Hello
Me my self think its sad when any ones dies but a footballer who is fit and healthy dieing doing what they love is really sad and i just want to share with you a list of players that have died while playing or died from injures ect ect
13 January 1889 William Cropper 26 Staveley Suffered a ruptured bowel in a match for against Grimsby Town; died the next day.
1 January 1892 James "Daddy" Dunlop 21 St Mirren In a friendly game against Abercorn, he fell on a piece of glass which led to tetanus setting in; he died ten days later at the age of 21
25 May 1896 James Logan 25 Loughborough F.C. Pneumonia relapse caught while playing.
29 November 1896 Joe Powell 25 Woolwich Arsenal Blood poisoning and tetanus after breaking his arm against Kettering Town in 1896.
1900s James Collins Sheppey United Tetanus caused by on-field injury.
27 August 1902 Di Jones 35? Manchester City A gash to the knee turned septic, resulting in his death.
8 April 1907 Tommy Blackstock 25 Manchester United Collapsed after heading a ball in a game against St. Helens and died.
1908 Frank Levick 26 Sheffield United Death caused by blocking a shot. The ball struck him below the waist, forcing his testicles to become lodged in his abdomen. This caused internal bleeding of the bowel and a subsequent cardiac arrest
29 December 1909 James Main 23 Hibernian During a Christmas Day match in 1909 when Hibs played Partick Thistle at Firhill on a frostbound pitch, full back Jimmy Main received fatal stomach injuries following a collision with a Thistle player. He died 4 days later.
9 February 1916 Bob Benson 33 Arsenal Died of a burst blood vessel following a wartime game against Reading.[8][9]
7 January 1921 Horace Fairhurst 27 Blackpool Suffered a head injury in a league game at Barnsley in December 1920; died as a result of his injury early in the new year.
22 May 1921 Nikola Gazdić Hajduk Split Young forward died of late stage tuberculosis after an epic performance against Građanski Zagreb, Hajduk's greatest rival at the time.[10]
11 November 1923 Tom Butler Port Vale Died from tetanus eight days after fracturing(breaking) his arm in a match.[11]
4 April 1927 Albert Van Coile 27 Cercle Brugge Suffered a perforated bowel after a collision with an opponent. Died one day later.
30 April 1927 Sam Wynne 30 Bury Collapsed and died on the field of pneumonia during a match against Sheffield United, although Bury claim it was a cerebral hemorrhage.[12]
5 September 1931 John Thomson 22 Celtic Injured during an Old Firm when he dived for the ball and suffered a fractured skull in an accidental collision with Rangers' Sam English, and died that same evening at the age of 22.
17 June 1933 Jon Kristbjornsson 22 Valur A goalkeeper who collided with a striker from KR Reykjavik and suffered a head injury in the last game of the Icelandic League
on 13. June 1933. Was taken to hospital, where he died from his injuries on 17. June 1933.
1 December 1934 Sim Raleigh 25 Gillingham Died after a clash of heads with Brighton & Hove Albion's Paul Mooney in a game, who subsequently retired.
5 February 1936 Jimmy Thorpe 22 Sunderland A diabetic, the goalkeeper collapsed into a coma from which he never recovered, attributed to the rough treatment he received on the pitch in a game against Chelsea. His death lead to the rule that players were no longer able to kick the ball out of the goalkeeper's arms.[13]
14 July 1963 Constantin Tabarcea 26 Petrolul Ploieşti Collapsed during a match. Death attributed to unusual activity of the thymus gland.[14]
25 February 1967 Tony Allden Highgate United Struck by lightning during an FA Amateur Cup quarterfinal against Enfield.[15]
16 December 1973 Pavão 26 F.C. Porto Collapsed and died of a heart attack during a league game.[16]
18 May 1977 Tony Aveyard 21 Scarborough Head injuries received during match.[17]
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30 October 1977 Renato Curi 24 Perugia Suffered a heart attack while playing in a Serie A match against Juventus. Perugia's ground is named after him.
23 September 1984 Erik Jongbloed DWS Amsterdam Struck by lightning during an exhibition game.[19]
23 August 1987 Paulo Navalho 20 Atlético Clube de Portugal Suffered an acute myocardial infarction during a friendly match between Atletico and the U.A.E.'s Al-Jazira Club.[20]
12 August 1989 Samuel Okwaraji 24 Nigeria Collapsed and died while playing against Angola in a World Cup Qualifier. An autopsy showed that the 24-year-old had an enlarged heart and high blood pressure.
