sports are supposed to bring enjoyment
to the masses but these events were
marred by tragedy the team doctor
actually said he could hear pop the pop
sound and knew right away that there was
something wrong welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we’re counting down our picks
for the top ten tragic sports deaths for
this list we’re focusing on fatalities
that occurred in game or at least on the
playing field to athletes and spectators
people were cutting to pieces you look
down on the ground and see the guy
laying down with a big binocular around
his head and Eddie’s gun that means
we’ve excluded deaths that happened
outside of the sporting arena like the
plane crashes that killed the KHL ‘he’s
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl hockey team 43
people confirmed dead it still stands at
that number or the 1958 Munich air
disaster that killed members of the
Manchester United Football Club it had
reached Munich and were just taking off
the home in poor weather when the crash
came at three o’clock terrorist attacks
like 2013’s Boston Marathon bombing or
the Munich massacre at 1972 s Olympics
will also be left off inside to Israeli
athletes are dead another nine Israelis
held hostage by a group of Palestinian
gunmen calling themselves Black
September as a warning some of these
scenes are graphic in nature so this
list is not for the faint of heart
at the time he was struggling to sit up
and you know his eyes were open and he
was awake and alert at that time I think
I was probably joined it you know a few
seconds later by the team doctor
attending the game that night number 10
Benny the kid Perret four at the
champion white trunks Griffith and black
in case you joined us late this Cuban
fighter was defending his welterweight
title against Emile Griffith on March
24th 1962 this is probably the time
the two boxers had previously each won
one fight against each other so
naturally this one would be seen as the
tiebreaker
unfortunately for Perret it would also
be his last in the twelfth round
Griffith knocked out Perret along the
ropes and kept hitting him before
referee Ruby Goldstein finally
intervened Perret soon fell into a coma
and died 10 days later from brain
hemorrhaging his wife almost collapse I
grabbed her as she began to cry not only
was this the fight that took the sport
of boxing off television regularly until
the 1970s it also led some pundits to
question whether it should be a sport at
all there’s no reason to have this kind
of thing in our town we have such
wonderful sports such healthful sports
as golf and baseball and basketball and
swimming and all the other types of good
and decent sports number nine Sarah
Burke Sarah Burke takes the top spot and
the gold medal here at winter x-games
2011 here in Europe she won four gold
medals at the Winter X Games and played
a huge role in the inclusion of the
super pipe skiing event during the 2014
Olympic Games in Sochi Russia but this
Canadian freestylers expertise
unfortunately couldn’t save her from a
training exercise gone wrong tributes
are pouring in this morning for champion
skier Sarah Burke nine days after a
terrible crash one of the greatest
skiers of her generation has died during
a session in Utah on January 10th 2012
Burke fell on her head after landing a
trick
Sarah was doing something that was well
within the realm of her abilities
something a trick that she had done many
many times before although it seemed
like a minor incident she soon went into
cardiac arrest before being admitted
into hospital care where she died of her
injuries nine days later doctors say
Burke severed a vital artery and went
into cardiac arrest but the damage to
her brain was just too severe sadly her
death came almost two years before the
super pipes debut at the Olymp
an event in which Burke was favored to
meddle her work led the way for new
freestyle skiing events at Sochi and
athletes from around the world have worn
stickers on their helmets to remember
and honor her number eight Bill
Masterton Bill Masterton you know the
name you hear it every year at the NHL
Awards Gala to present the Masterson
trophy but do you know the man another
incident that incited debate over the
safety of a sport Bill Masterton –zz
remains the only death caused by an on
ice injury in NHL history as well as the
most recent death because of an injury
sustained during a game in North
American professional sports when he
fell and his head hit the ice they could
actually hear it from the bench on
January 13 1968 Masterton playing for
the Minnesota North Stars took a brutal
but clean hit when two players collided
with him Masterson was hit by Larry
kahan and Ron Harris
he threw a pass over to me and and as I
was receiving the past I was looking
over towards him and you could see that
he got hit with no helmet he sustained
serious head injuries from the hit
itself and when his head hit the ice and
ultimately he passed away two days later
on January 15 1968 Bill Masterson died
at 29 he’s the only NHL player to die as
a direct result of injuries suffered in
an NHL game in his honor each year the
NHL Awards the Bill Masterton Memorial
