By Spencer Hall
Venerable British football club Motherwell suffered a cruel and random stroke of fate when Phil O’Donnell, their 35 year-old midfielder, collapsed on the pitch on December 29th during a match with Dundee United and was pronounced dead shortly afterwards at a local hospital. This BBC report captures some of the shock soccer fans across Britain felt on hearing the news.
Motherwell’s Tragedy: R.I.P. Phil O’Donnell
O’Donnell, a father of four, is the second footballer this year to collapse onfield. 22 year-old Sevilla midfielder Antonio Puerta collapsed during a match this summer and died days later due to an undiagnosed weakness in his right ventricle.↵
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