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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. Players who were free ...
Brown won an NFL championship with the Browns in 1964. He led the league in rushing yards in eight out of his nine seasons, and by the time he retired, he held most major rushing records. In 2002, he was named by The Sporting News as the greatest professional football player ever. [2]
Norman Hunter, 76, English football player (Leeds United, Bristol City, national team) and manager, world champion , COVID-19. [706] Patricia Kailis, 86, Australian businesswoman, geneticist and neurologist. [707] Abba Kyari, 67, Nigerian politician, Chief of Staff to the President (since 2015), COVID-19. [708]
“O.J. Simpson was the first player to reach a rushing mark many thought could not be attained in a 14-game season when he topped 2,000 yards,” Pro Football Hall of Fame president Jim Porter ...
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February 15 – death of Ken Hubbs (22), Chicago Cubs player, in an air crash just before the season began; April 17 – The New York Mets play their first game at brand-new Shea Stadium and lose 4–3 to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Willie Stargell hits the first home run in the stadium's history, a second-inning solo shot off the Mets' Jack Fisher.
The fair would run until October 18, 1964, then make a second run from April 21 to October 17, 1965. Since less than ten years had passed since the Seattle World's Fair in 1962, the New York exposition was not internationally approved, but many nations would have pavilions with exotic crafts, art and food.
The following is a list of notable deaths in April ... American football player (Dallas Cowboys). [4 ... 90, Russian volleyball player, Olympic champion (1964, 1968 ...