Virtual Cemeteries by Gabe

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Deaths by football/CTE sufferers

A Virtual Cemetery created by Gabe

42 memorials

People who suffered from sports-induced chronic traumatic encephalopathy (degenerative brain disease caused by impacts to the head), sports-induced ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) with probable CTE, or football-related fatal injury. Please feel free to suggest additions to this highly incomplete virtual cemetery.

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Wade Belak
Famous Memorial Flowers have been left. Memorial ID

3 Jul 1976 – 31 Aug 2011

Professional Ice Hockey Player. For fourteen...

Cremated , Ashes given to family or friend

Jovan Belcher
Famous Memorial Flowers have been left. Memorial ID

24 Jul 1987 – 1 Dec 2012

Professional Football Player. For four seasons...

Babylon, Suffolk County, New York, USA

Chris Benoit
Famous Memorial Flowers have been left. Memorial ID

21 May 1967 – 24 Jun 2007

Professional Wrestler. Born in Montreal, in the...

Cremated , Ashes given to family or friend

Forrest Blue
Famous Memorial Flowers have been left. Memorial ID

7 Sep 1945 – 16 Jul 2011

Professional Football Player. For eleven seasons...

Cremated , Ashes scattered at sea

Derek Boogaard
Famous Memorial Flowers have been left. Memorial ID

23 Jun 1982 – 13 May 2011

Professional Hockey Player. Nicknamed The...

Cremated , Ashes given to family or friend

Lew Carpenter
Famous Memorial Flowers have been left. Memorial ID

12 Jan 1932 – 14 Nov 2010

Professional Football Player. For ten seasons...

Cremated , Ashes given to family or friend

Joseph Chernach
Flowers have been left. Memorial ID

10 Jul 1985 – 7 Jun 2012

Joseph Chernach was a competitive and talented...

Crystal Falls, Iron County, Michigan, USA

Lou Creekmur
Veteran Famous Memorial Flowers have been left. Memorial ID

22 Jan 1927 – 5 Jul 2009

Hall of Fame Professional Football Player. A left...

Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA

Plot info: Section 8-II, Row 19, Site 4

Thomas Robert "Tom" Cutinella
Flowers have been left. Memorial ID

11 Jul 1998 – 1 Oct 2014

AE 16ys; Son of Frank & Kelli Cutinella

Coram, Suffolk County, New York, USA

Shane Dronett
Famous Memorial Flowers have been left. Memorial ID

12 Jan 1971 – 21 Jan 2009

Professional Football Player. He played at the...

West Orange, Orange County, Texas, USA

Dave Duerson
Famous Memorial Flowers have been left. Memorial ID

28 Nov 1960 – 17 Feb 2011

Professional Football Player. For eleven seasons...

Notre Dame, St. Joseph County, Indiana, USA

Plot info: Mary, Queen of All Saints Mausoleum

Ryan Paul Freel
Famous Memorial Flowers have been left. Memorial ID

8 Mar 1976 – 22 Dec 2012

Major League Baseball Player. For eight seasons...

Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, USA

Plot info: Leonora Private Estates Section, Lot 15, 1L

Matthew Alan Gfeller
Flowers have been left. Memorial ID

14 Mar 1993 – 24 Aug 2008

Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina, USA

Frank Gifford
Famous Memorial Flowers have been left. Memorial ID

16 Aug 1930 – 9 Aug 2015

Hall of Fame Professional Football Player, Sports...

Ventura, Ventura County, California, USA

Plot info: Section H, Plot 400, Grave 11

Carlton "Cookie" Gilchrist
Famous Memorial Flowers have been left. Memorial ID

25 May 1935 – 10 Jan 2011

Professional Football Player. For six seasons...

Cremated , Ashes given to family or friend

DeMario Tovel Harris Jr
Flowers have been left. Memorial ID

7 Oct 1996 – 27 Sep 2014

DeMario Harris died from a brain hemorrhage caused...

Banks, Pike County, Alabama, USA

Chris Henry
Famous Memorial Flowers have been left. Memorial ID

17 May 1983 – 17 Dec 2009

Professional Football Player. He was a wide...

Belle Chasse, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, USA

Aaron Josef Hernandez
Famous Memorial Flowers have been left. Memorial ID

6 Nov 1989 – 19 Apr 2017

Professional Football Player, Crime Figure. Born...

Cremated , Ashes given to family or friend

Gene Hickerson
Famous Memorial Flowers have been left. Memorial ID

15 Feb 1935 – 20 Oct 2008

Hall of Fame Professional Football Player. He was...

Avon, Lorain County, Ohio, USA

Plot info: Section: 2; Lot: 322; Grave: D

Wally Hilgenberg
Famous Memorial Flowers have been left. Memorial ID

19 Sep 1942 – 23 Sep 2008

Professional Football Player. He was born Walter...

Lakeville, Dakota County, Minnesota, USA

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