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. Players who ended their careers to join the military and died while in service are included. Each player is listed with the team to which he was assigned at the time of his death (or, in the case of military members, the last team for which they played before enlisting), 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.

Players who ended their careers to join the military[]

This table is only for players who ended their NFL career to join the military in a time of war, including players who were drafted into the military, and were killed in action. Seventeen players died serving in the military after ending their careers. The majority fought in World War II, with two dying in Vietnam and one dying in Afghanistan.

Name Age Year
died 		Position Team Last year
played 		War served in
Mike Basca[1] 27 1944 HB Philadelphia Eagles 1941 World War II
Charlie Behan[2] 24 1945 End Detroit Lions 1942 World War II
Harry Benson[3] 34 1943 G Philadelphia Eagles 1935 World War II
Keith Birlem[4] 28 1943 End Washington Redskins 1939 World War II
Al Blozis[5] 26 1945 OT New York Giants 1944 World War II
Young Bussey[6] 27 1945 QB Chicago Bears 1945 World War II
Howard "Smiley" Johnson[7] 28 1945 G Green Bay Packers 1941 World War II
Bob Kalsu[8] 25 1970 G Buffalo Bills 1968 Vietnam War
Alex Ketzko[9] 25 1944 T Detroit Lions 1943 World War II
Jack Lummus[10] 29 1945 End New York Giants 1937 World War II
Dave Schreiner[11] 24 1945 End Detroit Lions 1943 World War II
Don Steinbrunner[12] 35 1967 T Cleveland Browns 1953 Vietnam War
Len Supulski[13] 22 1943 End Philadelphia Eagles 1942 World War II
Pat Tillman[14] 27 2004 S Arizona Cardinals 2001 War in Afghanistan
Don Wemple[15] 27 1944 End Brooklyn Dodgers 1941 World War II
Chet Wetterlund[16] 26 1944 HB Detroit Lions 1942 World War II
Waddy Young[17] 28 1945 End Brooklyn Dodgers 1940 World War II

Arena Football League[]

National Football League[]

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
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
Chris Henry 26 WR Cincinnati Bengals Road accident 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 Road accident 1935
Fred Lane 24 RB Carolina Panthers Homicide 2000
Bob Laraba 28 LB San Diego Chargers (AFL) Car accident 1962
Eugene "Big Daddy" 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) Highway accident 1968
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 Cancer 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 Road 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[]

Name Age Position Team Cause of death Year
Mylan Hicks 23 DB Calgary Stampeders Homicide 2016
Joe McKnight[19] 28 RB Saskatchewan Roughriders Homicide 2016
Derrell Robertson 27 DE Las Vegas Posse Automobile accident 1994
Adrian Robinson[20] 25 LB Hamilton Tiger-Cats Suicide 2015
Ted Watkins 27 WR Hamilton Tiger-Cats Shot while robbing a liquor store 1968

Robertson was notable for being posthumously selected in a dispersal draft by the Ottawa Rough Riders, as nobody in the CFL was aware of his death at the time of his drafting.

Continental Football League[]

XFL[]

College[]

Player Age University Position Cause of death Year
Brian Alan Wagner 19 Emporia State Linebacker Homicide (Traumatic Brain Injury from physical assault) 1999
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 Found dead in car 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 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 drug 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[26] 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 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[27] 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
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
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[28] 21 Washington State University Quarterback Suicide 2018
Henry Hooper[29] 20 Dartmouth Center Complications from appendicitis surgery 1904
Charles Hope[30] 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[31] 19 Utah Running back Accidental gunshot 2020
Kosta Karageorge[32] 22 Ohio State Defensive lineman Suicide 2014
Harry Knight Drexel Fullback Crushed skull during practice game against Penn 1894[33]
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 sustained during game vs. Navy 1903
Dale Lloyd II 19 Rice Defensive back Exercise collapse associated with sickle cell trait 2006
Aaron Lowe[34] 21 Utah Cornerback Homicide 2021
Lyons[35] 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[36] 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 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
Joseph Walsh St. Mary's College (KS) Guard Spinal cord injury sustained during practice 1909
George Watkinson[37] 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 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[]

  • Purdue: 14 members of football team were killed in a railroad collision (1903).
  • Northwestern 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 accident (1996).

See also[]

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