List of gridiron football players who died during their careers
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This is a list of players of gridiron football (American football and Canadian football) players who died while still on a team roster. Included are players in professional and college football who have died of any cause. 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 agents at the time of their death are not listed.
National Football League
† | = Pro Bowler |
‡ | = Hall of Famer |
1922–1965
1966–1995
1996–2021
2022–present
Name | Age | Position | Team | Cause of death | Year |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jaylon Ferguson | 26 | LB, DE | Baltimore Ravens | Drug overdose | 2022 |
Jeff Gladney | 25 | CB | Arizona Cardinals | Car crash | 2022 |
Dwayne Haskins | 24 | QB | Pittsburgh Steelers | Hit by vehicle while walking | 2022 |
Khyree Jackson | 24 | CB | Minnesota Vikings | Car crash | 2024 |
Arena Football League and af2
Name | Age | Position | Team | Cause of death | Year | Reference(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Johnathan Goddard | 27 | DE | Colorado Crush | Motorcycle crash | 2008 | |
Al Lucas | 26 | DT | Los Angeles Avengers | In-game neck injury | 2005 | |
Justin Skaggs | 28 | QB | Utah Blaze | Stage III oligodendroglioma brain cancer | 2007 | |
Johnie Kirton | 26 | RB | San Jose SaberCats | Methadone toxicity/unknown | 2012 | |
Julian Yearwood | 31 | FB/LB | Bakersfield Blitz | Clogged arteries | 2003 | [1] |
Chandler Williams | 27 | WR | Tampa Bay Storm | Cardiac arrest | 2013 | [2] |
Canadian Football League
Name | Age | Position | Team | Cause of death | Year | Reference(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Allen Gallaher | 26 | OL | BC Lions | Heart attack | 1977 | [3] |
Mylan Hicks | 23 | DB | Calgary Stampeders | Homicide | 2016 | [4] |
Joe McKnight | 28 | RB | Saskatchewan Roughriders | Homicide | 2016 | [5] |
Tom Pate | 23 | LB | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | Aneurysm (in game) | 1975 | [6] |
Christian Saulsberry | 25 | WR | Edmonton Elks | Homicide | 2022 | [7] |
Derrell Robertson | 27 | DE | Las Vegas Posse | Car crash | 1994 | [8] |
Adrian Robinson | 25 | LB | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | Suicide | 2015 | [9] |
Ted Watkins | 27 | WR | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | Shot while robbing a liquor store | 1968 |
Continental Football League
Name | Age | Position | Team | Cause of death | Year | Reference(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Glen Hepburn | 29 | Two-way end | Omaha Mustangs | Injuries sustained during game vs Michigan Arrows | 1968 | [10] |
Name | Age | Position | Team | Cause of death | Year | Reference(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Donald Sellers | 26 | Wide receiver | Las Vegas Outlaws (XFL) | Car crash | 2001 | [11] |
Troy Stark | 28 | Offensive lineman | New York/New Jersey Hitmen (XFL) | Complications from surgery | 2001 | [12] |
Chris Brown | 24 | Offensive lineman | DC Defenders (XFL) | Drowned | 2021 | [13][14] |
Jessie Lemonier | 25 | Linebacker | Birmingham Stallions (USFL) | Unknown | 2023 | [15] |
Chris Smith | 28 | Defensive end | Seattle Sea Dragons (XFL) | Unknown | 2023 | [16] |
Alex Collins | 28 | Running back | Memphis Showboats (USFL) | Motorcycle accident | 2023 | [17] |
New England Football League
Name | Age | Position | Team | Cause of death | Year | Reference(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Odin Lloyd | 27 | Linebacker | Boston Bandits | Homicide | 2013 | [18] |