Trophy to a player who exemplifies
perseverance and dedication to the game
obviously it’s been well documented last
year was was tough for me I think first
of all I’d like to thank the Arizona
coyotes for giving it up
to get back on track number seven
Phillip Hughes serious concerns for
Australian Test cricketer Phillip Hughes
after he was struck by a bouncer during
a Sheffield Shield match in Sydney
having already represented his native
Australia in international competition
Phil Hughes was on his way to a
successful cricket career what a way to
get to your first taste hundred Phillip
Hughes in just his second set
unfortunately that ended on November
25th 2014 when Hughes was struck in the
neck after having missed a hook shot to
a bouncer this led to a brain hemorrhage
caused by a vertebral artery dissection
after being placed in a coma
Hughes never woke up and he died three
days before his 26th birthday taken from
the game he’s family and loved ones at
the age of just 25 he left the mark on
their game that needs no embellishment
however Hughes may not have died in vain
this incident caused redesigns and
batting helmets that could prevent
similar deaths in the future now
apparently the ICC has come up with a
new ruling that there’s got to be
another steel wire that goes slightly
lower and then connects to the lower
actual grid number six
Owen Hart two-time Slammy Award winner I
knew it I’m a winner I get it whoa scene
is one of the greatest wrestlers in what
was then known as the World Wrestling
Federation
Owen Hart came from a wrestling dynasty
won many championships and was a staple
on pay-per-view
sadly Hart’s career in the ring was cut
short in May of 1999 when an equipment
malfunction while he was being lowered
into the ring during an event caused him
to fall 78 feet all the TV viewers could
see was the aftermath not the stunt a
grand entrance by champion wrestler blue
blazer flying into the ring from 5
stories above the Kemper Arena floor
crashing into a padded piece of metal
that holds the ring together despite the
best efforts of in-house medical
personnel and doctors at the Kansas City
Hospital where he was transported Hart
died due to internal bleeding police say
it’s likely Hart accidentally pressed
his harness release button too early
number 5 Dale Earnhardt how about they
will be ok
Schrader has climbed out of his car he
and Earnhardt crashed together Dale
Earnhardt’s legacy will live on
throughout the NASCAR circuit as he is
regarded as a legend that trophy right
there my names on it now they can’t take
it off my car is going in Daytona USA I
don’t care I love it I want it to be
there that’s why his death will forever
be remembered as one of the darkest days
in the sports history this is
undoubtedly one of the toughest
announcements that I’ve ever personally
had to make but after the accident in
turn 4 at the end of the Daytona 500
we’ve lost Dale Earnhardt on the final
lap of the Daytona 500 and 2001 a three
car accident involving Earnhardt
Sterling Marlin and Ken Schrader saw
Dale senior run into a wall
suffering blunt-force trauma to his head
ernhardt died at the age of 49 and his
passing led NASCAR to implement numerous
safety measures in the aftermath
aside from mandating head restraints
NASCAR had outfitted nearly all its
tracks with energy absorbing barriers by
2004 number four Nodar Kumaritashvili
the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver
British Columbia were supposed to be
seen as a happy and momentous occasion
however hours before the opening
ceremonies on February 12th tragedy
struck Georgian Luger Nodar
Kumaritashvili died during a practice
run at the Whistler sliding centre when
he lost control of his luge at over 89
miles per hour and flew into an
unprotected steel pole his death cast a
shadow over the games and saw the luge
starting positions moved to ensure
reduced speeds on the track
Kumaritashvili who was 21 years old at
the time would have been making his
Olympic debut here you have a young
athlete who lost his life in pursuing
his passion he had a dream to
participate in the Olympic Games he
trained hard and he had this fatal
accident I have no words number 3
Ayrton Senna earlier today the auto
racing world lost perhaps many people
will tell you its greatest competitor
and best driver Ayrton Senna another
athlete who excelled at his chosen sport
Senna is seen as one of the greatest
drivers in Formula One history a
three-time world champion the
experienced Brazilian driver lost his
life after driving off the racetrack and
crashing into a concrete wall at 145
miles per hour during the 1994 San
Marino Grand Prix Senna’s death capped
off a horrible weekend for the sport
aside from various other minor incidents
fellow driver Roland Ratzenberger had
passed away a day earlier during
qualification at some 12 years since
Formula One has had to come to terms
with a driver fatality but that doesn’t
make it any easier to come to terms with
the death yesterday of the very popular
Austrian Roland Ratzenberger fortunately
these high-profile incidents prompted
the establishment of new safety
procedures
hopefully averting similar misfortunes
