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An Ohio State Tragedy: The Game Where the Cheering Suddenly Stopped

An Ohio State Tragedy: The Game Where the Cheering Suddenly Stopped

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Host Brian Smith reveals the "story behind the story" of John Sigrist, a football players on the Ohio State Buckeyes at the turn of the twentienth century. On October 26, 1901, John Sigrist, who played center-rush, sustained a broken vertebrae in a game against Western Reserve. He died from his injuries two days later. He remains the only Ohio State player to have died from injuries sustained in a game.

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