8 September 1990 David Longhurst 25 York City Suffered a heart attack on the pitch while playing against Lincoln City. He was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital.
2 February 1993 Michael Klein 33 Bayer Uerdingen Suffered a heart attack during a training session.
25 August 1995 Michael Goddard Dundela Died during a game against Dungannon Swifts at Stangmore Park after being struck in the chest by the ball.
29 October 1995 Amir Angwe 29 Julius Berger F.C. Collapsed and died on the pitch of a heart attack.[21]
4 April 1997 Waheeb Jabarra Hapoel Taibe Israeli midfielder, suffered a heart attack on the pitch while playing against Bnei Yehuda.
1999 Ferenc Biro 15 Nirajul Miercurea-Nir. Died after a crossbar fell on his head during a warmup.
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24 July 1999 Stefan Vrăbioru 23 Astra Ploieşti Undetected heart defect that led to him collapsing.[23]
2000 Daniel Orbeanu 18 Caraimanul Buşteni Died after an infection from a simple sprain, misdiagnosed by four different hospitals.[24]
February 2000 John Ikoroma 17 Al-Wahda Collapsed on the pitch and later died in hospital.[25]
2 April 2000 Eri Irianto Persebaya Surabaya Died in hospital due to heart failure after a game between Persebaya and PSIM Yogyakarta.[26]
21 May 2000 Hocine Gacemi 24 JS Kabylie Died from a fractured skull after clash of heads.[27]
5 October 2000 Catalin Hîldan 24 Dinamo Bucharest Died while playing for Dinamo; the North Stand of Dinamo's stadium is named in his honour.
29 August 2001 Serhiy Perkhun 23 CSKA Moscow Suffered injury in a collision with Budun Budunov who also sustained serious head trauma. He suffered a brain hemorrhage and died eight days later.
2002 Michael Michael Collapsed on the field, and after belatedly being taken to hospital was pronounced dead on arrival.[28]
20 February 2002 Cristian Neamţu 21 Universitatea Craiova Accidentally struck in the mandible by a teammate charging towards goal. Internal bleeding was discovered, before he died one week later.[29]
24 October 2002 Hernán Gaviria 32 Deportivo Cali Struck by lightning during a training session, and was killed instantly.
27 October 2002 Giovanni Córdoba 24 Deportivo Cali Struck by the same lightning that killed Hernán Gaviria, and died three days later from the injuries.
December 2002 Stefan Toleski FK Napredok Collapsed during a match and later died in hospital.[30]
26 June 2003 Marc-Vivien Foé 28 Cameroon Collapsed while playing in the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup semi-final between his country and Colombia, and died shortly afterward in hospital. An autopsy later revealed the cause of death was hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
25 January 2004 Miklós Fehér 24 Benfica Died of a heart attack while playing against Vitoria.
29 February 2004 Danny Ortiz 27 CSD Municipal During a match against CSD Comunicaciones, Ortiz collided with Mario Rafael Rodríguez, suffering from a torn pericardium and would die later in hospital.
27 October 2004 Serginho 30 São Caetano Sudden cardiac death while playing against São Paulo.
5 December 2004 Cristiano Junior 24 Dempo Sports Club Collided with Mohun Bagan goalkeeper Subrata Paul in the 78th minute of the Federation Cup finals while scoring his second goal. He staggered away, then collapsed. Attempts to revive him were unsuccessful and he was dead on arrival at Hosmat Hospital.
2005 Alin Paicu 32 Minerul Mătăsari Collapsed after heading a ball. Died of a heart attack.[31]
12 April 2005 Paul Sykes 28 Folkestone Invicta Collapsed on the pitch 30 minutes into the game against Margate F.C. in the Kent Senior Cup Semi-Final. An undiagnosed heart-defect was identified as the cause of his death.[32]
9 September 2006 Matt Gadsby 27 Hinckley United Collapsed on the pitch during a Conference North game against Harrogate Town and died soon afterwards in Harrogate District Hospital. Medical tests revealed he died from a heart condition known as Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy.
