List of American football players who died during their careers

List of American football players who died during their careers
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This is a list of players of American football 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 accidents. For college players, the most common cause 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.

Contents 1 Arena Football League and af2 2 National Football League 3 Canadian Football League 4 Continental Football League 5 XFL (2001 league) 6 XFL (2020 league) 7 College 8 Team vehicle and plane accidents 9 See also 10 References Arena Football League and af2[edit] Johnathan Goddard, 27, Colorado Crush, defensive end, motorcycle accident (2008) Al Lucas, 26, Los Angeles Avengers, defensive tackle, in-game neck injury (2005) Justin Skaggs, 28, Utah Blaze, quarterback, stage III oligodendroglioma brain cancer (2007) Johnie Kirton, 26, San Jose SaberCats, running back, methadone toxicity/unknown (2012) Julian Yearwood, 31, Bakersfield Blitz, fullback/linebacker, clogged arteries (2003)[1] Chandler Williams, 27, Tampa Bay Storm, wide receiver, cardiac arrest (2013) National Football League[edit] For players who joined the military during wartime and were killed in action, see List of National Football League players who died in wars. Name Age Position Team Cause of death Year Gaines Adams 26 DE Chicago Bears Cardiac arrest 2010 Jeff Alm 25 DT Houston Oilers Suicide 1993 Ralph Anderson 24 WR Los Angeles Chargers (AFL) Diabetic reaction 1960 Eric Andolsek 25 OG Detroit Lions Car accident 1992 Troy Archer 24 DE New York Giants Car accident 1979 Brad Beckman 24 TE Atlanta Falcons Car accident 1989 Jovan Belcher 25 LB Kansas City Chiefs Suicide 2012 Leon Bender 22 DT Oakland Raiders Seizure 1998 Jerome Brown 27 DT Philadelphia Eagles Car accident 1992 Jerry Brown 25 LB Dallas Cowboys Car accident 2012 Frank Buncom 29 LB Cincinnati Bengals (AFL) Blood clot 1969 Jeff Burkett 26 P Chicago Cardinals Plane crash 1947 Brandon Burlsworth 22 G Indianapolis Colts Car accident 1999 J. V. Cain 28 TE St. Louis Cardinals Heart attack 1979 Marcus Cassel 23 CB Carolina Panthers Car accident 2006 Rusty Chambers 27 LB Miami Dolphins Car accident 1981 Kirk Collins 25 CB Los Angeles Rams Esophageal cancer 1984 Marquis Cooper 26 LB Oakland Raiders Presumed dead from boating accident, body never found 2009 David Croudip 30 DB Atlanta Falcons Drug overdose 1988 Rodney Culver 26 RB San Diego Chargers Plane crash 1996 Shane Curry 24 DE Indianapolis Colts Homicide 1992 Ernie Davis 23 RB Cleveland Browns Leukemia 1963† Joe Delaney 24 RB Kansas City Chiefs Drowned 1983 Terry Dillon 22 DB Minnesota Vikings Drowned 1964 Jim Duncan 26 CB Baltimore Colts Suicide 1972 Bo Farrington 28 TE Chicago Bears Car accident 1964 Don Fleming 25 S Cleveland Browns Accidental electrocution 1963 Willie Galimore 29 RB Chicago Bears Car accident 1964 Blenda Gay 26 DE Philadelphia Eagles Homicide 1976 Jeff Gladney 25 CB Arizona Cardinals Car accident 2022 Howard Glenn 26 OG New York Titans (AFL) Neck injury (in-game) 1960 Larry Gordon 28 LB Miami Dolphins Heart attack 1983 David Griggs 28 LB San Diego Chargers Car accident 1995 Roger Hagberg 31 TE Oakland Raiders (AFL) Car accident 1970 Ching Hammill 23 BB Providence Steamrollers Crushed by electric crane 1925 Dwayne Haskins 24 QB Pittsburgh Steelers Hit by vehicle while walking 2022 Chris Henry 26 WR Cincinnati Bengals Fell out of back of a moving vehicle 2009 Thomas Herrion 23 G San Francisco 49ers Ischaemic heart disease 2005 Mack Lee Hill 25 FB Kansas City Chiefs (AFL) Pulmonary embolism 1965 Marquise Hill 24 DE New England Patriots Drowned 2007 Chuck Hughes 28 WR Detroit Lions Cardiac arrest (in-game) 1971 Edwin Jackson 26 LB Indianapolis Colts Car accident 2018 Stone Johnson 23 RB Kansas City Chiefs (AFL) Neck injury (in-game) 1963†† Mose Kelsch 38 K Pittsburgh Pirates Car accident 1935 Fred Lane 24 RB Carolina Panthers Homicide 2000 Bob Laraba 28 LB San Diego Chargers (AFL) Car accident 1962 Gene Lipscomb 31 DT Pittsburgh Steelers Drug overdose 1963 Stan Mauldin 27 T Chicago Cardinals Heart attack 1948 Kenny McKinley 23 WR Denver Broncos Suicide 2010 Bruce McLenna 26 FB Kansas City Chiefs (AFL) Car accident 1968 O.J. Murdock 25 WR Tennessee Titans Suicide 2012 Damien Nash 24 RB Denver Broncos Cardiac failure 2007 Ralph Norwood 23 OT Atlanta Falcons Car accident 1989 David Overstreet 25 RB Miami Dolphins Car accident 1984 Brian Piccolo 26 FB Chicago Bears Embryonal cell carcinoma 1970 Ron Rector 24 RB Atlanta Falcons Motorcycle accident 1968 Lucien Reeberg 21 OT Detroit Lions Heart attack 1964 Don Rogers 