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GulfCoast66

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1. Football as so violent and deadly it almost perished.

Reply to bobbieinok (Original post)

Mon Jul 27, 2020, 05:25 PM

Jul 2020

The forward pass saved it. Before it there were as many as 20 deaths per year nationwide.

Might he have targeted. We can never know. But I read he put everything he had into hitting his opponents.

If he were the only one killed I would become more suspicious.

As to medical treatment, internal injuries would have hard to diagnose and treat at that time. I don’t know about medical timelines, but I’m not sure opening someone up and looking for internal bleed was even possible in 1923.

I’m glad his memory lives on however.

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Black football player killed in his 2nd game Oct 1923, on IAState team---playing vs MN [View all] bobbieinok Jul 2020 OP

Football as so violent and deadly it almost perished. GulfCoast66 Jul 2020 #1

Thanks for your reply. You raise points I hadn't thought of. bobbieinok Jul 2020 #2