Sudden Deaths in Sports

75 Athletes Lost Without Warning

Douglas Putnam (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

277 Seiten

2024
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-9444-3 (ISBN)

Artikel merken

This work recounts the lives and deaths of athletes who departed the world suddenly and without warning during their playing careers. From slugger Ed Delahanty's fatal plunge into the Niagara River in 1903 to the demise of Dwayne Haskins on a dark Florida highway in 2022, their untimely ends shocked and saddened millions of fans.Many died from injuries sustained in the course of competition. Others met their fate in airplane and motor vehicle crashes, by freak accident and through disease, drug overdose, drowning and suicide. Several were victims of cold-blooded murder. Regardless of how or why they perished, Dale Earnhardt, Len Bias, Thurman Munson, Flo Hyman, the Marshall Thundering Herd and all the rest faced the same merciless truth--there would be no next year.

Douglas Putnam is a graduate of Earlham College and Wisconsin Law School. He lives in Upper Arlington, Ohio.

Table of Contents

Introduction

1. In the Arena

• Harold Moore: Gladiator

College Football 1905

• Francisco Lázaro: No Sweat

Olympic Marathon 1912

• Ray Chapman: Beanball

MLB 1920

• Bill Masterton: The Unforgiving Ice

NHL 1968

• Chuck Hughes: A Moment’s Notice

NFL 1971

• Duk Koo Kim: Live or

Boxing 1982

• Sergei Shalibashvili: Kiss the Tower

Platform Diving 1983

• Lane Frost: Born to Ride

Bull Riding 1989

2. Spilled Blood

• David Berger: All Gone

Olympic Weightlifting 1972

• Lyman Bostock: Pure Happenstance

MLB 1978

• Ron Settles: Jailhouse Shock

College Football 1981

• Andrés Escobar: Brave to the

World Cup Soccer 1994

• Dave Schultz: Pinned by a Madman

Wrestling 1996

• Greg Halman: Brothers for Life

Baseball 2011

• Celia Barquín Arozamena: Broad Daylight

Golf 2018

• Mike Ryan: Covid Rage

Hockey 2021

3. Dark Waters

• Ed Delahanty: Swept Away

MLB 1903

• Joe Delaney: Great with a Capital

NFL 1983

• Craig Arfons: Last Run on Lake Jackson

Speed Racing 1989

• Tim Crews and Steve Olin: They Never Saw the Dock

MLB 1993

• Shannon Smith: Paradise Lost

College Football 1997

• Marquis Cooper and Corey Smith: Engulfed

NFL 2009

4. Sound of Impact

• Knute Rockne: Dreadful News

College Football 1931

• Thurman Munson: Out of His League

MLB 1979

• Davey Allison: Chopper Down

NASCAR 1993

• Rodney Culver: Nosedive

NFL 1996

• Payne Stewart: Flight of Doom

Golf 1999

• Cory Lidle: Manhattan Fireball

MLB 2006

5. Accidents Will Happen

• Terry Sawchuk: Senseless

NHL 1970

• Don Wilson: Beyond Strange

MLB 1975

• Richard Wertheim: Lethal

Tennis 1983

• Owen Hart: Real as Can

World Wrestling Federation 1999

• Matīss Kivlenieks: Fiasco

NHL 2021

6. Demons and Disease

• Flo Hyman: No Warning

Volleyball 1986

• Len Bias: Shock to the Systems

Basketball 1986

• Reggie Lewis:

Too Young, Too Soon

Basketball 1993

• Sergei Grinkov: Shattered Dream

Pairs Figure Skating 1995

• Andreas Munzer: Hunger Pains

Bodybuilding 1997

• Korey Stringer: Water Is for Cowards

NFL 2001

• Tyler Skaggs: Black Cloud

MLB 2019

7. In the Arena Redux

• Hank Gathers: Heart of a Lion

Basketball 1990

• Ulrike Maier: No Chance

Skiing 1994

• Fabio Casartelli: Deadly Descent

Tour de France 1995

• John McSherry: Last Call

MLB 1996

• Caleb Moore: Fatal Obsession

Snowmobile, X-Games 2013

• Oshi: Breaking Point

Iditarod 2019

• Yellow River Stone Forest: 21 Gone

Ultramarathon 2021

8. Win, Place or Die

• Frank Hayes: First Win, Only

Steeplechase 1923

• Ruffian: She Reigns

Match Race 1975

• Billy Haughton: Breaking Gait

Harness Racing 1986

• Mary Bacon: Riding Is Living

Off Track 1991

• Santa Anita Meltdown: How Many More Have to Die?

Thoroughbreds 2019

9. Motorsport Mishaps

• Bill Vukovich: The Fearless

Indy 500 1955

• The Dakar Rally: Desert Storm

Off Road Racing 1988

• Ayrton Senna: Collision Course

Formula One 1994

• Dale Earnhardt: Long Live the King

NASCAR 2001

• Jessi Combs: Speed Kills

Speed Racing 2019

• IMTT: Full Throttle

Motorcycle 2022

10. Team Tragedy

• Spokane Indians: Such Hell

Baseball 1946

• Duluth Dukes: North Country Inferno

Baseball 1948

• Cal Poly Mustangs: Lost in the

College Football 1960

• USA Figure Skating: Total Eclipse

Figure Skating 1961

• Wichita State Shockers: Gold Flight

College Football 1970

• Marshall Thundering Herd: The Worst

College Football 1970

• Evansville Purple Aces: Basketball’s Darkest Night

Basketball 1977

• USA Boxing: KO’d by Fate

Boxing 1980

11. Red Highways

• Steve Prefontaine: Bell

Running 1975

• Pelle Lindbergh: A Man and His Porsche

NHL 1985

• Jackson State Tigers: Blue Bengal Curse?

College Football 1988–1990

• John Rodolph: Pure Soul

Wheelchair Racing 1995

• Judith Flannery: End of the Road

Triathlon 1997

• Dwayne Haskins:

Running on Empty

NFL 2022

12. The Savage God

• Rick Carter: No Goodbyes

College Football 1986

• Jeff Alm: Very Close

NFL 1993

• Erica Blasberg: Final Breath

Golf 2010

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	30.05.2024
Zusatzinfo	20 photos
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-4766-9444-3 / 1476694443
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-9444-3 / 9781476694443
Zustand	Neuware