THOUGHTS FOR HIS TEAM
A DYING FOOTBALLER Accidentally injured during a match, a dying footballer, while being taken to hospital, wnsonly concerned because his tcnni had lost. This was revealed at the recent inquest on Walter Crawford, aged 23 of Middlesbrough, who died in the North Riding Infirmary. England. , ~ , ,-, H was also stated that Crawlord's sister had given a pint of her blood in a vain attempt to save her brother's life. The coroner, Mr O. 11. Cochrane, recorded a verdict that death was due to shock and haemorrhage from a severe rupture of the kidney, received while playing football. He added that there was no undue violence of any description.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23201, 27 May 1937, Page 18
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