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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.
American football: Car Indiana SR 46, Riley, Indiana: 3: The driver of the vehicle, an Indiana State University student was killed; 2 ISU football players were killed, 2 additional ISU football players were injured but survived the crash. [50] [51] 29 January 2023: Vila Maria Helena FC Association football: Bus Além Paraíba, Brazil 4
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 soccer player has died after being struck by lightning midway through a live TV game. On Sunday, Nov. 3, Jose Hugo de la Cruz Meza, 39, was killed after the bolt hit him during a game between ...
Georgia Bulldogs offensive lineman Devin Willock was killed in a car crash on Jan. 15 along with a Georiga recruiting staffer. (Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports) (USA TODAY USPW / reuters)
In 2020, OL Groupe, the parent company of French clubs Olympique Lyonnais and Olympique Lyonnais Féminin, became the team's majority owner and the team played as OL Reign from 2020 to 2023. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Laura Harvey is the team's head coach; she led the team to two consecutive NWSL Shield wins in 2014 and 2015 and a third in 2022.
On Saturday, Dec. 7, Essex Police said in a news release that they were called to the scene of "a serious collision" in the town of Epping, northeast of London, just after 12:50 p.m. local time.
Okwaraji, who made the Green Eagles squad in 1988 at the African Nations Cup in Morocco, scored one of the fastest goals in the history of African football against Nigeria's perennial rivals, the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon, and was twice named man of the match. [14] [15] He also went to the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, though Nigeria disappointed.