Chuck Hughes, a seemingly healthy 28-year-old wide receiver for the Detroit Lions, collapsed on the field in the fourth quarter of an October 1971 game.
on Tuesday, Sharon Hughes shared some of her reactions as she watched the situation with Hamlin unfold.
“I was very emotional,” Hughes said. “Can you imagine how his mother felt? It’s a horrifying feeling, and, well, I just felt so sorry for the whole family last night.” An autopsy revealed that Hughes had undiagnosed heart disease and that a blood clot in a clogged artery had dislodged, potentially from a hit he took earlier in the game.
Regardless, his widow told NBC that she felt genetics were more to blame for his sudden death than the sport he played for a living. “You can’t blame football,” she said. “I never did.”Hamlin remains in the intensive care unit at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center.
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