center our thoughts and prayers to the
family American city and all the
his fans he was a great racer and a
shame to see him go lucky David number
two Bennet shoddy football team fault
thunder and the players have gone down
on the pitch the only team entry on our
list these deaths are among the most
horrific and mysterious in sports
history and then you can feel it and
look at everybody just collapsing will
preface the story by saying that the
place on earth that receives the most
lightning strikes per year is found in
the Democratic Republic of the Congo
immense volts of Lightning was straight
down onto the pits yet we can feel it in
our coma tree box which shut it that
ominous fact takes us to October 1998
when during a match between Bennett’s
shoddy and posaga lightning struck in
the country killing all eleven players
from Bennett shotty but leaving the home
team completely unscathed roughly thirty
others received burns and due to local
superstitions
some believe the lightning strike was
the result of dark magic and witchcraft
unbelievable scenes at the George Cox
Stadium before we unveil our number one
pick here are some honorable mentions
it’s not likely you saw signs that they
wasn’t feeling so well just happened
split second
number one the 1955 limo disaster June
11 1952 most prestigious event a multi
rating is underway tragically this is
the only entry on our list to not only
highlight the depths of athletes but
also of fans have you planned or drunk
at the intially me on a post on the
world to skip a see when I see the
Sicilian memory regarded as the worst
incident in the history of motorsports
the disaster occurred in June 1955 at
the 24 Hours of lamont in an era before
many of the safety precautions we know
today were put in place we don’t even
have speedometers of the cars we don’t
care all we want to know is if we’re in
control during lap 35 a collision caused
driver pierre Levesque and his vehicle
to fly through the air ultimately the
mercedes-benz landed on a concrete wall
exploded and burst into flame killing
Levesque and sending debris from the
wreckage flying into the crowd where it
killed an estimated 83 spectators and
injured 120 more even today there is
still no confirmed death toll estimates
range from 80 to 120 dead do you agree
with our list which tragic sports deaths
do you remember the most for more sports
top 10s published every day be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com it’s what she
worked for in her life and I do believe
she will she will be there for Spirit
will be there
you
to the masses but these events were
marred by tragedy the team doctor
actually said he could hear pop the pop
sound and knew right away that there was
something wrong welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we’re counting down our picks
for the top ten tragic sports deaths for
this list we’re focusing on fatalities
that occurred in game or at least on the
playing field to athletes and spectators
people were cutting to pieces you look
down on the ground and see the guy
laying down with a big binocular around
his head and Eddie’s gun that means
we’ve excluded deaths that happened
outside of the sporting arena like the
plane crashes that killed the KHL ‘he’s
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl hockey team 43
people confirmed dead it still stands at
that number or the 1958 Munich air
disaster that killed members of the
Manchester United Football Club it had
reached Munich and were just taking off
the home in poor weather when the crash
came at three o’clock terrorist attacks
like 2013’s Boston Marathon bombing or
the Munich massacre at 1972 s Olympics
will also be left off inside to Israeli
athletes are dead another nine Israelis
held hostage by a group of Palestinian
gunmen calling themselves Black
September as a warning some of these
scenes are graphic in nature so this
list is not for the faint of heart
at the time he was struggling to sit up
and you know his eyes were open and he
was awake and alert at that time I think
I was probably joined it you know a few
seconds later by the team doctor
attending the game that night number 10
Benny the kid Perret four at the
champion white trunks Griffith and black
in case you joined us late this Cuban
fighter was defending his welterweight
title against Emile Griffith on March
24th 1962 this is probably the time
the two boxers had previously each won
one fight against each other so
naturally this one would be seen as the
tiebreaker
unfortunately for Perret it would also
be his last in the twelfth round
Griffith knocked out Perret along the
ropes and kept hitting him before
referee Ruby Goldstein finally
intervened Perret soon fell into a coma
and died 10 days later from brain
hemorrhaging his wife almost collapse I
grabbed her as she began to cry not only
was this the fight that took the sport
of boxing off television regularly until
the 1970s it also led some pundits to
question whether it should be a sport at
all there’s no reason to have this kind
of thing in our town we have such
wonderful sports such healthful sports
as golf and baseball and basketball and
