Detroit Lions WR Chuck Hughes is the only player to die during an NFL game: 1971 against the Chicago Bears at Tiger Stadium. Sports newsletter 🏈's best, via 📧 Studio IX 🏀⚽️🥇 KPMG ...

Back in 1971, Chuck Hughes became the first and so far only player in NFL history to die on-field due to a heart attack. Looking to predict NFL playoff Scenarios?

While the helmet of Chuck Hughes, Detroit Lions’ wide receiver, lies near spot where he fell in the closing minute of play Oct. 25, 1971, between the Lions and Chicago Bears, team doctor Edwin ...

Sharon Hughes, widow of Detroit Lions football player Chuck Hughes, sits quietly beside his casket at graveside services in San Antonio, Oct. 27, 1971.

During the heart-wrenching aftermath of Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin’s collapse on Monday Night Football, ... late Lions player’s Texas family In 1971, Chuck Hughes of Abilene and UTEP ...

Widow of only NFL player to die on the field responds to Damar Hamlin cardiac arrest: ‘You can’t blame football’ Detroit Lions player Chuck Hughes, 28, suffered a fatal heart attack in a ...

Chuck Hughes remains the only NFL player to die after collapsing on the field. The teams did not suspend the game—but instead played the final minute as medics tried to save Hughes.

A newspaper clipping shows Sharon Hughes, widow of Detroit Lions football player Chuck Hughes, sitting beside his casket at graveside services Wednesday, Oct. 27, 1971 in San Antonio, Texas.

Detroit Lions WR Chuck Hughes is the only player to die during an NFL game: ... 54,418 excited football fans made their pilgrimage to Tiger Stadium to see if the Detroit Lions, ...

Detroit Lions WR Chuck Hughes is the only player to die during an NFL game: ... 54,418 excited football fans made their pilgrimage to Tiger Stadium to see if the Detroit Lions, ...

Detroit Lions WR Chuck Hughes is the only player to die during an NFL game: ... 54,418 excited football fans made their pilgrimage to Tiger Stadium to see if the Detroit Lions, ...

Detroit Lions WR Chuck Hughes is the only player to die during an NFL game: ... 54,418 excited football fans made their pilgrimage to Tiger Stadium to see if the Detroit Lions, ...