Sam Haughian - granted not at the top, but there may well have been 3 Brits now at world level instead of 2.
"Sam was one of my three musketeers along with Chris Thompson and Mo Farah, who were training in South Africa with him until a couple of days ago."
Victor Davis, phenomenal Canadian swimmer (multiple olympic medals and world records, etc.). Killed in 1989, only a couple months after his retirement, when he was hit by a car outside a Montreal nightclub.
the evansville aces university basketball team in plane crash.
the marshall football team in a plane crash, they made a movie on this incident which really happened.
most of the oklahoma state basketball team in a plane crash.
the usa boxing team in the early 1980's including paul polomino the younger brother of world welterweight champion carlos palomino.
a plane crash killed the usa boxing team members.
There are some widely uncirculated accounts that indicate Sir Edmund Hillary died at the top.
Once he reached the summit of Mount Everest, his previously consumed ration of goat cheese and beans finally got the better of him (if you know what I mean). His Sherpa, Tanzing Norgay, unfortunately was standing down wind and reportedly exclaimed:
"Dang, Ed, did you just die?!"
On 4 May, 1949, Italian club Torino was returning from a friendly match against Benfica in Lisbon, when on the approach to Turin, their plane lost height and crashed after clipping a wall close to the Basilica in the town of Superga, killing all 31 on board.
Apart from interruptions in the war Torino had won the Serie A championship for five consecutive seasons between 1943 and 1949, They would have probably been the main rivals to the great Real Madrid team of the 1950s. In one international they had supplied 10 of the 11 Italian players. The crash decimated the entire AC Torino squad, save one player who was injured and so didn't travel.
fast car wrote:
arton senna
Suprised it took 4 pages before anyone said Senna.
Jeff Drenth
How about coachs, Dan McCliman six monthes after Wis. upset eveyone at the NCAA cross country meet.
How about that South African marathoner Fritz who died in a bike accident in Ireland.
You are thinking of Hank Gathers from Loyola M. He died on the court as well as Reggie Lewis.
Seth here wrote:
Pottymouther wrote:How did you know Pete wrote that?????????????????????????
The use of "Pete" was totally co-incidental to the fact that a "Pete" posted previous to my post. I should have inserted a comma after fun run.
Thanks for clarifying, that was weird when "Pete" actually responded to you.
Pat Tillman
Tim Horton.
Just kidding...pretty sure he was long-retired when he was killed.
OldGuy2 wrote:
Jeff Drenth
Yes, but he was sitting on the bowl.
Harmon Killibrew
Nelson Rockefeller died during sex with his mistress. At his age, that was an athletic feat.
Tyrone Carter wrote:
Harmon Killibrew
??? I didn't realize he was still an active player in the 70 and older league? Did he break the old fart homer record last season?
this sucks wrote:
Actually, Edwin Valero was 27-0 not 28-0. Unless of course you're counting his wife whom he murdered the day before, in which case it would be 28-0 although that was an unsanctioned fight out of his weight class (and gender).
harsh. very harsh.
but funny