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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.
Gianluca Vialli OMRI (Italian pronunciation: [dʒanˈluːka ˈvjalli]; 9 July 1964 – 5 January 2023) was an Italian football player and manager who played as a striker.Vialli started his club career at his hometown club Cremonese in 1980, where he made 105 league appearances and scored 23 goals.
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).
Eight people were killed in a mass shooting that happened near a resort area south of Mexico City, according to officials.
A 15-year-old Deerfield Beach High School football player was one of two people killed in a shooting at a Riviera Beach, Fla., church Saturday.
Aldo Donelli (1907–1994), American football and soccer player, and is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame. In 1941, he made American football history becoming thus far the only man to simultaneously coach both a National Football League team, the Pittsburgh Steelers, and a collegiate team, Duquesne Dukes. The latter would finish that ...
Mexico Argentinian–Mexican football player who was kidnapped and held hostage near Xochimilco on July 19, 2005. He was rescued on September 21, 2005, by federal agents, and his kidnapper Omar Sandoval Orihuela was sentenced to 26 years' imprisonment. [138] Found alive 65 days 2005 Scout Taylor-Compton: 16 United States
He was subsequently called up for Italy's squad for the 1990 FIFA World Cup that was played on home soil. [15] At the 1990 FIFA World Cup, Schillaci replaced Andrea Carnevale during Italy's first match against Austria. [16] He scored the decisive goal as the match ended with a 1–0 win for Italy. [17] Against Czechoslovakia, alongside Roberto ...