College
Player | Age | School | Position | Cause of death | Year | Ref(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bennie Abram III | 20 | Mississippi | Safety | Exercise collapse associated with sickle cell trait | 2010 | [19] |
Brandon Adams | 21 | Georgia Tech | Nose tackle | Collapsed and hit head while dancing | 2019 | [20] |
Ted Agu | 21 | California | Defensive end | Exercise collapse associated with sickle cell trait | 2014 | [21] |
John Airhart | 19 | Simmons College | Quarterback | Traumatic brain injury sustained during 1909 game vs. Howard Payne | 1910 | |
John Albert | Chicago | Multiple | Stomach ailment | 1914 | ||
John Allen | 24 | Christian Brothers College | Tackle | Traumatic brain injury sustained during game vs. St. Louis University alumni team | 1899 | [22] |
Kyle Ambrogi | 21 | Pennsylvania | Running back | Suicide | 2005 | [23] |
Avery Atkins | 20 | University of Florida | Cornerback | Ecstasy overdose | 2007 | [24] |
Sal Aunese | 21 | University of Colorado | Quarterback | Stomach cancer | 1989 | [25] |
Walter Back | 22 | Oregon | Blood poisoning | 1935 | ||
George T. Bahen | 21 | Georgetown | Halfback | Spinal cord injury sustained during 1894 game vs. Columbia Athletic Club | 1895 | [26] |
Marlin Barnes | 22 | University of Miami | Linebacker | Homicide | 1996 | |
Charles Beccara | Lehigh | Guard | Accidental self-inflicted gunshot | 1895 | [27] | |
Bryce Beekman | 22 | Washington State | Cornerback | Acute intoxication after consuming fentanyl and promethazine | 2020 | [28] |
Verner Belyea | Norwich College | Halfback | Spinal cord injury sustained during game vs. Holy Cross | 1913 | ||
Heath Benedict | 24 | Newberry College | Offensive tackle | Enlarged heart | 2008 | [29] |
Brook Berringer | 22 | University of Nebraska | Quarterback | Plane crash | 1996 | |
Preston Birdsong | 19 | Tennessee Tech | Defensive back | Exercise collapse associated with sickle cell trait | 2000 | [30] |
Edward Bohn | 22 | Missouri Mines | Halfback | Spinal cord injury sustained during game vs. Central Missouri | 1920 | |
Austin Box | 22 | University Of Oklahoma | Linebacker | Accidental opioid overdose | 2011 | [31] |
Tajh Boyd | 19 | Liberty University | Offensive lineman | Suicide | 2023 | [32] |
Cary Brown | Presbyterian | End | Spinal cord injury sustained during practice | 1923 | ||
Hunter Brown | 21 | Air Force Academy | Offensive lineman | Blood clot in lungs following an injury suffered in practice | 2023 | [33] |
Michael Burke | 21 | Medico-Chirurgical College | Tackle | Traumatic brain injury sustained during game vs. Philadelphia Pharmacy | 1909 | [34] |
Eugene Byrne | 21 | Army | Tackle | Traumatic brain and spinal cord injury sustained during game vs. Harvard | 1909 | [35] |
Derringer Cade | 20 | Northeast Missouri State | Linebacker | Idiopathic hypertropic cardiomyopathy sustained during game vs. Southwest Baptist University | 1990 | |
Ronnie Caldwell | 21 | Northwestern State | Safety | Homicide | 2023 | [36] |
Leon Carey | 20 | Arkansas A&M | Cerebral hemorrhage | 1931 | [37] | |
Devin Chandler | 20 | Virginia | Wide receiver | Homicide | 2022 | [38] |
Archer Christian | 18 | Virginia | Halfback | Traumatic brain injury sustained during game vs. Georgetown | 1909 | [39] |
Ladarius Clardy | 18 | Kennesaw State | Quarterback | Homicide | 2021 | [40] |
Leonard Clarkson | 23 | Norwich College | End | Internal injuries sustained during game vs. Dartmouth | 1907 | [41] |
