Antonio Puerta dies

[Dan]

* Hernán Gaviria - was hit by a bolt of lightning during a training session for Deportivo Cali and was killed instantly on October 24, 2002.

* Flag of Colombia Giovanni Córdoba - was hit by a bolt of lightning during a training session for Deportivo Cali and died on October 27, 2002 due to his injuries.

:|

RIP Puerta.

Ray Jones died at the weekend too

[Scott McFly]

A defibrilator (or however you spell it...), is that piece of equipment you always see on medical TV shows, with the two metal pads you rub together, then put to the patients chest and send an electric shock through them. It's to stimulate the heart. Obviously information is gonna be hard to come by until the hospital or someone makes a statement, but I hope he gets through it. Get well soon Clive.

[LexChaney]

Its sad to hear about Football players that die, didn't a Man City player once die as well during a game ?, also I hope Clive Clarke is ok, also R.I.P Puerta and Jones.

[Scott McFly]

Clarke is 'stable' and will be kept in hospital overnight.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/l...cup/6963502.stm

[maninblack]

Marc Vivien Foe was the Man City player who died, also from heart failure.

[Adam]

Foe swallowed his tongue playing for Cameroon didnt he?

It was definitely shocking to hear about Clive, glad he's ok. My step-Mum didnt see why the Forest game was Abandoned, but after all thats happened recently I'm not surprised. Not been a very good start to the season in football.

Oh, and:

Flag of Indonesia Mistar- Indonesian star Mistar was trampled to death by a herd of pigs that stormed the pitch in 1995. His team were warming up for a forthcoming game. His funeral was attended by 50,000 fans.

:ohwell:

Edited August 29, 2007 by 1PWCorino

[Katsuya]

Foe died right in the middle of a Confederates Cup game. His death was probably the most well known up until this one.

[TAFKA Castroneves]

Clive Clarke is thought to have suffered two heart failures at half time last night

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/l...cup/6968099.stm

Fecking hell, get well soon.

[Lineker]

* Hernán Gaviria - was hit by a bolt of lightning during a training session for Deportivo Cali and was killed instantly on October 24, 2002.

* Flag of Colombia Giovanni Córdoba - was hit by a bolt of lightning during a training session for Deportivo Cali and died on October 27, 2002 due to his injuries.

:|

RIP Puerta.

Ray Jones died at the weekend too

I thought lightning never struck twice?

<_>

[GA!]

* Hernán Gaviria - was hit by a bolt of lightning during a training session for Deportivo Cali and was killed instantly on October 24, 2002.

* Flag of Colombia Giovanni Córdoba - was hit by a bolt of lightning during a training session for Deportivo Cali and died on October 27, 2002 due to his injuries.

:|

RIP Puerta.

Ray Jones died at the weekend too

I thought lightning never struck twice?

<_>

Same bolt, Cordoba died three days later.

[TAFKA Castroneves]

This reminds me when Sol Davis had a stroke on the team bus with Luton last season. That was sketchy, but at least he made a really good recovery. Still praying for Clive, his career looks over but as long as he is alive.

[METALMAN]

What does everyone think of the possibility that the demanding schedules and higher amounts of games could be a cause for the increased amount of deaths?

This might not apply to the likes of Antonio Puerta so much with him having a hereditary condition anyway, but I can't imagine huge amounts of games, especially during warm days could have been all that good for his condition.

[GhostMachine]

I would make a "Footballers on steroids, next on Nancy Grace" joke, but most people in this country don't give a damn about the sport, so I doubt they'd even cover it. College or Pro American Football, yeah. Soccer, no.

It does suck when anyone dies, but does anyone find it strange that a lot of the deaths have been due to heart attacks? Maybe the governing body should demand better physicals for their players so they can detect some of these problems. Like adding heart stress tests and other things so they can detect these anomalies before the players risk ending up dropping dead.

Edited August 29, 2007 by GhostMachine

[cmb211087]

Most of the heart problems have been really rare ones that are very hard to spot, so extra tests probably wouldn't do much good. I agree that Fifa have got to do something though, its been what 2 deaths in two days (related to heart problems) and 4 players just collapsing within a week (I seem to remember a young player, I think from Walsall, collapsing in training or something last week).

[IAceI]

Anton Reid collapsed and died, 16 year old Walsall player.

[Baddar]

For goodness sake. This is happening way to often now.

Was that Monday that it happened? So again, it's happening nearly every day this week.

[TGC]

This is a terrible tragedy.

RIP good sir.

Edited August 30, 2007 by JHS-23