a very tragic true story...

this is the true story of the only NFL player who literally died on the field,during a NFL game... his name was Chuck Hughes... he played for a couple of NFL teams,including the Detroit Lions... during the 1971 season,he got injured,while suffering a big hit,got transported to the hospital,spent four days in there,and the doctors could not figure what was wrong... doctors back then did not think about a heart attack or check in a person that fit or young,even though he did complain of chest pains... the week before the tragic October 24,1971 game,against the Bears,he was very ill,and did not feel well,but the night before the game,he went to the team hotel,per custom,back then... according to players,he spent the night vomiting,and did not call his wife that night,like he did before every game... during the game,he caught a few passes,and during a break in the action,he locked eyes with Dick Butkis,and fell over dead... at first,Butkis thought that it was a fake injury,like players were to known to do,but when Hughes did not move,Butkis went nuts,waving his arms,trying to get attention... an autopsy revealed that Hughes had an enlarged liver,and spleen,during the earlier injury,and suffered a heart attack that day,too,because of a very painful spleen injury,doctors believe that he had,that doctors say that he had,and it triggered the first heart attack... the autopsy revealed that he died of a blood clot that lodged in a hardened artery that resulted the final heart attack that killed him that October 24,1971... pro football nowadays is a safer,but still violent contact sport,but it is safer now,simply because of a very tragic death of a backup football player named Chuck Hughes on that October,24,1971...