If that happened to someone in the preseason today, it’s hard to believe they’d be cleared to play that season, let alone in mid-October. He was 28 years old.Īccording to a Yahoo! Sports story in 2013 (which is well worth reading), Hughes has suffered a heart attack late that preseason, seven weeks before he died. A blood clot has dislodged, settling into the large artery leading to his heart. An autopsy would show he suffered advanced arteriosclerosis. He gazed downfield and saw Hughes lying face down and motionless in the muck of Tiger Stadium at the 20-yard line.Ĭhuck Hughes suffered a heart attack, collapsed on the field and died instantly. Three plays later, Flanagan gasped as he watched a Landry aerial slip through the fingers of Hall of Famer Charlie Sanders in the end zone.Īs he gathered his mates for fourth down, Flanagan noticed someone was missing from the huddle.
Hughes had just replaced Johnstown’s Larry Walton, who had twisted an ankle. Detroit marched into Bears’ territory when wide receiver Chuck Hughes snared a 32-yard pass from Greg Landry that moved the ball at the Chicago 37. The Lions were down by five points with less than two minutes to go. Altoona’s Ed Flanagan, the Lions’ all-pro center, was joined in his annual dustup with linebacking great Dick Butkus of the Chicago Bears.
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