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