# Any examples of pro-athletes commiting suicide after a big game?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 4, 2008, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-examples-of-pro-athletes-commiting-suicide-after-a-big-game/436249 "2008-02-04T19:32:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-examples-of-pro-athletes-commiting-suicide-after-a-big-game/436249/21 "2008-02-05T03:50:46Z")

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[QUOTE=Wallenstein]  
[Justin Fashanu](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Fashanu#Allegations_and_suicide) was a UK football player who killed himself, partly due to the pressures and abuse he suffered as an openly gay pro-sportsman.  
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I don’t know if I agree with this- he died several years after his career ended, and while facing scrutiny for either the stuatory rape or illegal consensual relationship with a minor.

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