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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 | 1/14/2014 | Tariq Barfield | 15 | Track & Field | Sudden cardiac arrest | FL |
2 | 1/22/2014 | Tabares Miller | 17 | Basketball | *Inconclusive | AR |
3 | 1/23/2014 | Taylor Murphy | 15 | Cheerleading | *Inconclusive | KS |
4 | 1/28/2014 | Seth Martin | 15 | Basketball | Congenital heart disease | OK |
5 | 1/30/2014 | Jamesky Gelin | 16 | Track & Field | Sudden cardiac arrest | FL |
6 | 1/30/2014 | Christopher Thornberry | 12 | Soccer | Sudden cardiac arrest | CA |
7 | 2/17/2014 | Darius Willington | 14 | Track & Field | Pre-existing heart condition | MS |
8 | 3/16/2014 | Cameron Gallagher | 16 | 1/2 Marathon | Cardiac arrhythmia | VA |
9 | 8/6/2014 | Noah Cornuet | 16 | Football | Overhydration, brain swelling | PA |
10 | 8/12/2014 | William Shogran, Jr. | 17 | Football | Heat stroke | FL |
11 | 8/12/2014 | Demetrius Simpson | 14 | Track & Field | Cardiac arrest | SC |
12 | 8/20/2014 | Chaquantei Fowler | 14 | Football | Heat stroke | FL |
13 | 8/22/2014 | Walker Willbanks | 17 | Football | Hyponatremia | MS |
14 | 1/26/2015 | Jose Beltran | 13 | PE class | Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy | CA |
15 | 2/4/2015 | Dramon Ratcliff | 13 | Basketball | Undiagnosed heart condition | IL |
16 | 2/26/2015 | Elijah Murphy | 16 | Basketball | *Inconclusive | TX |
17 | 3/3/2015 | LeVonzell Taylor | 15 | Basketball | *Inconclusive | TN |
18 | 3/4/2015 | Ja'leel Freeman | 17 | Track & Field | Cardiac arrest | MO |
19 | 3/13/2015 | Kyle Brewer | 16 | Track & Field | Cardiac arrest | NY |
20 | 3/16/2015 | Tristan Nguyen | 16 | Track & Field | *Inconclusive | CA |
21 | 3/25/2015 | Colton Shaw | 14 | Baseball | *Inconclusive | GA |
22 | 4/18/2015 | Ryan Gillyard | 15 | Football | Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy | PA |
23 | 4/24/2015 | Laquan Pleas | 18 | Football | Cardiac arrest | CA |
24 | 4/27/2015 | Amreil Watson | 16 | Basketball | *Inconclusive | AZ |
25 | 4/28/2015 | Michael Sanchez | 12 | PE class | Cardiac arrhythmia | TX |
26 | 5/1/2015 | Eric Medina | 16 | PE class | *Inconclusive | TX |
27 | 5/4/2015 | Andy Vazquez | 16 | PE class | *Inconclusive | CA |
28 | 5/24/2015 | Zach Schaubhut | 15 | Baseball | Brain aneurysm | MN |
29 | 5/27/2015 | Dana Housley | 15 | Softball | Brain aneurysm | CA |
30 | 6/7/2015 | Toney Graham | 13 | Conditioning | *Inconclusive | IL |
31 | 6/10/2015 | Dajon Mullings | 10 | Track & Field | *Inconclusive | FL |
32 | 6/30/2015 | Laura Palma | 10 | Soccer | Cardiac arrest | NY |
33 | 7/1/2015 | Josh Warren | 16 | Football | Exertional sickling | TX |
34 | 7/3/2015 | Collin Kelly | 14 | Football | Exertional heat stroke | IN |
35 | 7/28/2015 | Leah Goff | 13 | Basketball | *Inconclusive | VA |
36 | 7/29/2015 | Tekarian Maclin | 16 | Football | *Inconclusive | TN |
37 | 8/5/2015 | Aidan Ransom | 10 | Basketball | Cardiac arrest | MI |
38 | 8/6/2015 | Allison Brown | 15 | Track/Cross Country | *Inconclusive | NC |
39 | 8/17/2015 | Kysheem Hill | 16 | Basketball | *Inconclusive | GA |
40 | 8/17/2015 | Titus Martin, Jr. | 16 | Soccer | *Inconclusive | SC |
41 | 8/20/2015 | Mark Lewis | 17 | Off-season conditioning | *Inconclusive | NC |
42 | 8/27/2015 | Omari Chambers | 10 | Football | Undiagnosed heart defect | NC |
43 | 9/1/2015 | Cameron Pepera | 13 | Track/Cross Country | *Inconclusive | IL |
44 | 9/2/2015 | Steven Moreno | 14 | Baseball | *Inconclusive | TX |
45 | 9/4/2015 | Tyrell Cameron | 16 | Football | *Inconclusive | LA |
46 | 9/11/2015 | Ben Hamm | 16 | Football | *Inconclusive | OK |
47 | 9/22/2015 | Rod Williams | 17 | Football | *Inconclusive | GA |
48 | 9/25/2015 | Evan Murray | 17 | Football | Intra-abdominal hemorrhage due to laceration of the spleen | NJ |
49 | 9/25/2015 | Lamont Yancey | 15 | Basketball | *Inconclusive | NY |
50 | 10/2/2015 | Kenny Bui | 17 | Football | *Inconclusive | WA |