Big Turk Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 I never knew this even happened...only NFL player to ever die on the field... apparently had a heart attack... https://www.yahoo.com/sports/50-years-ago-detroit-lions-165047379.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 (edited) He had a heart attack seven weeks prior as well, after a game against the Bills. (According to the article) Truly the days of rub some dirt on it. Edited October 24, 2021 by Beast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machine gun kelly Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 https://www.history.com/.amp/news/how-teddy-roosevelt-saved-football certainly the only NFL death, but it reminded me of a story on here a year or two ago by one of our historians (probably old man fan or Chand as they are great at reminding us of our past) how Teddy R. saved football. Granted it was college, but football was brutal at the turn of the century. I also remember, but couldn’t find in previous professional football leagues around WW1 there were still a number of deaths. Thankfully the sport evolved and pretty good in 100 years of the NFL, there’s only been one death. I thought for sure when Kevon Everett wemt down on our field, there was going to be a second. That was a medical miracle. Thanks for sharing Turk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBill Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 2 hours ago, machine gun kelly said: https://www.history.com/.amp/news/how-teddy-roosevelt-saved-football certainly the only NFL death, but it reminded me of a story on here a year or two ago by one of our historians (probably old man fan or Chand as they are great at reminding us of our past) how Teddy R. saved football. Granted it was college, but football was brutal at the turn of the century. I also remember, but couldn’t find in previous professional football leagues around WW1 there were still a number of deaths. Thankfully the sport evolved and pretty good in 100 years of the NFL, there’s only been one death. I thought for sure when Kevon Everett wemt down on our field, there was going to be a second. That was a medical miracle. Thanks for sharing Turk. I wonder how Kevin is doing now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Turk Posted October 25, 2021 Author Share Posted October 25, 2021 47 minutes ago, BuffaloBill said: I wonder how Kevin is doing now. Here is a Reddit thread from last year talking about it...someone posted an update they heard... take from it what you will https://www.reddit.com/r/buffalobills/comments/jig6xs/do_we_know_what_happened_to_kevin_everett/ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBill Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 3 hours ago, Big Turk said: Here is a Reddit thread from last year talking about it...someone posted an update they heard... take from it what you will https://www.reddit.com/r/buffalobills/comments/jig6xs/do_we_know_what_happened_to_kevin_everett/ Thanks for posting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyBatty is alive Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 17 hours ago, Big Turk said: I never knew this even happened...only NFL player to ever die on the field... apparently had a heart attack... https://www.yahoo.com/sports/50-years-ago-detroit-lions-165047379.html Debatable but it was not a heart attack most of us are familiar with. He was hit so hard his aorta was severed from his heart so yes in fact he died of a heart attack but it wasn't a "heart attack" most of us are familiar with. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Turk Posted October 25, 2021 Author Share Posted October 25, 2021 51 minutes ago, RoyBatty is alive said: Debatable but it was not a heart attack most of us are familiar with. He was hit so hard his aorta was severed from his heart so yes in fact he died of a heart attack but it wasn't a "heart attack" most of us are familiar with. Wow...that is terrible! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wacka Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 From what I remember reading when it happened, he was a WR and was walking back to the line of scrimmage and collapsed. Died right there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holla83 Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 (edited) On 10/25/2021 at 12:45 PM, RoyBatty is alive said: Debatable but it was not a heart attack most of us are familiar with. He was hit so hard his aorta was severed from his heart so yes in fact he died of a heart attack but it wasn't a "heart attack" most of us are familiar with. According to Wikipedia it was a "traditional" heart attack. One of his coronary arteries was 75% blocked and wasn't diagnosed. That was the cause. He collapsed heading back to the huddle after a play... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Hughes Edited October 26, 2021 by holla83 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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