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In response to "Nobody is saying it's a *likely* injury. Like ReyRey said, it's such a small step from paralysis to death." by musubi

in NFL history, has anyone ever died on the field?

Posted by groiny (aka groiny) Oct 18 '10, 13:29

hell in sports period?

Bias (not sports related)
boxers (not protected at all to the head)
race car drivers (cars go fast)

It is pretty damn hard to kill someone with just your body against their body, full padded.

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Chuck Hughes 1971 -- (link) - amoxy Oct 18, 13:33
Before the first perfect game was pitched, noone had ever pitched a perfect game before. - musubi Oct 18, 13:32 1
- *sighs* nm -- nm - groiny Oct 18, 13:33
Ray Chapman died from a fastball to the head. - Will Hunting Oct 18, 13:31 6
- again, a baseball at 90mph to an unpadded undeveloped chest.... - groiny Oct 18, 13:33 2
  - You accept that a guy could get paralyzed from a hit, right? - musubi Oct 18, 13:37
  - Mike Utley was paralyzed when he went face down on the turf in a trench block. - Will Hunting Oct 18, 13:34
- Chris Pronger's heart stopped from a slapshot to the chest. -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 13:32 2
  - did he die? nm -- nm - groiny Oct 18, 13:34 1
    - good lord you're obtuse. -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 13:36
(also, in almost every case, the people that have suffered catastrophic injuries are the hitters, not the hittees). -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 13:30
that settles it then, it can't happen. -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 13:30 5
- not, you are jumping to a point way out there. - groiny Oct 18, 13:31 3
  - football has not been played for very long with players of the size and force of today's NFL. at all. - TFox Oct 18, 13:37
  - You're making the classic mistakes. - Reagen Oct 18, 13:36 1
    - sure, they are, but they are on both ends of the hits. - groiny Oct 18, 13:39
- yeah, that changed my mind too! -- nm - zork Oct 18, 13:31

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in NFL history, has anyone ever died on the field?

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