₦airaland Forum

4 April 1997

Name: Waheeb Jabara

Age : 23

Team : Hapoel Taibe

Notes : Heart attack while playing against Bnei Yehuda.

4 January 1997

Name: Hedi Berkhissa

Age : 24

Team : Esperance Sportive de Tunis

Notes : Heart attack in a friendly game against Olympique Lyonnais at Stade Chedli Zouiten

29 October 1995

Name: Amir Angwe

Age : 25

Team : Julius Berger F.C.

Notes :Collapsed and died on the pitch of a heart attack.

2 February 1993

Name: Michael Klein

Age : 25

Team : Bayer Uerdingen

Notes :Heart attack during a training session.

8 September 1990

Name: David Longhurst

Age : 25

Team : York City

Notes : Heart attack on the pitch while playing against Lincoln City. He was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital.

12 August 1989

Name: Samuel Okwaraji

Age : 24

Team : Nigeria

Notes : 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.

23 August 1987

Name: Paulo Navalho

Age : 20

Team : Atlético Clube de Portugal

Notes : Acute myocardial infarction during a friendly match between Atletico and the U.A.E.'s Al-Jazira Club.

15 January 1987

Name: José Antonio Gallardo

Age : 25

Team : CD Málaga

Notes : Collided with an opponent on 21 December away to Celta de Vigo, had life-saving surgery and returned home. Relapsed on 7 January with a cerebral haemorrhage and fell into an eight-day coma before dying.

23 September 1984

Name: Erik Jongbloed

Age : ?

Team : DWS Amsterdam

Notes : Struck by lightning during an exhibition game.[
Son of Jan Jongbloed, goalkeeper of the Dutch national team in both the 1974 and 1978 FIFA World Cup Final.

30 October 1977

Name: Renato Curi

Age : 24

Team : Perugia

Notes : Heart attack while playing in a Serie A match against Juventus. Perugia's ground is named after him.

18 May 1977

Name: Tony Aveyard

Age : 21

Team : Scarborough

Notes : Head injuries received during match.

16 December 1973

Name: Pavão

Age : 23

Team : F.C. Porto

Notes : Heart attack during a league game.

1 July 1973

Name: Nikola Mantov

Age : 23

Team : FK Osogovo

Notes : Heart attack in the 10th minute of a league game against FAS 11 Oktomvri.

25 February 1967

Name: Tony Allden

Age : ?

Team : Highgate United

Notes : Struck by lightning during an FA Amateur Cup quarterfinal against Enfield.

August 1953

Name: Constantin Tabarcea

Age : 26

Team : Petrolul Ploieşti

Notes : Collapsed during a match. Death attributed to unusual activity of the thymus gland

August 1953

Name: John Kirkby

Age : 23

Team : Wrexham

Notes : Collapsed during a match. Death attributed to a Cardiac arrest

1 April 1951

Name: Mitotônio

Age : 35

Team : Ceará

Notes : Collapsed during a match. Death attributed to stomach congestion.

5 February 1936

Name: Jimmy Thorpe

Age : 22

Team : Sunderland

Notes : A diabetic, when playing as goalkeeper he 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.

1 December 1934

Name: Sim Raleigh

Age : 25

Team : Gillingham

Notes : Died after a clash of heads with Brighton & Hove Albion's Paul Mooney in a game, who subsequently retired.

17 June 1933

Name: Jón Kristbjörnsson

Age : 22

Team : Valur

Notes :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

5 September 1931

Name: John Thomson

Age : 22

Team : Celtic

Notes :Injured during an Old Firm match when he dived for the ball and suffered a fractured skull in an accidental collision with Rangers' Sam English. He died that same evening.

30 April 1927

Name: Sam Wynne

Age : 30

Team : Bury

Notes : Collapsed and died on the field of pneumonia during a match against Sheffield United, although Bury claim it was a cerebral hemorrhage.

3 May 1927

Name: David Arellano

Age : 24

Team : Colo-Colo

Notes : Peritonitis after being hit by an opposing player during the match. Shortly after the incident Arellano was brought to a nearby clinic where he ultimately died.

4 April 1927

Name: Albert Van Coile

Age : 27

Team : Cercle Brugge

Notes : Perforated bowel after a collision with an opponent. Died one day later.

11 November 1923

Name: Tom Butler

Age : 24

Team : Port Vale

Notes : Died from tetanus eight days after fracturing his arm in a match.

14 November 1921

Name: Joshua Wilkinson

Age : 24

Team : Dumbarton

Notes : Goalkeeper who died from peritonitis two days after a "particularly rough" game against Glasgow Rangers

22 May 1921

Name: Nikola Gazdić

Age :

Team :Hajduk Split

Notes : Late stage tuberculosis after a game against Građanski Zagreb, Hajduk's greatest rival at the time.

7 January 1921

Name: Horace Fairhurst

Age : 27

Team : Blackpool

Notes : Head injury in a league game at Barnsley in December 1920; died as a result of his injury early in the new year.

19 February 1916

Name: Bob Benson

Age : 33

Team : Arsenal

Notes : Burst blood vessel following a wartime game against Reading.

29 December 1909

Name: James Main

Age : 23

Team : Hibernian

Notes : Fatal stomach injuries during a Christmas Day match in 1909 against Partick Thistle at Firhill on a frostbound pitch, after colliding with a Thistle player, led to death four days later.

January 1908

Name: Frank Levick

Age :[b/] 26

[b]Team : Sheffield United

Note : Pneumonia during recovery from collar bone broken playing against Newcastle United on New Years Day 1908. Attending Dr Selby of Attercliffe (Sheffield) noted heart failure at 1:40pm on 1 February 1908 at his father's house on 125 Plumpers Road Tinsley Sheffield