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I remember the Malarchuk incident when I was a kid. The blood was just gushing out of him all over the ice. The skate of the player who collided with him sliced his carotid artery, and he’s lucky to have survived that thanks to him receiving immediate attention.
I didnt watch it live as it happened. How terrifying that was for the audience. But i do remember watching an ESPN documentary many years ago about the incident and seeing the footage play out as it occured during that game. I vividly remember him after the hit, on his hands and knees watching his own blood gush out onto the ice. Its gruesome. I was traumatized by it. I've never seen any sports injury like it and I have seen many especially those nasty leg breaks (Chris Weidman, Paul George). Those don't come close to Malarchuk. I'm not sure how this isnt in the #1 spot...
I am a die hard Bengals fan and I remember when Damar Hamlin collapsed. I was getting off work to watch the game with my family, when my oldest sister texted about what happened on the group chat. I obviously knew that it was serious, but the gravitation of it didn't hit me until I got into my Mom's car and I heard the sports announcers talking about what happened on the radio. I just broke down in tears and begged God with all my might to not take him. I didn't stop praying until I had faith Damar was going to be alright. I am so blessed and thankful to God that Cincinnati and Buffalo came together to share each other's pain and support Damar. Even though the incident was almost two months ago, I will still remember it like it was yesterday. #lovefordamar 💙
Fans of other teams pray for any player to be alright, even if they're on opposing teams. That's very noble of you. I was also praying he was alright, even with me being a die-hard Cowboys fan.
As tragic was it was, Damar's incident spawned such a beautiful outpouring of support on a few different fronts with the most notable 9 million plus being donated to his charity.
Mick Foley's tooth came through his nose. In the video where he is being helped backstage you can see it stuck there when he smiles. This is the same guy who lost his ear flipping through the ropes for a tie-up. The ropes were too tight and he had force himself out but they pulled one of his ears completely off. A true legend of professional sports entertainment.
Was at that Lions Reggie Brown game. That place got very quiet but with no social media, no one really knew what was going on until you watched the news when you got home. Freaking scary.
March 31, 2013 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament Louisville's Kevin Ware suffered an open tibia fracture. I won't describe it but you can lookup the gruesome injury.
@@B1inded3agle__ Good on you for remembering, I think. I remember the constant replays, but my brain doesn’t want to remember all the details. It was a traumatizing experience, for all watching, live or televised.
And the fact that Alex Smith had the same exact injury, in the same exact spot on the field, in the same exact stadium, while playing QB for the same exact team.
the guy that was on the medical staff for the game was a combat medic during the Vietnam war im sure he knew what pressure to put on the wound, makes me think hes seen something like that or worse
If they're picking a WWE event, I would think seeing Owen Harts death live would be a more traumatic thing to witness than Mick Foley's injury. Hockey has had many scary incidents but if you are to google the actual video of Clint Malarchuk injury that to me is truly horrific to see.
I'd of added romain grosjean's crash. It hadn't been that long since the last f1 fatality and I'd of never expected anyone to walk out of that. Was such a tense moment
Doctors say Hamlin probably suffered commotio cordis, a rare cardiac event where an impact to the center of the left ventricle right in the upstroke of the T wave (a 20 microsecond period of time when the heart is resetting itself) disrupts the rest of the electrical signals and causes the heart to stop.
@@wilfordbrimley6938 There are some people didn't believe that happen. They believe that the COVID vaccine almost kill him, which that rumor was spreading rampant and some still believe that misinformation. I don't.
Sounds cool but definitely not true. Nobody is thinking about their mom while on the brink of death, its not how we’re wired. Flight or fight and adrenaline are real things, don’t be so gullible.
@@Baddknewz”Malarchuk, meanwhile, believed that he was going to die. "All I wanted to do was get off the ice," said Malarchuk. "My mother was watching the game on TV, and I didn't want her to see me die."
@@Baddknewz some of us do think that way. Just because you don’t doesn’t mean others don’t. He knew his mom was watching. Adrenaline makes you think a lot differently. He had no reason to lie about it 😂 sorry you have to think everyone is lying because you can’t consider others actually think that way.
I was at the Bills home game the week after Hamlin's collapse. The energy at Highmark was so awesome! As well as seeing Buffalo knock the Pats out of the playoff picture. Buffalo needs to Win for Hamlin!