Hiram Cole | 19 | Central Methodist | Traumatic brain injury sustained during game vs. Missouri Military | 1916 | ||
Jeremiah Collins | 18 | Austin Peay State | Cornerback | Car crash | 2023 | [42] |
John Cooper | North Carolina | Spinal cord injury sustained during practice | 1908 | [43] | ||
E.L. Cowden | Eastman Business College | Internal injuries sustained during game vs. Poughkeepsie High School | 1899 | [44] | ||
John Crumbacher | Tennessee | Offensive tackle | Car crash | 1966 | [45] | |
John Curley | 20 | Trinity College (IA) | Unknown | 1924 | ||
Carl Dahlbeck | 25 | Purdue | Guard | Burn injury | 1936 | [46] |
Tom McGannon | 20 | Purdue | Halfback | Burn injury | 1936 | [47] |
Mario Danelo | 21 | USC | Kicker | Fall from a cliff | 2007 | [48] |
Marcus "MJ" Daniels Jr. | 21 | Southern Miss | Cornerback | Homicide | 2024 | [49] |
Devaughn Darling | 18 | Florida State | Linebacker | Exercise collapse associated with sickle cell trait | 2001 | |
Donald Davis | Emporia State | Halfback | Internal injuries sustained during game vs. Baker | 1921 | ||
Lavel Davis Jr. | 21 | Virginia | Wide receiver | Homicide | 2022 | [38] |
Ernest Dickson | 21 | Arkansas | Halfback | Pneumonia | 1908 | |
Ovid Donaldson | McMurry | End | Spinal cord injury sustained diving into a swimming pool | 1927 | ||
Gardner Dow | 21 | University of Connecticut | Center | Traumatic brain injury sustained during game vs. New Hampshire | 1919 | [50] |
Butch Duhe | 20 | LSU | Quarterback | Congenital heart defect | 1970 | |
W.L. Egan | Northwestern Oklahoma State | Halfback | Traumatic brain injury | 1910 | ||
Jake Ehlinger | 20 | Texas | Linebacker | Accidental overdose | 2021 | [51] |
Richard Evans | College of Wooster | Halfback | Spinal cord injury sustained during game vs. Western Reserve | 1907 | ||
Thomas Evans | Utah State | Guard | Spinal cord injury sustained during game vs. Colorado Mines | 1908 | ||
James Fenton | 21 | Holy Cross | Tackle | Spinal cord injury sustained during practice | 1928 | |
G. Cook Ferebee | 19 | VMI | Halfback | Traumatic brain injury sustained during game vs. Roanoke College | 1908 | |
Oliver Ferry | Alfred | Internal injuries sustained during 1920 game vs. Allegheny | 1921 | |||
Tom Fisher | Tennessee | Linebacker | Car crash | 1966 | [45] | |
Miles Fox | 19 | Navy | Running back | Sunstroke sustained during practice | 1928 | |
Richard Von Albade Gammon | 17 | Georgia | Fullback | Traumatic brain injury sustained during game vs. Virginia | 1897 | |
E. Herbert Garrison | 22 | Dickinson | End | Traumatic brain injury sustained during game vs. Swarthmore | 1886 | [52] |
Clayton Geib | 21 | College of Wooster | Offensive guard | Cerebral edema following game vs. Ohio Wesleyan | 2017 | |
George Gipp | 25 | University of Notre Dame | Multiple | Strep throat infection and pneumonia | 1920 | |
Eric Goll | 20 | Chadron State | Defensive lineman | Exercise collapse associated with sickle cell trait | 2016 | |
Harry Goodloe | 20 | Central (KY) | Internal injuries sustained during game vs. Kentucky | 1894 | [53] | |
Leo Goodreau | 19 | Villanova | Quarterback | Spinal cord injury sustained during practice | 1928 | |
Robert Grays | 19 | Midwestern State | Defensive back | Spinal cord injury sustained during game vs. Texas A&M-Kingsville | 2017 | |
Reuben Gretschow | 23 | Elmhurst | Tackle | Spinal cord injury sustained during game vs. Valparaiso | 1931 | [37] |
Lewis Grisler | 21 | Ohio Wesleyan | End | Heart failure sustained during practice | 1906 | |
Theodore Hammonds | 23 | Warner | Wide receiver | Exercise collapse | 2010 | |
