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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.
place of death manner of death place of burial Q100016875: Sukri Bommagowda: 1937 2025-02-13 Indian folk singer musician: Uttara Kannada District: Q27925316: Lynn August: 1948-08-07 2025-02-13 American zydeco accordionist, keyboard player, singer and bandleader accordionist: Q5549746: Geraldine F. Thompson: 1948-11-18 2025-02-13 Florida State ...
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.
Overton’s death came on the same day of Clemson’s 2024 home opener at Memorial Stadium. The No. 25 Tigers beat App State, 66-20, on Saturday night and honored Overton throughout the contest .
Semaj Wilkins was just 14 when he suffered a medical emergency and collapsed during football practice on a 90-degree day near Enterprise, Alabama, his mother, Regena Adams, told TODAY.
According to an NBC News report, the National Center for Catastrophic Sport Injury Research recorded three football-related deaths in 2023 among high school players nationwide. During the 2021-22 ...
Pages in category "Association football players who died while playing" The following 149 pages are in this category, out of 149 total.
The campaign — established to raise funds for temporary local housing for the football player's parents, who live about 2,000 miles away — has since raised nearly $50,000 of a current $100,000 ...