@@vortexvirus755The Bills did NOT choke!!!! Do you have any idea what that team went through that season?! They had to have two of there games moved to other stadiums because of the weather. Then after one of the games they had to figure out how to get home cuz Buffalo was going through one of the worst blizzards in history which caused all sorts of problems for the people of Buffalo! They eventually had to fly to Rochester and then take a bus back to Buffalo and then somehow both find and dig out there cars! There were so many players in and out of games because of injuries! Then they witnessed one of there teammates/brothers literally die on the field and then come back to life again! I mean they performed CPR on Damar for 9mins and then watch him leave in the back of an ambulance without knowing if he was going to survive or not! Thankfully they didn’t make them keep playing and the way the other team and there fans treated the situation was amazing. But the Bills went through far more then any other team has gone through and when they stepped out onto that field that night you could just tell that they were tired. Normally when they play they’re running around with smiles on there faces and laughing. You’ll see Allen doing all his different “handshakes” with the guys and they’ll be dancing or showing off. But in this game there was none of that. So if you wanna say they “choked” then fine, but what I saw on that field that night was a team that was completely drained and just had no more drive left in them.
Two more I can think of are: 1) Darren Drozdov. Former wrestler from the then WWF. He was in a regular match with another wrestler, D'Lo Brown. When the two were setting up for a powerbomb, Brown wasn't able to get a proper safe grip on Droz when he hit the canvas. He fractured two vertebrae in his neck. While initially Droz was quadriplegic, he has since regained control of his upper body. 2) Zeke Upshaw. Professional Basketball player from the NBA G-League, Zeke collapsed in the final minutes of a game. Immediately rushed to a hospital, the doctors were able to resuscitate him but he would end up passing away two days later. Autopsy showed he died a sudden cardiac death.
The fact that mankind vs undertaker is on here just shows how crazy mick foley is 😭. Respect to all professional wrestlers that sport is brutal as hell and those guys take more damage than some athletes in other sports. After watching things like this you understand that wrestling definitely isn’t fake but it’s scripted.
Jiri Fischer should've been mentioned too after his scary collapse on the bench during a Red Wings game. It was because of that incident that defibrillators were REQUIRED to be in all NHL and other major/minor hockey arenas
Not just that; but Jiri's episode also helped to spurn the rest of North American sports to better the response time and readiness of EMTs for situations like his. And the only reason Detroit was anywhere near ready was due to an incident in 1998 with Chris Pronger. Those two have inadvertently saved so many lives due to their incidents and the responses to them.
Gotta give Rebecca (the narrator) my utmost respect for delivering a voice so solemn and ominous as she read through the entries on this somewhat eerie list. It definitely felt like a scary moments video.
As an 8 year old watching that match I truly believed mankind was dead not once but twice and he still finished the match. When I met him I bowed to him because I told him I don't know how in the hell you are still standing with all the injuries you had. You made my childhood thank you for all the memories
Malarchuk's injury was so bad that 11 people fainted, 2 had heart attacks, and 3 more threw up. Also, Malarchuk's mom was watching that game. He said that he wanted to get off the ice so she wouldn't see him die.
I was in the stands for two extremely scary incidents, one of which is on this list, the other isn't. My wife and I were in the stands January 2 at Paycor Stadium to watch our favorite football team, the Buffalo Bills, play the Bengals. That crowd was absolutely electric leading up to the game and continued through the first 9 minutes when Damar collapsed. To go from an insane atmosphere to absolute, unsettled silence in the matter of moments, it's beyond eerie. The only announcement made in the stadium by anyone involved with either team or the league was that the game was temporarily suspended. We sat in the stands for close to an hour before word starting going through the stadium (not by anyone official) that both teams had begun packing up their equipment and leaving the stadium. On our walk across the Ohio River back to our hotel, my wife and I were approached by several Bengals fans offering up their condolences and well wishes for Damar. I heard the same from several other Bills fans. The other one I was in the stands for that didn't make this list was in 2008 with the Buffalo Sabres hosting the Florida Panthers. Richard Zednik of the Panthers had gone into the corner and collided with a teammate. It's something you see often in a hockey game, except Zednik's teammate Olli Jokinen's skate had cut his carotid artery. There wasn't much time left in the game and the Sabres had just taken a lead a few minutes prior, but to this day I don't understand why the NHL didn't determine that, being late in the 3rd, enough of the game had been played and just called it there. It was clear that neither the Sabres or Panthers were really engaged in the game after that incident, even though the Sabres would score another goal, there wasn't the celebration you'd see. I think the NHL really failed on that one and the game should have been stopped there.
