August 9, 2002
Heatstroke Remains Culprit in Most Gridiron Deaths, Study Finds
No college football players died during the 2001 season.
But 22 players at other levels did, including high schoolers, "sandlot" leaguers, and pros. And three collegiate players died during preseason conditioning drills: Eraste Autin, of the University of Florida; DeVaughn Darling, of Florida State University; and Rashidi Wheeler, of Northwestern University.
The usual culprit is the same as has been for the decades that researchers from the University of North Carolina at
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