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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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19 February 1916 Name: Bob Benson Age : 33 Team : Arsenal Notes : Burst blood vessel following a wartime game against Reading.
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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.
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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
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