swimming and all the other types of good
and decent sports number nine Sarah
Burke Sarah Burke takes the top spot and
the gold medal here at winter x-games
2011 here in Europe she won four gold
medals at the Winter X Games and played
a huge role in the inclusion of the
super pipe skiing event during the 2014
Olympic Games in Sochi Russia but this
Canadian freestylers expertise
unfortunately couldn’t save her from a
training exercise gone wrong tributes
are pouring in this morning for champion
skier Sarah Burke nine days after a
terrible crash one of the greatest
skiers of her generation has died during
a session in Utah on January 10th 2012
Burke fell on her head after landing a
trick
Sarah was doing something that was well
within the realm of her abilities
something a trick that she had done many
many times before although it seemed
like a minor incident she soon went into
cardiac arrest before being admitted
into hospital care where she died of her
injuries nine days later doctors say
Burke severed a vital artery and went
into cardiac arrest but the damage to
her brain was just too severe sadly her
death came almost two years before the
super pipes debut at the Olymp
an event in which Burke was favored to
meddle her work led the way for new
freestyle skiing events at Sochi and
athletes from around the world have worn
stickers on their helmets to remember
and honor her number eight Bill
Masterton Bill Masterton you know the
name you hear it every year at the NHL
Awards Gala to present the Masterson
trophy but do you know the man another
incident that incited debate over the
safety of a sport Bill Masterton –zz
remains the only death caused by an on
ice injury in NHL history as well as the
most recent death because of an injury
sustained during a game in North
American professional sports when he
fell and his head hit the ice they could
actually hear it from the bench on
January 13 1968 Masterton playing for
the Minnesota North Stars took a brutal
but clean hit when two players collided
with him Masterson was hit by Larry
kahan and Ron Harris
he threw a pass over to me and and as I
was receiving the past I was looking
over towards him and you could see that
he got hit with no helmet he sustained
serious head injuries from the hit
itself and when his head hit the ice and
ultimately he passed away two days later
on January 15 1968 Bill Masterson died
at 29 he’s the only NHL player to die as
a direct result of injuries suffered in
an NHL game in his honor each year the
NHL Awards the Bill Masterton Memorial
Trophy to a player who exemplifies
perseverance and dedication to the game
obviously it’s been well documented last
year was was tough for me I think first
of all I’d like to thank the Arizona
coyotes for giving it up
to get back on track number seven
Phillip Hughes serious concerns for
Australian Test cricketer Phillip Hughes
after he was struck by a bouncer during
a Sheffield Shield match in Sydney
having already represented his native
Australia in international competition
Phil Hughes was on his way to a
successful cricket career what a way to
get to your first taste hundred Phillip
Hughes in just his second set
unfortunately that ended on November
25th 2014 when Hughes was struck in the
neck after having missed a hook shot to
a bouncer this led to a brain hemorrhage
caused by a vertebral artery dissection
after being placed in a coma
Hughes never woke up and he died three
days before his 26th birthday taken from
the game he’s family and loved ones at
the age of just 25 he left the mark on
their game that needs no embellishment
however Hughes may not have died in vain
this incident caused redesigns and
batting helmets that could prevent
similar deaths in the future now
apparently the ICC has come up with a
new ruling that there’s got to be
another steel wire that goes slightly
lower and then connects to the lower
actual grid number six
Owen Hart two-time Slammy Award winner I
knew it I’m a winner I get it whoa scene
is one of the greatest wrestlers in what
was then known as the World Wrestling
Federation
Owen Hart came from a wrestling dynasty
won many championships and was a staple
on pay-per-view
sadly Hart’s career in the ring was cut
short in May of 1999 when an equipment
malfunction while he was being lowered
into the ring during an event caused him
to fall 78 feet all the TV viewers could
see was the aftermath not the stunt a
grand entrance by champion wrestler blue
blazer flying into the ring from 5
stories above the Kemper Arena floor
crashing into a padded piece of metal
that holds the ring together despite the
best efforts of in-house medical
personnel and doctors at the Kansas City
Hospital where he was transported Hart
died due to internal bleeding police say
it’s likely Hart accidentally pressed
his harness release button too early
number 5 Dale Earnhardt how about they
will be ok
Schrader has climbed out of his car he
and Earnhardt crashed together Dale
Earnhardt’s legacy will live on
throughout the NASCAR circuit as he is
regarded as a legend that trophy right
there my names on it now they can’t take
it off my car is going in Daytona USA I
don’t care I love it I want it to be
