“Monday Night Football” brought back some very painful memories for Sharon Hughes, widow of the late former Lions receiver Chuck Hughes.
Chuck Hughes was 28 when he collapsed and died in 1971 during a game against the Bears. His widow, Sharon, now 77, Bills safety Dummer told NBC News about his state of mind when he saw Hamlin go down on the field. I had a cardiac arrest Monday night against the Bengals.
“I was very emotional,” she said.
Her thoughts turned to Hamlin’s family.
“Can you imagine how his mother felt?” Hughes exclaimed. “I feel terrible. I feel sorry for the whole family last night.”
Hamlin collapsed after a play that tackled Bengals wideout Tee Higgins. The 24-year-old safety underwent CPR on the field and was taken by ambulance to the hospital.
Bills safety Dummer Hamlin went into cardiac arrest on Monday Night Football against the Bengals. Follow the New York Post’s live coverage of him for injury updates on his condition.
Chuck Hughes absorbed a hit from two Bears defenders on a 32-yard reception from Lions quarterback Greg Landry. He got up, but on his way back into the huddle after a few plays, he made brief eye contact with legendary Bears linebacker Dick Butkus and went down. An autopsy revealed that Hughes’ artery had been clogged. A blood clot prevented blood from going to his heart, probably from a heavy blow. I have.
“It’s like being in a time warp,” Sharon Hughes told reporter Les Carpenter in 2013. I don’t understand, what? rejection? Here I am he is 25 and he is 28. I assumed that I could do whatever I wanted and never thought of another option: death. Death came suddenly. you are unconscious you’re just floating “
She didn’t blame football for her husband’s death.
“You can’t blame football,” she told NBC, attributing the cause of death to genetics.