Owen Hart died on May 23, 1999, during his entrance from the rafters of Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. The equipment that was lowering him to the ring malfunctioned and he fell to his death in front of a live audience and live on Pay Per View during WWF's Over the Edge event.
There wouldn't have been any video of it, but I don't know how you could not include Ray Chapman who was killed after being hit by a pitch. In 1920, Chapman was one of the best players for the Cleveland Indians. Against the Yankees on August 16th, Carl Mays hit him in the head with a spitball. Chapman was unable to see the pitch because the ball was so dirty. The sound was so loud that Mays thought it hit Chapman's bat and fielded the ball and threw to first base. Chapman was rushed to the hospital unconscious, but passed away during the night. To this day, he remains the only player to die directly from an on the field injury. The Tribe would go on to win the World Series that year and dedicated the victory to his memory. His death lead to the banning of the spitball, the rule requiring umpires to replace dirty balls, and the eventual adoption of batter helmets.
I think you misunderstood the title of the video. If you read the full description, it doesn't say anything about incidents where athletes died. That would be a COMPLETELY different video.
What about about any of the sport incidents from Australia. Jharal Yow Yeh (Rugny League Player) who compound fractured his right ankle during a game and it ended up ending his playing career. Chaz Mostert (V8 Supercars Driver) who crashed his Ford Falcon during qualifying for the Bathurst 1000 and ended up severely breaking his leg.
It is fake. That doesn't mean that they are not athletes though. Pro wrestling is nothing more than a beautifully choreographed testosterone filled soap opera. Before the match they know who's going to win and it is well rehearsed to try and avoid accidents.
@@MainerdLoyd Not all wrestling matches can be faked, some events can lead to death or serious injury for one’s career. For example, Mick Foley was tossed by the Undertaker through the table during their match in a Hell In A Cell match, resulted as falling (injury). Owen Hart dies when a hook or grapple rope, was loose and he fall through the ring(death).
@@pabloruiz6224 You've proven nothing other then accidents happen. They don't fake being tossed around. That is part of the act. They are just like Hollywood stuntmen. Both professions can be extremely dangerous but both are scripted. This doesn't detract from the skill it takes to preform these things.
I was shocked that Mick Foley, who was tossed by the Undertaker, through the commentators Spanish table, resulted a serious falling injury during their match in Hell In A Cell match in 1998 King of The Ring pay per view. It was a devastating shock for me to see this scary incident, in one of the darkest moments in wrestling history. Thank God, that he is ok, and he almost die in a match.
I’ve been watching the NFL for 50 years and I saw on television the Joe Thiesman compound fracture. But nothing was as terrifying as Damar Hamlin’s case. Just watching the players’ faces, you knew it was unprecedented. So relieved he survived.
I forgot the team names but I remember during the NCAA Mens Basketball finals or semis a few yrs back there was that horrific leg snap. It literally looked like the leg was gonna rip in half and the cameras caught the reaction of the team sitting courtside.
Someone else posted about that and said it was March 31st, 2013. Since the final four begins the first weekend in April, that means it would have been a regional final.
@@johnanderson9765 it was indeed the Midwest Regional Final game against Duke. Louisville actually ended up not only winning that game but the Tourney in general that year(however the win has since been vacated due to the 2015 Sex Scandal)
Alex McKinnon he played NRL for the Newcastle Knights in Australia Daring a game in 2014 against the Melbourne Storms he suffered a spinal injury whilst getting tackled that left him a Quadriplegic. Also Phillip Hughes playing cricket at the SCG during a Sheffield shield match at the SCG he was batting and ball that was delivered struck him between the neck and head. He collapsed shortly after was on life support for a few days but sadly died. Was just 25
These are the first 2 players that came to mind for me as well. I couldn’t remember the rugby lads name but I remember the incident. Phil Hughes’ death was horrible. Plus Sam Willoughby’s training accident that put him in a wheelchair
You guys definitely should do a list of hockey players. Bertuzzi sucker punch, jiri fischer heart attack on the bench, goaltenders passing out, other players getting a skate in the throat or eye (zednin & hall) would be interesting to see a top 10!
I would like to add Jerry "The King" Lawler's heart attack scare in Montreal to this list. One of the few pro wrestling moments that ever made me cry and be incredibly anxious that entire night.
