Top 10 Athletes Who Died While Playing

2. Chuck Hughes


Another promising player for the National Football League was Chuck Hughes. Though he made several football records while he was in College but his most notable record is Hughes’17 in 1965. After his graduation, he played three years for the Eagles until he joined Detroit Lions in 1970. Unfortunately Hughes suffered a serious heart attack while he was playing against the Chicago Bears which led the game to end in silence.