Illinois high school football player collapses and dies during practice

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by Jeff Fisher

Granite City Warriors footballOur hearts and prayers go out to the family of Granite City High School freshman football player Tony Malik Graham, who collapsed and died while warming-up for a voluntary workout Wednesday night.

KSDK.com reports that no cause of death has been determined, but the coroner has found evidence of cardiac disease.  Graham would have turned 14 years old on Sunday.

 

 

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Jeff Fisher
Jeff is an award-winning journalist and expert in the field of high school sports, underscored with his appearance on CNBC in 2010 to talk about the big business of high school football in America.Jeff turned to his passion for high school football into an entrepreneurial venture called High School Football America, a digital media company focused on producing original high school sports content for radio, television and the internet.Jeff is co-founder and editor-in-chief of High School Football America, a partner with NFL Play Football.