An honorable mention definitely goes to then New York Mets player Kevin Pillar, who was struck in the face by a 94 mph fastball in 2021. I loved watching him play for the Blue Jays (as they're our only Canadian team), so witnessing that injury (on replays) was harrowing and terrifying to see! He only escaped with multiple nasal fractures, and made the full recovery thankfully!
And Montreal Canadiens player Jake Evans when he was checked really hard and had to be stretchered off the ice. I was so relieved to hear the news the next morning and find out that he was okay, because I had attended a hockey game where one of the players had a seizure on the ice and it took 10 minutes for the paramedics to show up. I never found out if he survived or not
Phil Hughes definitely should of made this list, I hate it when usually American channels don't branch out into sports that aren't played there, cause there's also been some pretty bad footy incidents over the years
Agreed, his death was an awful tragedy Unfortunately, we’re dealing with a nation that creates a sport played predominantly with the hands and then calls it football 🫤
That Hell in a Cell match was absolutely one of WWE's scariest moments. Another one (which I'm surprised didn't make it on this list) was at WrestleMania XIX between Kurt Angle and Brock Lesnar. Brock attempted a Shooting Star Press but missed the mark and almost broke his neck in that instant.
I've seen several MLB games involving players getting struck in the head either with the pitched ball or the pitcher getting hit with a line drive right back at him. The worst I remember is Giancarlo Stanton of the Marlins. If you've ever actually held a real game ball and can imagine one traveling upwards of 90 MPH at your skull, you can imagine how damaging that can be.
God bless them all. Damar Hamlin I knew would would be number one. In all my years of watching football I've never cried for a player. My heart was broken. I checked my ESPN updates constantly. Praise God he is doing so well. 🙏❤️🙏
UC is one hell of a hospital. I’ve been in too many of the things and it’s one of the best I’ve encountered. As a Cinci native, I’m proud we were able to help the Bills player and get him started on the road to recovery.
Do you not remember the Cameroon (I think) player at the 2003 Confederations Cup who had a heart attack in the field and actually died. Or even Enoch Mwepu who retired at 24 last year because of heart problems and he just had a major heart attack this week
Did you do more than superficial research for this??? No mention of the Boston Bruins going into the stands at MSG on 23 December 1979. No mention of the HORRENDOUS career ending break to Joe Theismann's leg on 18 November 1985. But the absolute worse mistake is not only did you not mention New England Patriots Darryl Stingley's injury on 12 August 1978 at all but I argue that that should've been number one! Stingley took a hit from Jack Tatum in a pre-season game & suffered compression of his spinal cord & broke two of his vertebrae. Stingley never regained the use of his arms or legs. He died in 2007 from an illness brought on by the complications of quadriplegia. Tatum never apologized for what happened to Stingley & he never spoke with him after the hit. Could you are least pretend to research!! 🙄
Worst one I ever saw was David Busst, the Coventry player who broke his leg playing against Man Utd. That thing just snapped in half and there was blood everywhere. The main memory is of Peter Schmeichal having to run away and cover his eyes at the sight.
watching Christian Erickson on the ground, not really knowing what was going on was terrifying, and watching his teammate's faces as they stood around him will never leave me. Surprised Cisse getting his leg snapped and Roy Kean ending Haaland Srs career wasn't on here.
I’ll never forget watching the Denmark players surround Erickson - the looks on their faces made me feel physically sick. And the sight of Cisse’s leg breaking…..although I’m a Liverpool supporter I don’t think it matters what team you follow, that was a horrible thing to witness for anyone. I’m surprised Raul Jimenez isn’t on the list. The sound when he & David Luiz clashed heads was horrendous - and of course, because there was no crowd in the stadium, there really was nothing to mask that noise.
A moment I’m surprised wasn’t included was what happened to former St. Louis Blues player Jay Bouwmeester. During a game against the Anaheim Ducks a few seasons ago, he suddenly collapsed on the bench due to cardiac arrest. He thankfully survived and was able to recover, but he never played ice hockey again. It was a very scary moment.
1-"Stone Cold" Steve Austin couldn't feel his body after a botched piledriver vs Owen Heart in 1997 ... Austin had a broken neck, but has been able to come back 2- The Zedeno Chara hit on Max Pacioretty in 2011 ... I saw it live and I tought he had died ... the police even made an investigation on the incident
It’s a miracle that Clint Malarchuk survived such a traumatic thing like that. The skate blade was so sharp, it sliced open his carotid artery and blood poured onto the ice. It was one of the scariest things to ever happen during a hockey game and I’ve seen a hockey player have a seizure on the ice, made worse by the fact that I was actually in the arena attending the game when this happened and I never found out if he survived
There's been quite a few through the years if they added all of them the video would huge. That's what people don't understand in the last few years people time and time again falsely claim it's due to the COVID-19 vaccine. While it's rare conditions that cause sudden cardiac arrest it's something that's happened through the sports world for many years now .