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18 September 2006 Nilton Pereira Mendes 30 FC Shakhter Karagandy Collapsed on the pitch during a training session with his club and died in the ambulance on the way to the hospital. The Brazilian was a former top scorer and best player for the Kazakhstan Premier League.[34]
30 August 2006 Mohamed Abdelwahab 23 Al-Ahly Died from undetected heart defect during a training match.
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27 March 2007 Ivan Karačić 19 NK Široki Brijeg Suffered a heart attack and died during a training match in Široki Brijeg, Bosnia and Herzegovina.[36]
28 August 2007 Antonio Puerta 22 Sevilla Died on of multiple organ failure, stemming from prolonged cardiac arrest, three days after suffering from several cardiac arrests during a league game against Getafe, as a consequence of Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy.[37]
29 August 2007 Chaswe Nsofwa 28 Hapoel Beersheba Died from sudden heart failure during a training match against Maccabi Beersheba.
29 December 2007 Phil O'Donnell 35 Motherwell Collapsed during his team's 5-3 win against Dundee United with what was later confirmed as a seizure. He died on the way to hospital.[38]
9 February 2008 Guy Tchingoma 22 FC 105 Libreville Died shortly after a league game against Union Sportive O'Mbila. During the match he collided with an opponent. He managed to finish the game, but collapsed after it and medics were unable to revive him.[39]
16 February 2008 Hervé King 27 Ringmer Collapsed 17 minutes into a game against Three Bridges.[40]
3 April 2008 Hrvoje Ćustić 24 NK Zadar Collided with a concrete wall during a game against Cibalia and died in hospital 5 days later of severe head injuries[41]
31 May 2008 Rustem Bulatov 34 FC Chelsea-Kazan Felt ill during a game, died later that day in a hospital.[42]
26 May 2009 Orobosan Adun 28 Warri Wolves FC Before an away match with Enugu Rangers, Goalkeeper Adun of Warri Wolves FC, was assaulted by thugs suspected to be fans of the opposition team. Slumped and died 3 days later from internal haemorrhage, during a training session.[
Very Very Sad R.I.P
Just shocks me how they can just die from doing what they love
Me my self think its sad when any ones dies but a footballer who is fit and healthy dieing doing what they love is really sad and i just want to share with you a list of players that have died while playing or died from injures ect ect
13 January 1889 William Cropper 26 Staveley Suffered a ruptured bowel in a match for against Grimsby Town; died the next day.
1 January 1892 James "Daddy" Dunlop 21 St Mirren In a friendly game against Abercorn, he fell on a piece of glass which led to tetanus setting in; he died ten days later at the age of 21
25 May 1896 James Logan 25 Loughborough F.C. Pneumonia relapse caught while playing.
29 November 1896 Joe Powell 25 Woolwich Arsenal Blood poisoning and tetanus after breaking his arm against Kettering Town in 1896.
1900s James Collins Sheppey United Tetanus caused by on-field injury.
27 August 1902 Di Jones 35? Manchester City A gash to the knee turned septic, resulting in his death.
8 April 1907 Tommy Blackstock 25 Manchester United Collapsed after heading a ball in a game against St. Helens and died.
1908 Frank Levick 26 Sheffield United Death caused by blocking a shot. The ball struck him below the waist, forcing his testicles to become lodged in his abdomen. This caused internal bleeding of the bowel and a subsequent cardiac arrest
29 December 1909 James Main 23 Hibernian During a Christmas Day match in 1909 when Hibs played Partick Thistle at Firhill on a frostbound pitch, full back Jimmy Main received fatal stomach injuries following a collision with a Thistle player. He died 4 days later.
9 February 1916 Bob Benson 33 Arsenal Died of a burst blood vessel following a wartime game against Reading.[8][9]
7 January 1921 Horace Fairhurst 27 Blackpool Suffered a head injury in a league game at Barnsley in December 1920; died as a result of his injury early in the new year.
22 May 1921 Nikola Gazdić Hajduk Split Young forward died of late stage tuberculosis after an epic performance against Građanski Zagreb, Hajduk's greatest rival at the time.[10]
11 November 1923 Tom Butler Port Vale Died from tetanus eight days after fracturing(breaking) his arm in a match.[11]
4 April 1927 Albert Van Coile 27 Cercle Brugge Suffered a perforated bowel after a collision with an opponent. Died one day later.
