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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.
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).
Anthony D. DiCicco Jr. (August 5, 1948 – June 19, 2017) was an American soccer player, coach, administrator, and TV commentator.He is best known as the coach of the United States women's national soccer team from 1994 to 1999, during which time the team won an Olympic gold medal in 1996 and the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup.
Sven-Goran Eriksson guided teams to titles in three countries before becoming the first foreigner to lead England's national soccer team in 2001.
The team’s technical director was a former EWU coach and legend in Eastern Washington soccer. Eastern WA soccer legend dies. Three Rivers squad wins national opener in his honor
Soccer icon Mário Zagallo, a four-time World Cup winner with Brazil as a player and coach, has died at age 92, a post on his official Instagram account announced on Saturday.. After playing in ...
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 ...
Sonny Smart, the father of Georgia head football coach Kirby Smart, died early Saturday morning, the school announced. Sonny Smart fell while walking in New Orleans on New Year's Eve and fractured ...