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Sports Related Fatalities in the US

Number Date of Incidentsort ascending Name Age Sport Cause of Death State
1 8/14/2019 Jordan Duckett 13 Football Under Review PA
2 8/13/2019 Imani Bell 16 Basketball Unknown GA
3 6/18/2019 Terrance Allen 15 Football Unknown LA
4 6/11/2019 Hezekiah Walters 14 Football Unknown FL
5 6/10/2019 Elyse Purefoy 17 Dance Unknown GA
6 3/6/2019 Jermaine Falconer 16 Football Unknown MO
7 1/26/2019 Troy Byrd 11 Basketball Sudden Cardiac Arrest OH
8 1/11/2019 Zikora Okwuosa 16 Basketball unknown GA
9 12/26/2018 Lenny Pierre 16 Basketball Sudden Cardiac Arrest NY
10 12/4/2018 Anthony "AJ" Gibson 16 Basketball Unknown VA
11 12/1/2018 Karl Soliman 12 Basketball Sudden Cardiac Arrest IL
12 11/8/2018 Jeremiah Williams 16 Football Neck Injury MS
13 11/4/2018 Dominic Franklin 16 Basketball Sudden Cardiac Arrest IL
14 10/11/2018 Darrell Thomas 13 Basketball Sudden Cardiac Arrest MO
15 9/30/2018 Dylan Thomas 17 Football Head Injury GA
16 9/22/2018 Samantha Davis 17 Cross Country Sudden Cardiac Arrest NC
17 9/19/2018 Essence Glover 18 Baskeball Unknown TX
18 9/15/2018 Kamaree Jevon Lyons 15 Baskeball Unknown FL
19 9/10/2018 William Anderson 15 Footbal Unknown MS
20 8/29/2018 John Doe 8 Baseball Head Injury WI
21 8/24/2018 Dennis Mitchell 16 Football Unknown MS
22 8/22/2018 Kyrell McBride-Johnson 13 Football Unknown TX
23 7/25/2018 Jane Doe 12 Basketball Sudden Cardiac Arrest IL
24 7/24/2018 Allen Harris 16 Football Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy WA
25 6/9/2018 Matt Stratman 15 Lacrosse Stroke OH
26 5/26/2018 James Hampton 17 Basketball Awaiting Autopsy Results NC
27 5/16/2018 Javon Craddock 16 Basketball Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy TN
28 5/9/2018 Bryan McKinsey 17 Baseball Accidental Opioid Overdose AZ
29 12/4/2017 Paris Byrd 13 Basketball Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy  FL
30 11/30/2017 Kamarr Scott 14 P.E. Class  Under Review by Medical Examiner FL
31 11/13/2017 Milly Villalpando 9 Basketball Pending Toxicology Reports/Under Review by state Medical Examiner OK
32 10/30/2017 Lauren Liu 14 Varsity Tennis Suicide NJ
33 10/20/2017 Carlos Sanchez 16 Football Accidental Blunt Force Trauma AZ
34 9/23/2017 Maddie Potts 17 Soccer Brain Aneurysm RI
35 9/17/2017  Jack Dowd 16 Lacrosse Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia (ARVD) NJ
36 9/17/2017 Tommaso Cerase 9 Soccer Soccer goal post collapsed fatally striking him in the head NY
37 9/4/2017 Marion Olivarez 15 Football Awaiting Autopsy Results TX
38 9/2/2017 Chris Fisher 14 Football Cardiac Arrest TX
39 8/28/2017  Zachary Sealey 13 Football (Multi-sport) Under review by Brevard County Medical Examiner FL
40 8/26/2017 Felipe Andres De La Cruz 13 Soccer Awaiting autopsy results CA
41 8/22/2017 Dominick Bess 14 Football Heart Attack NY
42 8/10/2017 Joshua Mileto 16 Football Severe Head Trauma NY
43 7/31/2017 Ty Rayford 17 Football Currently under review by coroner MS
44 7/29/2017 Michael Jones 16 16 Cardiac Arrest/ abnormal heart artery GA
45 7/25/2017 John Lee 17 Basketball Cardiomyopathy/Enlarged Heart TX
46 7/24/2017 Everson Guild 14 Football "Undetermined" natural causes MI
47 7/10/2017 Zachary Polsenberg 16 Football Heat Stroke FL
48 5/7/2017 Kimberly Nuestro 16 Basketball Channelopathy (rare heart arrhythmia) CA
49 5/2/2017 Kristin Callbeck 15 lacrosse Awaiting autopsy results CO
50 4/26/2017 Star Ifeacho 15 Basketball Cardiomyopathy KY