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Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Arkansas Sports High school player collapses, dies during practice

Posted by Gerard Matthews on Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 10:21 AM

Fox16.com

According to Fox 16, a Gurdon High School football player, 15 year-old Montel Williams, collapsed and died during a practice on Tuesday evening. How many times does this have to happen before we start thinking about how important it really is to practice football in extremely hot conditions?

UPDATE: David Goins, with Fox 16, has more.

Tags: Gurdon High School, football practice, Montel Williams

        
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