http://espn.go.com/nfl/news/2003/0511/1552196.html

"Dallas Cowboys running back Ennis Haywood died Sunday, a day after being placed on life support with an undisclosed illness. He was 23."

I wonder what the cause of death was?

Whoa! That's very strange. I'm going to try and find some more info on this.


BGray

Man 23 years old, that is nutz!!!

Maybe it was SARS?

I bet it was a pulmonary embolism, probably a blocked artery, or a huge blood clot. He threw up in his sleep. Sounds like the aforementioned.

Tim

Wow... I hadn't heard that yet. I don't see him on their roster at all though... was he a practice squad guy?

Originally posted by stkmtimo
I bet it was a pulmonary embolism, probably a blocked artery, or a huge blood clot. He threw up in his sleep. Sounds like the aforementioned.

Tim

could have been alcohol poison as well.

That's true.

Iggy - he was on the practice squad. Signed four days before his death. What a shame.

Tim

Hopefully it wasn't any nutritional supplement.

what's worse is that he and his wife have a child and she is expecting another on the way soon.

very sad.

And, no news yet on cause of death as of 4 pm PST. Watched ESPN but didn't hear anything.

Originally posted by podstock
what's worse is that he and his wife have a child and she is expecting another on the way soon.

very sad.

And, no news yet on cause of death as of 4 pm PST. Watched ESPN but didn't hear anything.

That's really really sad now.

:( :( :(

Its never good when someone passes away like that but I doubt that the family will now have enough money to support itself.

God!!!!

That is terrible news, people lives are so short, got to do something with your life as soon as you can

pwaldo..hopefully Jerry Jones will donate money, perhaps the several hundred thousand this player would've made had he made the team.

After all, he was on the practice squad all last year.

update: Autopsy fails to
show Haywood’s
cause of death

Toxicology results, tissue tests are expected in 6-8 weeks

NFL NOTES
ASSOCIATED PRESS

May 12 — An autopsy Monday failed to determine the cause of death of Dallas Cowboys running back Ennis Haywood.

RESULTS OF TOXICOLOGY and tissue tests are expected in six-to-eight weeks, said Linda Anderson, spokesman for the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office.

Haywood died Sunday at Medical Center of Arlington. The 23-year-old player was taken to the hospital early Saturday after he began vomiting in his sleep. He was placed on life support, and his family chose to remove him from life support on Sunday, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported.
Haywood participated in the Cowboys’ three-day minicamp last week and was expected to compete for a roster spot at halfback.

Haywood, an undrafted free agent out of Iowa State, was on the Cowboys’ practice squad last season. He led the team in rushing in the preseason with 120 yards on 31 carries.

RAVENS ASSISTANT CHARGED WITH THREATENING WOMAN
Baltimore Ravens assistant coach Bennie Thompson was charged Monday with violating a protective order after a woman told police he threatened her over the phone.
Thompson, one of coach Brian Billick’s 14 assistant coaches, was released on his own recognizance at a bail review hearing Monday morning, said Thompson’s attorney, Terry Lavenstein.
The woman Thompson called Sunday night, Nikki Walden, is a friend of a former girlfriend of Thompson’s, Lavenstein said. The attorney said he believes the charges will not stand, because the protective order signed by a judge last week applies not to Walden but to Thompson’s former girlfriend.
Walden told police Thompson threatened to kill her. Thompson’s attorney said the former Ravens player didn’t threaten Walden when he called her Sunday night.
“He spoke to her. She says it was a threat, but he swears he didn’t even raise his voice. The call certainly wasn’t to harass her in any way,” Lavenstein said.
Thompson called Walden to find out why his former girlfriend had filed for the protective order, Lavenstein said.
Police arrested Thompson at his Pikesville home at about 10 p.m. Sunday. He was released at about 9 a.m. after the hearing.
The Ravens hired Thompson as an assistant coach after the 1999 season, when he ended his career as a player. Thompson played for the Ravens from 1996 to 1999 after spending 1994 and 1995 with the Cleveland Browns.

maybe it was the oreo's he ate as a kid, JK

this is really sad, how many players have passed away over the last few years, during practice or games.

well, it's part of sports.

Any time there's millions to be made in salaries, there's a price to pay.

No one gives you millions of dollars, you have to go after it.

And in the process of the hunt for fast wealth, you have failures along the way. It's a part of life.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by podstock
pwaldo..hopefully Jerry Jones will donate money, perhaps the several hundred thousand this player would've made had he made the team.

After all, he was on the practice squad all last year. [/QUOTE

Yeah that would be nice of Jerry Jones if he did that. He has enough money to spare and if he doesn't that is going to be a shame.

really makes you think... I'm only 24...

well, the key is to understand your family health history.

For example, if your family has a history of heart disease (dad, grand-dad, etc), then you MUST have annual checkups, and keep tabs of what your lab-work is like (for example, cholesterol count, HDL LDL).

Remember that St. Louis Cardinals pitcher that died suddenly in his sleep in a hotel room (I forgot his name, but it only happened 1-2 years ago). Well, his grandfather suffered and died of heart problems. His father had heart problems. Yet, the pitcher, from what I read, wasn't aware of his family history.

I'd hate to post for just that but it was Darryl Kile. He was a good pitcher, too.

Tim

I don't believe that, because when I write insurance polices they always ask about mother's or fathers hx of heart disease or stokes and they do that with every physical as well or at least they should.