The Only Player To Die On An NFL Field

[rwjr]

Detroit ? Lions player Chuck Hughes ....... & yes , they finished the game ?

 

[Greenbacks]

To date, Hughes remains the only NFL player to die after collapsing on the field, according to most sources. The teams did not suspend the game—but instead played the final minute as medics tried to save Hughes.

 

[Greenbacks]

Team doctor Edwin Gis, right, attends to Chuck Hughes shortly after he collapsed during a game between the Detroit Lions and Chicago Bears on Oct. 25, 1971. Hughes died later in a Detroit hospital.

 

[rwjr]

Thanks @Greenbacks ?

 

[rwjr]

Team doctor Edwin Gis, right, attends to Chuck Hughes shortly after he collapsed during a game between the Detroit Lions and Chicago Bears on Oct. 25, 1971. Hughes died later in a Detroit hospital.

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He died later at the hospital ?

I thought he died on the field

 

[Greenbacks]

His teammates finished off the final 62 seconds of game time after medical aid wheeled Hughes away. Attempts to resuscitate him continued in the hospital, but he was pronounced dead nearly an hour later at Ford Hospital due to a heart attack.

 

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[HacheMan]

So different these days

 

[carlspackler]

So different these days

Yep. Back then it was a job that drew a paycheck. They cancel the game they don't get paid. The show must go on.