Jack Hartsock | 17 | Ohio Wesleyan | Unknown | 1935 | ||
Tyler Heintz | 19 | Kent State | Offensive lineman | Exertional heat stroke following conditioning drills | 2017 | |
Tyler Hilinski | 21 | Washington State University | Quarterback | Suicide | 2018 | [54] |
Edwin Hill | 25 | NYU | Halfback | Accidental gunshot | 1929 | [55][56] |
Henry Hooper | 20 | Dartmouth | Center | Complications from appendicitis surgery | 1904 | [57] |
Charles Hope | Corning Free Academy | Injuries received during a game | 1903 | [58] | ||
Jasper Howard | 20 | University of Connecticut | Cornerback | Homicide (stabbed) | 2009 | [59] |
Jaden Hullaby | 21 | University of New Mexico | Halfback/Tight end | Unknown | 2023 | [60] |
James Jamieson | Cornell | Quarterback | Typhoid fever | 1907 | ||
Tommy Johnson | 24 | Kansas | Quarterback | Kidney failure related to injury sustained during game vs. Missouri | 1911 | [61] |
Harry Jordan | 19 | Sioux Falls College | Running back | Spinal cord injury sustained during game vs. South Dakota | 1902 | |
Ty Jordan | 19 | Utah | Running back | Accidental gunshot | 2020 | [62] |
Kosta Karageorge | 22 | Ohio State | Defensive lineman | Suicide | 2014 | [63] |
Ryan Keeler | 20 | UNLV | Defensive lineman | Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy | 2023 | [64] |
Harry Knight | Drexel | Fullback | Crushed skull during practice game against Penn | 1894 | [65] | |
Luke Knox | 22 | FIU | Linebacker/Tight end | Unknown | 2022 | [66] |
Mariushi Kuwamoto | 28 | Hawaii | Halfback | Traumatic brain injury sustained during game vs. Kamehameha School | 1917 | |
Charles Lange | 19 | Montana State | Spinal cord injury sustained during practice | 1911 | ||
Myzelle Law | 19 | MidAmerica Nazarene University | Defensive lineman | Heat-related injuries at practice | 2023 | [67] |
Robert Layfield | 18 | Johns Hopkins | Quarterback | Spinal cord injury sustained during 1914 game vs. Lehigh | 1915 | |
Robert Lewin | Baltimore Medical College | Guard | Heart failure during game vs. Navy | 1903 | ||
Dale Lloyd II | 19 | Rice | Defensive back | Exercise collapse associated with sickle cell trait | 2006 | [21] |
Aaron Lowe | 21 | Utah | Cornerback | Homicide | 2021 | [68] |
Lyons | Washington & Jefferson | Injuries received during a game | 1892 | [69] | ||
Justin McAllister | 19 | Sacramento City College Panthers | Offensive tackle | Heart failure | 2023 | [70] |
Ralph McClure | 21 | Colorado College | Back | Spinal cord injury sustained during game vs. Colorado | 1932 | |
Robert McKee | Alma | Tackle | Internal injuries sustained during game vs. Detroit Athletic Club | 1901 | ||
Gordon McMillan | 21 | West Virginia | Quarterback | Pneumonia | 1924 | |
Jordan McNair | 19 | Maryland | Offensive lineman | Liver failure (caused by heatstroke) | 2018 | [21][71] |
Camdan McWright | 18 | San Jose State | Running back | Traffic collision (hit by a school bus while riding an electric scooter) | 2022 | [72] |
Wayne Merrifield | 21 | Michigan State Normal College | Internal injuries | 1931 | [37] | |
Walter Merryman | 22 | Davis & Elkins | Halfback | Traumatic brain injury sustained during game vs. Western Maryland | 1911 | |
Keith Miller | 23 | Texas A&M–Commerce | Wide receiver | Unknown | 2024 | [73] |
Darius Minor | 18 | University of Maine | Defensive back | Aortic dissection | 2018 | [21][74] |
James Mock | 19 | Roanoke College | Pneumonia (caused by internal injuries sustained during practice) | 1910 | ||
Rudolph Monk | 29 | West Virginia | Halfback | Traumatic brain injury sustained during game vs. Bethany College (WV) | 1910 | |