23 FS Cleveland Browns Drug overdose 1986 Corey Smith 29 DE Detroit Lions Hypothermia, boating accident 2009 Dave Sparks 26 DT Washington Redskins Heart attack 1954 Andy Spiva 24 LB Atlanta Falcons Car accident 1979 Korey Stringer 27 OT Minnesota Vikings Heat stroke 2001 Sean Taylor 24 FS Washington Redskins Homicide 2007 Derrick Thomas 33 LB Kansas City Chiefs Pulmonary embolism following car accident 2000 Stacey Toran 27 DB Los Angeles Raiders Car accident 1989 Eric Turner 31 S Oakland Raiders Stomach cancer 2000 Tray Walker 23 CB Baltimore Ravens Motorcycle accident 2016 Fred Washington 23 DT Chicago Bears Car accident 1990 Dave Waymer 34 S Los Angeles Raiders Heart attack caused by cocaine overdose 1993 Darrent Williams 24 CB Denver Broncos Homicide 2007

† Davis was under contract when he died though did not play in a game due to his illness. †† Johnson was injured in a pre-season game and did not play in a regular season game.

Canadian Football League[edit] Name Age Position Team Cause of death Year Allen Gallaher 26 OL BC Lions Heart attack 1977 Mylan Hicks 23 DB Calgary Stampeders Homicide 2016 Joe McKnight[2] 28 RB Saskatchewan Roughriders Homicide 2016 Tom Pate 23 LB Hamilton Tiger-Cats Aneurysm (in game) 1975 Derrell Robertson 27 DE Las Vegas Posse Automobile accident 1994 Adrian Robinson[3] 25 LB Hamilton Tiger-Cats Suicide 2015 Ted Watkins 27 WR Hamilton Tiger-Cats Shot while robbing a liquor store 1968 Continental Football League[edit] Glen Hepburn, 29, two-way end, Omaha Mustangs, injuries sustained during a game (1968)[4] XFL (2001 league)[edit] Donald Sellers, 26, WR, Las Vegas Outlaws, car accident (2001)[5] Troy Stark, 28, OL, New York/New Jersey Hitmen, complications from surgery (2001)[6] XFL (2020 league)[edit] Chris Brown, 24, OL, DC Defenders, accidental drowning due to acute alcohol intoxication (2021)[7][8] College[edit] Player Age University Position Cause of death Year Bennie Abram III 20 Mississippi Safety Exercise collapse associated with sickle cell trait 2010 Ted Agu 21 California Defensive end Exercise collapse associated with sickle cell trait 2014 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 Christian Brothers College Tackle Traumatic brain injury sustained during game vs. St. Louis University 1899 Kyle Ambrogi 21 Pennsylvania Running back Suicide 2005 Avery Atkins 20 University of Florida Cornerback Ecstacy overdose 2007 Sal Aunese 21 University of Colorado Quarterback Stomach cancer 1989 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 Marlin Barnes 22 University of Miami Linebacker Homicide 1996 Charles Beccara Lehigh Guard Accidental self-inflicted gunshot 1895 Verner Belyea Norwich College Halfback Spinal cord injury sustained during game vs. Holy Cross 1913 Heath Benedict[9] 24 Newberry College Offensive tackle Enlarged heart 2008 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 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 Cary Brown Presbyterian End Spinal cord injury sustained during practice 1923 Michael Burke 21 Medico-Chirurgical College Tackle Traumatic brain injury sustained during game vs. Philadelphia Pharmacy 1909 Eugene Byrne 21 Army Tackle Traumatic brain and spinal cord injury sustained during game vs. Harvard 1909 Derringer Cade 20 Northeast Missouri State Linebacker Idiopathic hypertropic cardiomyopathy sustained during game vs. Southwest Baptist University 1990 Leon Carey Arkansas A&M Unknown 1931 Archer Christian 18 Virginia Halfback Traumatic brain injury sustained during game vs. Georgetown 1909 Ladarius Clardy[10] 18 Kennesaw State Quarterback Homicide 2021 Leonard Clarkson 23 Norwich College End Internal injuries sustained during game vs. Dartmouth 1907 Hiram Cole 19 Central Methodist Traumatic brain injury sustained during game vs. Missouri Military 1916 John Cooper North Carolina Spinal cord injury sustained during practice 1908 E.L. Cowden Eastman Business College Internal injuries sustained during game vs. Poughkeepsie High School 1899 John Crumbacher[11] Tennessee Offensive tackle Car crash 1966 John Curley 20 Trinity College (IA) Unknown 1924 Carl Dahlbeck Purdue Guard Burn injury 1936 Mario Danelo 21 USC Kicker Fall from a cliff 2007 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 Ernest Dickson 21 Arkansas Halfback Pneumonia 1908 Ovid Donaldson McMurry End Spinal cord injury sustained diving into a swimming pool 1927 Gardner Dow[12] 21 University of Connecticut Center Traumatic brain injury sustained during game vs. New Hampshire 1919 Lee Duff California Center Spinal cord injury sustained during practice 1900 Butch Duhe 20 LSU Quarterback Congenital heart defect 1970 W.L. Egan Northwestern