List of accidents involving sports teams

This is a list of accidents where all or part of a major sports team had been killed or seriously injured.

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Accidents involving other modes of transport

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31 October 1903Purdue UniversityAmerican footballTrainIndiana, United States1714 members of team killed
22 January 1927Baylor UniversityBasketballBusTexas, United States1010 members of team killed
3 October 1936L'Aquila CalcioAssociation footballTrainLazio, Italy15Coach dead and all players forced to quit professional football due to injuries in a train crash in Contigliano, on the Terni–Sulmona railway. Team was relegated never managed to recover the second-tier Serie B league. 15 or more were killed.[17]
5 July 1951Þór AkureyriAssociation football & AthleticsBusÓshlíð, Iceland22 members of club killed, one was part of the football team the other was part of the Athletic team[18]
3 January 1973Vestal High SchoolSwimmingBusNew York, United States33 members of the boy's swimming team killed, 15 others injured when the bus skidded on ice and overturned on the Southern Tier Expressway[19]
24 November 1974Sherbrooke CastorsIce hockeyBusQuebec, Canada11 member of team killed, 29 injured
21 January 1984Whitefish High SchoolWrestlingBusMontana, United States99 members of the boy's wrestling team killed, 18 others injured when the bus skidded on ice and collided with a gas tanker truck that was jackknifed in the middle of the road US Highway 2[20]
30 December 1986Swift Current BroncosIce hockeyBusSaskatchewan, Canada44 members of team killed[21]
10 May 1987Querétaro F.C.Association footballBusSan Luis Potosí, Mexico33 members of team killed[22]
20 January 1989SamsunsporAssociation footballBusSamsun, Turkey53 players and coach Nuri Asan killed[23]
24 January 1992University of Notre DameSwimmingBusIndiana, United States22 members of the women's swim team killed[24]
21 May 1992California AngelsBaseballBusNew Jersey, United States0manager Buck Rodgers, three coaches, four players and four others injured when bus ran off the New Jersey Turnpike[25]
29 January 2005Windsor Wildcats U-21 Female HockeyIce hockeyBusNew York, United States4Team coach, 2 passengers, and truck driver killed, 19 others injured when the team bus veered off the road and hit an illegally parked semi-trailer truck.[26][27][28]
2 March 2007Bluffton UniversityBaseballBusGeorgia, United States75 members of team killed, 2 bus drivers
12 January 2008Bathurst High SchoolBasketballVanNew Brunswick, Canada87 members of team killed, 1 teacher
15 January 2009Brasil de PelotasAssociation footballBusCanguçu, Brazil32 players and one member of staff killed[29]
16 March 2013Seton Hill UniversityLacrosseBusPennsylvania, United States21 coach and 1 bus driver killed[30]
28 February 2014Carleton Ultimate TeamUltimateCarMinnesota, United States33 members of team killed, 2 seriously injured[31]
26 September 2014North Central Texas CollegeSoftballBusOklahoma, United States44 members of team killed
6 April 2018Humboldt BroncosIce hockeyBusSaskatchewan, Canada1610 players, 2 coaches, statistician, radio announcer, athletic trainer, and bus driver killed; 13 injured[32]
15 January 2020College of the Holy CrossRowingVanVero Beach, Florida, United States11 member of the women’s rowing team killed, 7 others injured including 1 coach when the van made a left turn into the path of a truck.[33]

See also

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