Howard Montgomery | 21 | Hampden-Sydney | Tackle | Spinal cord injury sustained during practice | 1905 | [75] |
Harold P. Moore | 19 | Union (NY) | Halfback | Traumatic brain injury sustained during game vs. NYU | 1905 | [75] |
Ed Morrissey | 21 | St. Ambrose College | Pneumonia and blood poisoning | 1913 | ||
Anthony Mostella | 22 | South Alabama | Running back | Motorcycle crash | 2010 | [76] |
Chucky Mullins | 21 | University of Mississippi | Defensive back | Spinal cord injury sustained during 1989 game vs. Vanderbilt | 1991 | |
Cornelius Murphy | 21 | Fordham | Tackle | Traumatic brain injury sustained during game vs. Bucknell | 1931 | [37] |
Aaron O'Neal | 19 | Missouri | Linebacker | Exercise collapse associated with sickle cell trait | 2005 | |
Edgar Newschwander | Ripon | Tackle | Spinal cord injury sustained during game vs. Northwestern College (WI) | 1900 | ||
James Nichols | University of Alabama | Center | Spinal injury | 1931 | [37] | |
Virgil Noland | 21 | Oregon | Guard | Burn injury | 1911 | |
Edison Ogrosky | 20 | Southwestern (KS) | Fullback | Internal injuries sustained during game vs. Bethany College (KS) | 1924 | |
Bryan Pata | 22 | University of Miami | Defensive lineman | Homicide | 2006 | [77][78] |
Ivan Perkins | 21 | New Mexico Normal | Traumatic brain injury sustained during practice | 1937 | ||
D'Sean Perry | 20 | Virginia | Linebacker | Homicide | 2022 | [38] |
Charles Persland | Pennsylvania Military College | Traumatic brain injury | 1917 | |||
John Peters | Morningside | Internal injuries sustained during practice | 1909 | |||
Lawrence Pierson | Lake Forest | Halfback | Spinal cord injury sustained during game vs. South Division High School | 1900 | ||
Ereck Plancher | 19 | Central Florida | Wide receiver | Exercise collapse associated with sickle cell trait | 2008 | [21] |
Polie Poitier | 19 | Colorado | Defensive back | Exercise collapse associated with sickle cell trait | 1974 | |
Alfred Primm, Jr. | Amherst | Halfback | Spinal cord injury sustained during practice | 1926 | ||
Charles Prior | Lehigh | Quarterback | Spinal cord injury sustained during game vs. West Virginia Wesleyan | 1925 | ||
Jack Reeves | 23 | Emporia State | Fullback | Spinal cord injury sustained during game vs. Washburn | 1920 | |
Paul Reyna | 19 | Boise State | Defensive Tackle | Traumatic brain injury sustained during scrimmage | 1999 | [79] |
Paul Root | Eastern Illinois | Halfback | Traumatic brain injury sustained during game vs. Illinois State | 1915 | ||
Joe Roth | 21 | University of California Berkeley | Quarterback | Melanoma | 1977 | |
Reed Ryan | 22 | University of Minnesota Duluth | Defensive lineman | Genetic heart condition | 2023 | [80] |
Hugh Saussy | 18 | City College of New York | Guard | Traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury sustained during game vs. Elizabeth Athletic Club | 1893 | [81] |
Bryan Scott | Knox College | Spinal cord injury sustained during game vs. St. Louis University | 1915 | |||
John Segrist | 27 | Ohio State | Center-rush | Spinal cord injury sustained during game vs. Western Reserve | 1901 | [82] |
Andre Seldon Jr. | 22 | Utah State | Cornerback | Drowning | 2024 | [83] |
Bertrand F. Serf | 18 | Doane | Quarterback | Traumatic brain injury sustained during game vs. Kansas | 1896 | [84] |
Ron Settles | 21 | California State University, Long Beach (Long Beach State) | Running back | Found hanging in jail cell | 1981 | |
Frank Shanklin | 21 | Hanover College | End | Internal injuries sustained during practice | 1903 | [85] |
