# Need the Striaght Dope on a disturbing soccer death related video.

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 14, 2007, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-the-striaght-dope-on-a-disturbing-soccer-death-related-video/422673 "2007-10-14T14:19:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2007, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-the-striaght-dope-on-a-disturbing-soccer-death-related-video/422673/1 "2007-10-14T14:19:46Z")

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I apologize in advance for the somewhat disturbing nature of this thread, but my curiosity is tremendous.

In [this video](http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2060074193426072551) , titled “SUDDEN “DEATH” OF A SOCCER PLAYER!?” it appears through mysterious circumstances a soccer player on the field dies in an almost violent fashion after a bizarre set of movements. A friend of mine has suggested that the “death throes” began early and his bizarre behavior is a result of the “chicken with it’s head cut off” nervous response. But with these wild back flips maybe it happened as he was performing them.

Anyways, if this man actually died from the events on the field of play, this has to go down as one of them most bizarre and sad things I’ve seen in sports.

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**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2007, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-the-striaght-dope-on-a-disturbing-soccer-death-related-video/422673/2 "2007-10-14T15:14:11Z")

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I dunno-Youtube is very laggy this morning, but that is indeed disturbing (fair warning for anyone who watches it and NSFW certainly applies). I can’t get confirmation that he actually died tho.

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2007, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-the-striaght-dope-on-a-disturbing-soccer-death-related-video/422673/3 "2007-10-14T15:18:01Z")

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> The clip is from a match 3 years ago between two second division Saudi Arabian Football clubs, Al-Raed FC (in red) and Hajer FC (white), the Hajer player was hit in the side of the head (ear?) and suffered a seizure and had to be taken to hospital breifly, but he lived and actually played the very next game for Hajer"

From [http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:XlCRCmTQc3EJ:digg.com/videos/sports/Soccer\_Player\_Freaks\_Out\_Video+"soccer+player"+died+saudi&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=7&gl=us](http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:XlCRCmTQc3EJ:digg.com/videos/sports/Soccer_Player_Freaks_Out_Video+%22soccer+player%22+died+saudi&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=7&gl=us) read the discussion thread.