As a NASCAR fan, not a lot of injuries happen nowadays but I remember Kyle Busch braking both his legs and Denny Hamlin braking his back, 2022, Carson Hocevar got a plate due to someone t-boning him in the driver side door, he raced through the pain though which was very cool to see
There's also the Formula 1 incident in 2020 where Romain Grosjean was trapped in a burning F1 car for more than 2 minutes and no one thought he could have survived.
Fun fact: Malarchuks injury was also non fatal because at Buffalos arena, the medical center was behind the Sabres net, if it was a different period, he wouldve been a lot farther and who knows what wouldve happened
Here is my top 10 from the NHL: 1. Clint Malarchuk's neck slashed 2. Bill Masterton's fatal injury 3. Jiří Fischer's heart stops 4. Richard Zedník's neck cut 5. Ondřej Pavelec collapses 6. Chris Pronger takes puck to chest 7. Rich Peverley's heart stops 8. Trent McCleary takes puck to throat 9. Jay Bouwmeester's heart stops 10. Bryan Berard's eye injury Here is my top 10 from non-NHL hockey: 1. Alexei Cherepanov collapses 2. Travis Roy is paralyzed 3. Tucker Tynan's leg slashed 4. Chris Atkinson's neck slashed 5. Ronny Keller is paralyzed 6. Garrett Klotz's post-fight seizure 7. Ben Fanelli suffers fractured skull 8. Mike Coleman takes skate to spine 9. Greg Neeld loses an eye 10. Michael McNamara's heart stops
I’m surprised that Giancarlo Stanton isn’t on the list. He was hit in the face by a baseball pitch. He had multiple fractures, lacerations, and dental damage. He had to have reconstructive facial surgery and missed the last two weeks of the 2014 season. He also spent the entire offseason recovering from it
Zack Miller on the Chicago bears a few years ago should be an honorable mention, he dislocated his knee and we didn't know it at the time until later, but tore a blood artery too and almost had his leg amputated if they didn't go to the hospital close enough. The way his leg snapped when he landed was disgusting thankfully he's still walking and saved his leg but he had to retire
I’m sorry, but that dude getting his throat slit was absolutely the scariest thing on this list. I think because of the most recent and fresh in everyone’s minds is why Hamlin is the top.
I’m surprised there was no mention of Marc Vivien Foe, Antonio Puerta, or Miklos Feher, who all ended up dying due to heart problems while on the pitch
2 Chicago Bears injuries could be on this list. Zach Miller, a Bears tight end, had his knee bend backwards while catching a touchdown. He damaged arteries and almost lost his leg and life. ALSO, Johnny Knox, a wide receiver, got bent in half backwards on the field in a collision with a larger player, I believe a Seahawks player, and his back was broken. BOTH were pretty horrific.
What about Rich Peverly from the Dallas Stars that had a cardiac event and wanted to be put back into the game (from the meme), thought for sure he'd be on this list
Unless it is further back in the comments, I am surprised no one mentioned the 2008 SEC Basketball tournament. One of the games went into overtime just minutes before an EF-2 tornado scraped the side of the Georgia Dome and flipped cars in the parking deck. You could hear the roar on the video feed, and the building and ceiling were shaking.
@@QuanEldridge2001 I agree, he does have a bright future in the NFL. I'm a Falcons fan & I'm glad that Damar is doing better too. I didn't see that game, but I saw video of when it happened later. I was praying for him everyday he was in the hospital.
I know there are not many cricket fan here, but in 2014, a incident happen in cricket as an Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes met an accident as a ball hit his head, and he died in mid field, a very sad moment in cricket.
Damar Hamlin’s collapse I saw and legitimately me, my parents and my grandma were all terrified like I’ve never seen anything like that happen in my life and thank God he made a full recovery
I remember there was a CFL game where one of the players fell into the large heater that was keeping players warm. It had a massive flame coming through it, so if it was roaring (and thank god it wasn’t), he would’ve either died or been seriously burned for life. Thank god all went well.