Oklahoma State Halfback Traumatic brain injury 1910 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[11] Tennessee Linebacker Car crash 1966 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 Clayton Geib 21 College of Wooster Offensive guard Cerebral edema following game vs. Ohio Wesleyan 2017 Reuben Getschow 23 Elmhurst Tackle Spinal cord injury sustained during game vs. Valparaiso 1931 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 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 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[13] 21 Washington State University Quarterback Suicide 2018 Henry Hooper[14] 20 Dartmouth Center Complications from appendicitis surgery 1904 Charles Hope[15] Corning Free Academy Injuries received during a game 1903 Jasper Howard 20 University of Connecticut Cornerback Homicide (stabbed) 2009 James Jamieson Cornell Quarterback Typhoid fever 1907 Harry Jordan 19 Sioux Falls College Running back Spinal cord injury sustained during game vs. South Dakota 1902 Ty Jordan[16] 19 Utah Running back Accidental gunshot 2020 Kosta Karageorge[17] 22 Ohio State Defensive lineman Suicide 2014 Harry Knight Drexel Fullback Crushed skull during practice game against Penn 1894[18] 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 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 Aaron Lowe[19] 21 Utah Cornerback Homicide 2021 Lyons[20] Washington & Jefferson Injuries received during a game 1892 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[21] 19 Maryland Offensive lineman Liver failure (caused by heatstroke) 2018 Walter Merryman 22 Davis & Elkins Halfback Traumatic brain injury sustained during game vs. Western Maryland 1911 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 Harold P. Moore 19 Union (NY) Halfback Traumatic brain injury sustained during game vs. NYU 1905 Ed Morrissey 21 St. Ambrose College Pneumonia and blood poisoning 1913 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 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 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 Ivan Perkins 21 New Mexico Normal Traumatic brain injury sustained during practice 1937 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 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 Root Eastern Illinois Halfback Traumatic brain injury sustained during game vs. Illinois State 1915 Joe Roth 21 University of California Berkeley Quarterback Melanoma 1977 Hugh Saussy 18 City College of New York Guard Traumatic brain injury sustained during game vs. Elizabeth Athletic Club 1893 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 Bertrand F. Serf 17 Doane Defensive back Traumatic brain injury sustained during game vs. Kansas 1896 Ron Settles 21 California State University, Long Beach (Long Beach State) Running back Found hanging in jail cell 1981 Frank Shanklin Hanover College End Internal injuries sustained during practice 1903 Derek Sheely 22 Frostburg State Fullback Traumatic brain injury sustained during practice 2011 Richard Sheridan, Jr. Army End Spinal cord injury sustained during game vs. Yale 1931 Ja’Quayvin Smalls 20 Western Carolina Defensive back Exercise collapse associated with sickle cell trait 2009 C. D. Smith Millsaps Tackle Spinal cord injury sustained during game vs. Stetson 1931 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 Freddie Joe Steinmark 22 University of Texas at Austin Safety Osteosarcoma 1971 Jamain Stephens[22][23] 20 California (PA) Defensive lineman Blood clot in heart 2020 Owen Thomas 21 Pennsylvania Offensive lineman Suicide 2010 Jack Trice 21 Iowa State University Tackle Internal injuries sustained during game vs. Minnesota 1923 Frank Trimble Indiana Tackle Blood poisoning 1909 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[24] 22 Yale Halfback ‘Over-exertion and exposure’ sustained during game vs. Princeton 1886 Rashidi Wheeler 22 Northwestern Safety Exercise collapse associated with bronchial asthma 2001 Jordan Wiggins 18 Georgia Southern University Offensive lineman Suicide 2019 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 John Withnell St. Louis University Quarterback Internal injuries sustained during practice 1903 Chad Wiley 22 North Carolina A&T Offensive lineman Exercise collapse associated with sickle cell trait 2008 Khambrail Winters[25] 20 Texas State Defensive back Homicide 2020 Homer Wray Gettysburg Internal injuries sustained during a practice game 1913 Ted York 20 Yale Guard Pneumonia 1912 Team vehicle and plane accidents[edit] Purdue: 14 members of football team were killed in a railroad collision (1903). 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