there that’s why his death will forever
be remembered as one of the darkest days
in the sports history this is
undoubtedly one of the toughest
announcements that I’ve ever personally
had to make but after the accident in
turn 4 at the end of the Daytona 500
we’ve lost Dale Earnhardt on the final
lap of the Daytona 500 and 2001 a three
car accident involving Earnhardt
Sterling Marlin and Ken Schrader saw
Dale senior run into a wall
suffering blunt-force trauma to his head
ernhardt died at the age of 49 and his
passing led NASCAR to implement numerous
safety measures in the aftermath
aside from mandating head restraints
NASCAR had outfitted nearly all its
tracks with energy absorbing barriers by
2004 number four Nodar Kumaritashvili
the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver
British Columbia were supposed to be
seen as a happy and momentous occasion
however hours before the opening
ceremonies on February 12th tragedy
struck Georgian Luger Nodar
Kumaritashvili died during a practice
run at the Whistler sliding centre when
he lost control of his luge at over 89
miles per hour and flew into an
unprotected steel pole his death cast a
shadow over the games and saw the luge
starting positions moved to ensure
reduced speeds on the track
Kumaritashvili who was 21 years old at
the time would have been making his
Olympic debut here you have a young
athlete who lost his life in pursuing
his passion he had a dream to
participate in the Olympic Games he
trained hard and he had this fatal
accident I have no words number 3
Ayrton Senna earlier today the auto
racing world lost perhaps many people
will tell you its greatest competitor
and best driver Ayrton Senna another
athlete who excelled at his chosen sport
Senna is seen as one of the greatest
drivers in Formula One history a
three-time world champion the
experienced Brazilian driver lost his
life after driving off the racetrack and
crashing into a concrete wall at 145
miles per hour during the 1994 San
Marino Grand Prix Senna’s death capped
off a horrible weekend for the sport
aside from various other minor incidents
fellow driver Roland Ratzenberger had
passed away a day earlier during
qualification at some 12 years since
Formula One has had to come to terms
with a driver fatality but that doesn’t
make it any easier to come to terms with
the death yesterday of the very popular
Austrian Roland Ratzenberger fortunately
these high-profile incidents prompted
the establishment of new safety
procedures
hopefully averting similar misfortunes
center our thoughts and prayers to the
family American city and all the
his fans he was a great racer and a
shame to see him go lucky David number
two Bennet shoddy football team fault
thunder and the players have gone down
on the pitch the only team entry on our
list these deaths are among the most
horrific and mysterious in sports
history and then you can feel it and
look at everybody just collapsing will
preface the story by saying that the
place on earth that receives the most
lightning strikes per year is found in
the Democratic Republic of the Congo
immense volts of Lightning was straight
down onto the pits yet we can feel it in
our coma tree box which shut it that
ominous fact takes us to October 1998
when during a match between Bennett’s
shoddy and posaga lightning struck in
the country killing all eleven players
from Bennett shotty but leaving the home
team completely unscathed roughly thirty
others received burns and due to local
superstitions
some believe the lightning strike was
the result of dark magic and witchcraft
unbelievable scenes at the George Cox
Stadium before we unveil our number one
pick here are some honorable mentions
it’s not likely you saw signs that they
wasn’t feeling so well just happened
split second
number one the 1955 limo disaster June
11 1952 most prestigious event a multi
rating is underway tragically this is
the only entry on our list to not only
highlight the depths of athletes but
also of fans have you planned or drunk
at the intially me on a post on the
world to skip a see when I see the
Sicilian memory regarded as the worst
incident in the history of motorsports
the disaster occurred in June 1955 at
the 24 Hours of lamont in an era before
many of the safety precautions we know
today were put in place we don’t even
have speedometers of the cars we don’t
care all we want to know is if we’re in
control during lap 35 a collision caused
driver pierre Levesque and his vehicle
to fly through the air ultimately the
mercedes-benz landed on a concrete wall
exploded and burst into flame killing
Levesque and sending debris from the
wreckage flying into the crowd where it
killed an estimated 83 spectators and
injured 120 more even today there is
still no confirmed death toll estimates
range from 80 to 120 dead do you agree
with our list which tragic sports deaths
do you remember the most for more sports
top 10s published every day be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com it’s what she
worked for in her life and I do believe
she will she will be there for Spirit
will be there
you
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