For some fans, the 24-year-old Bills star’s medical emergency evokes the death of Chuck Hughes more than 50 years ago, who also collapsed during a game. To date, Hughes remains the only NFL ...

On a gloomy, damp afternoon more than 50 years ago, 54,418 excited football fans made their ... little-used Chuck Hughes, who entered the game in the fourth quarter replacing the injured Larry ...

Before more than 54,000 fans, Detroit Lions receiver Chuck Hughes became the first and only NFL player to die in a game. It's a loss that has lingered for the many friends and family of who knew ...

The only NFL player to die on the field wore a cowboy ... passes in his three years with the Eagles. On Oct. 24, 1971, Chuck Hughes was 28 years old, playing wide receiver for the Detroit Lions ...

It is believed Hughes is the only player from the NFL who died while competing in a game. Chuck Hughes as a member of the Philadelphia Eagles. Although a walk-on at Texas Western (later the ...

On a gloomy, damp afternoon 50 years ago Sunday, 54,418 excited football fans made their pilgrimage ... 28-23, little-used Chuck Hughes, who entered the game in the fourth quarter replacing ...

A newspaper clipping shows Sharon Hughes, widow of Detroit Lions football player Chuck Hughes, sitting beside his casket at graveside services Wednesday, Oct. 27, 1971 in San Antonio, Texas.