30 April 1927 Sam Wynne 30 Bury Collapsed and died on the field of pneumonia during a match against Sheffield United, although Bury claim it was a cerebral hemorrhage.[12]
5 September 1931 John Thomson 22 Celtic Injured during an Old Firm when he dived for the ball and suffered a fractured skull in an accidental collision with Rangers' Sam English, and died that same evening at the age of 22.
17 June 1933 Jon Kristbjornsson 22 Valur A goalkeeper who collided with a striker from KR Reykjavik and suffered a head injury in the last game of the Icelandic League
on 13. June 1933. Was taken to hospital, where he died from his injuries on 17. June 1933.
1 December 1934 Sim Raleigh 25 Gillingham Died after a clash of heads with Brighton & Hove Albion's Paul Mooney in a game, who subsequently retired.
5 February 1936 Jimmy Thorpe 22 Sunderland A diabetic, the goalkeeper collapsed into a coma from which he never recovered, attributed to the rough treatment he received on the pitch in a game against Chelsea. His death lead to the rule that players were no longer able to kick the ball out of the goalkeeper's arms.[13]
14 July 1963 Constantin Tabarcea 26 Petrolul Ploieşti Collapsed during a match. Death attributed to unusual activity of the thymus gland.[14]
25 February 1967 Tony Allden Highgate United Struck by lightning during an FA Amateur Cup quarterfinal against Enfield.[15]
16 December 1973 Pavão 26 F.C. Porto Collapsed and died of a heart attack during a league game.[16]
18 May 1977 Tony Aveyard 21 Scarborough Head injuries received during match.[17]
[18]
30 October 1977 Renato Curi 24 Perugia Suffered a heart attack while playing in a Serie A match against Juventus. Perugia's ground is named after him.
23 September 1984 Erik Jongbloed DWS Amsterdam Struck by lightning during an exhibition game.[19]
23 August 1987 Paulo Navalho 20 Atlético Clube de Portugal Suffered an acute myocardial infarction during a friendly match between Atletico and the U.A.E.'s Al-Jazira Club.[20]
12 August 1989 Samuel Okwaraji 24 Nigeria Collapsed and died while playing against Angola in a World Cup Qualifier. An autopsy showed that the 24-year-old had an enlarged heart and high blood pressure.
8 September 1990 David Longhurst 25 York City Suffered a heart attack on the pitch while playing against Lincoln City. He was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital.
2 February 1993 Michael Klein 33 Bayer Uerdingen Suffered a heart attack during a training session.
25 August 1995 Michael Goddard Dundela Died during a game against Dungannon Swifts at Stangmore Park after being struck in the chest by the ball.
29 October 1995 Amir Angwe 29 Julius Berger F.C. Collapsed and died on the pitch of a heart attack.[21]
4 April 1997 Waheeb Jabarra Hapoel Taibe Israeli midfielder, suffered a heart attack on the pitch while playing against Bnei Yehuda.
1999 Ferenc Biro 15 Nirajul Miercurea-Nir. Died after a crossbar fell on his head during a warmup.
[22]
24 July 1999 Stefan Vrăbioru 23 Astra Ploieşti Undetected heart defect that led to him collapsing.[23]
2000 Daniel Orbeanu 18 Caraimanul Buşteni Died after an infection from a simple sprain, misdiagnosed by four different hospitals.[24]
February 2000 John Ikoroma 17 Al-Wahda Collapsed on the pitch and later died in hospital.[25]
2 April 2000 Eri Irianto Persebaya Surabaya Died in hospital due to heart failure after a game between Persebaya and PSIM Yogyakarta.[26]
21 May 2000 Hocine Gacemi 24 JS Kabylie Died from a fractured skull after clash of heads.[27]
5 October 2000 Catalin Hîldan 24 Dinamo Bucharest Died while playing for Dinamo; the North Stand of Dinamo's stadium is named in his honour.
29 August 2001 Serhiy Perkhun 23 CSKA Moscow Suffered injury in a collision with Budun Budunov who also sustained serious head trauma. He suffered a brain hemorrhage and died eight days later.
