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Age Player Nationality Date of death Cause of death Notes 40: Terry Sawchuk Canada May 31, 1970: injuries suffered in an off-ice shoving incident: Played 21 seasons and 972 games in the National Hockey League from 1949 to 1970; 14 of those seasons played with the Detroit Red Wings who retired his number 1; set numerous NHL goalie records and won numerous NHL awards; considered by many to be ...
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Died of a ruptured stomach, [8] after receiving a kick in a match against the Lily club of Renton. [9] 19 January 1878 George Cornish (WAL) 18 [10] Newtown: Died of a cold contracted in a match against Wrexham. [11] 25 October 1879 Harry Rogers (ENG) 25 Reading: Captain of the Reading side which faced Pilgrims at the Reading Cricket Ground.
But I still say Richland’s Mike Neill was the best high school basketball player I ever saw with my own two eyes. And now he’s gone. Mike Neill passed away at the age of 67 in a Yakima ...
The family of an ice hockey player who died after his neck was cut during a freak accident have revealed how they were watching the game online in America and witnessed the dramatic efforts to ...
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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).
A former USC Trojans football player has tragically passed away at the age of 24. Former USC Trojans offensive lineman Chris Brown, a 6-foot-5 offensive guard out of Los Angeles, passed away this ...