation, this time for failing to be tested. [ 3 ]
Later that year against the Utah Utes Landman had six tackles as well as a forced fumble in a starting role. [10] Landman came into the 2018 Colorado football season as a starter and in the first game of 2018 he made a career high 16 tackles, [ 11 ] and had an interception against him by the rival Colorado State Rams . [ 12 ]
In 2005, three years after his death, his family received $1.8 million from the Retirement Board. "That same year", write the Fainuru brothers, "the NFL published the 10th installment in its series on concussions research in the medical journal Neurosurgery.