2002 Michael Michael Collapsed on the field, and after belatedly being taken to hospital was pronounced dead on arrival.[28]
20 February 2002 Cristian Neamţu 21 Universitatea Craiova Accidentally struck in the mandible by a teammate charging towards goal. Internal bleeding was discovered, before he died one week later.[29]
24 October 2002 Hernán Gaviria 32 Deportivo Cali Struck by lightning during a training session, and was killed instantly.
27 October 2002 Giovanni Córdoba 24 Deportivo Cali Struck by the same lightning that killed Hernán Gaviria, and died three days later from the injuries.
December 2002 Stefan Toleski FK Napredok Collapsed during a match and later died in hospital.[30]
26 June 2003 Marc-Vivien Foé 28 Cameroon Collapsed while playing in the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup semi-final between his country and Colombia, and died shortly afterward in hospital. An autopsy later revealed the cause of death was hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
25 January 2004 Miklós Fehér 24 Benfica Died of a heart attack while playing against Vitoria.
29 February 2004 Danny Ortiz 27 CSD Municipal During a match against CSD Comunicaciones, Ortiz collided with Mario Rafael Rodríguez, suffering from a torn pericardium and would die later in hospital.
27 October 2004 Serginho 30 São Caetano Sudden cardiac death while playing against São Paulo.
5 December 2004 Cristiano Junior 24 Dempo Sports Club Collided with Mohun Bagan goalkeeper Subrata Paul in the 78th minute of the Federation Cup finals while scoring his second goal. He staggered away, then collapsed. Attempts to revive him were unsuccessful and he was dead on arrival at Hosmat Hospital.
2005 Alin Paicu 32 Minerul Mătăsari Collapsed after heading a ball. Died of a heart attack.[31]
12 April 2005 Paul Sykes 28 Folkestone Invicta Collapsed on the pitch 30 minutes into the game against Margate F.C. in the Kent Senior Cup Semi-Final. An undiagnosed heart-defect was identified as the cause of his death.[32]
9 September 2006 Matt Gadsby 27 Hinckley United Collapsed on the pitch during a Conference North game against Harrogate Town and died soon afterwards in Harrogate District Hospital. Medical tests revealed he died from a heart condition known as Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy.
[33]
18 September 2006 Nilton Pereira Mendes 30 FC Shakhter Karagandy Collapsed on the pitch during a training session with his club and died in the ambulance on the way to the hospital. The Brazilian was a former top scorer and best player for the Kazakhstan Premier League.[34]
30 August 2006 Mohamed Abdelwahab 23 Al-Ahly Died from undetected heart defect during a training match.
[35]
27 March 2007 Ivan Karačić 19 NK Široki Brijeg Suffered a heart attack and died during a training match in Široki Brijeg, Bosnia and Herzegovina.[36]
28 August 2007 Antonio Puerta 22 Sevilla Died on of multiple organ failure, stemming from prolonged cardiac arrest, three days after suffering from several cardiac arrests during a league game against Getafe, as a consequence of Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy.[37]
29 August 2007 Chaswe Nsofwa 28 Hapoel Beersheba Died from sudden heart failure during a training match against Maccabi Beersheba.
29 December 2007 Phil O'Donnell 35 Motherwell Collapsed during his team's 5-3 win against Dundee United with what was later confirmed as a seizure. He died on the way to hospital.[38]
9 February 2008 Guy Tchingoma 22 FC 105 Libreville Died shortly after a league game against Union Sportive O'Mbila. During the match he collided with an opponent. He managed to finish the game, but collapsed after it and medics were unable to revive him.[39]
16 February 2008 Hervé King 27 Ringmer Collapsed 17 minutes into a game against Three Bridges.[40]
3 April 2008 Hrvoje Ćustić 24 NK Zadar Collided with a concrete wall during a game against Cibalia and died in hospital 5 days later of severe head injuries[41]
31 May 2008 Rustem Bulatov 34 FC Chelsea-Kazan Felt ill during a game, died later that day in a hospital.[42]
26 May 2009 Orobosan Adun 28 Warri Wolves FC Before an away match with Enugu Rangers, Goalkeeper Adun of Warri Wolves FC, was assaulted by thugs suspected to be fans of the opposition team. Slumped and died 3 days later from internal haemorrhage, during a training session.[
Very Very Sad R.I.P
Just shocks me how they can just die from doing what they love