Football Kills 11 Players in 1920 Season

By the Associated Press, Chicago, Nov. 27—Football exacted a toll of 11 victims during the 1920 season, which closed with Thanksgiving games, according to reports gathered by the Associated Press. The number of deaths was five greater than in 1919 and one above the list last year. The majority of the youths killed this season were high school payers who may have entered the game without sufficient physical training for so rough a sport. Only two of the dead were members of college teams, two of college class teams. One boy of 12 was killed on a sand lot and the remaining six were high school teams. Defenders of the sport pointed to the fact that not a fatality occurred on the big universities of the country, where the game is under complete instructors. (From the front page of the Hickory Daily Record, Nov. 27, 1920)