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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.
VFL umpire Alexander Salton was a casualty of World War I, and is the only VFL/AFL umpire to die in military service VFL umpire Ern Jenkins died less than three months after the conclusion of the 1927 season. The following are Australian football umpires who died during their careers or officiating assignments.
Sven-Goran Eriksson, the Swedish soccer manager who spent five years as England’s first ever foreign-born coach after making his name winning trophies at club level in Italy, Portugal and Sweden ...
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).
The season ends for all teams with this tournament. Meanwhile, the 10-team tournament for 10-year-olds also starts Thursday. But it runs through Sunday, with the championship set for 11 a.m. that day.
STOCKHOLM - Sven-Goran Eriksson, the charismatic Swedish football manager who became the first foreigner to lead the England national team, died on Monday at the age of 76.
McCartney, better known to fans as Coach Mac, died on Friday, Jan. 10 in Boulder, Colo., “after a courageous journey with dementia,” according to a family statement shared on X.
Jerry Yeagley (born January 10, 1940, in Lebanon, Pennsylvania) is an American former soccer player and coach. He was the coach of the Indiana Hoosiers men's soccer team from 1973 to 2003. His teams won six NCAA Championships and a Division I record 544 games. He is considered the most successful collegiate men's soccer coach in the history of ...