Derek Sheely | 22 | Frostburg State | Fullback | Traumatic brain injury sustained during practice | 2011 | [86] |
Richard Sheridan, Jr. | 26 | Army | End | Spinal cord injury sustained during game vs. Yale | 1931 | [37] |
Ja'Quayvin Smalls | 20 | Western Carolina | Defensive back | Exercise collapse associated with sickle cell trait | 2009 | |
AJ Simon | 25 | Albany | Defensive end | Unknown | 2024 | [87] |
C. D. Smith | Millsaps | Tackle | Spinal cord injury sustained during game vs. Stetson | 1931 | [37] | |
Denali Smith | 20 | Graceland University | Defensive lineman | Unknown | 2024 | [88] |
Wayne Souza | 20 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | Flanker | Drowned while swimming in Lake Monona | 1979 | |
Joe Spybuck | 19 | Haskell | Tackle | Traumatic brain injury sustained during practice game | 1909 | |
Bryce Stanfield | 21 | Furman | Defensive tackle | Pulmonary embolism following a sudden medical emergency during a football workout | 2024 | [89][90] |
Freddie Joe Steinmark | 22 | University of Texas at Austin | Safety | Osteosarcoma | 1971 | |
Jamain Stephens | 20 | California (PA) | Defensive lineman | Blood clot in heart | 2020 | [91][92] |
Rodney Stowers | 20 | Mississippi State | Nose guard | Broken leg injury | 1991 | [93] |
Owen Thomas | 21 | Pennsylvania | Offensive lineman | Suicide | 2010 | [94] |
Jack Trice | 21 | Iowa State University | Tackle | Internal injuries sustained during game vs. Minnesota | 1923 | |
Frank Trimble | Indiana | Tackle | Blood poisoning | 1909 | ||
Sione Veikoso | 22 | BYU | Offensive lineman | Construction accident | 2022 | [95] |
Brian Alan Wagner | 19 | Emporia State | Linebacker | Homicide (Traumatic Brain Injury from physical assault) | 1999 | |
Joseph Walsh | St. Mary's College (KS) | Guard | Spinal cord injury sustained during practice | 1909 | ||
George Watkinson | 22 | Yale | Halfback | "Over-exertion and exposure" sustained during game vs. Princeton | 1886 | [96] |
Spencer Webb | 22 | Oregon | Tight end | Head injury from cliff diving | 2022 | [97] |
Sam Westmoreland | 18 | Mississippi State | Offensive lineman | Suicide | 2022 | [98][99] |
Rashidi Wheeler | 22 | Northwestern | Safety | Exercise collapse associated with bronchial asthma | 2001 | [21] |
Jordan Wiggins | 18 | Georgia Southern University | Offensive lineman | Suicide | 2019 | [100] |
Chad Wiley | 22 | North Carolina A&T | Offensive lineman | Exercise collapse associated with sickle cell trait | 2008 | |
Devin Willock | 21 | Georgia | Offensive lineman | Car crash | 2023 | [101] |
Earl Wilson | Navy | Quarterback | Spinal cord injury sustained during 1909 game vs. Villanova | 1910 | ||
Ralph Wilson | 18 | Wabash | Halfback | Traumatic brain injury sustained during game vs. St. Louis University | 1910 | |
Willis Wilson | 21 | Hawaii | Running back | Drowned | 2013 | [102] |
Khambrail Winters | 20 | Texas State | Defensive back | Homicide | 2020 | [103] |
John Withnell | St. Louis University | Quarterback | Internal injuries sustained during practice | 1903 | ||
Homer Wray | Gettysburg | Internal injuries sustained during a practice game | 1913 | |||
Ted York | 20 | Yale | Guard | Pneumonia | 1912 |
Team vehicle and plane crashes
- Purdue: 14 members of football team were killed in a railroad collision (1903).
- 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).
- Southwestern Oklahoma State: 4 football players were killed in a car crash (1996).
See also
Notes
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