Nathan Stiles of Spring Hill High School died Thursday night after a football game. Jim Sullinger and Brad Cooper of the Kansas City Star reported on this tragic incident yesterday. According to his father Nathan had a concussion during his homecoming game but did not note any significant hits during the game.
This could be the first direct football death nationwide this year, said Fred Mueller, director of the National Center for Catastrophic Injury Research at the University or North Carolina Chapel Hill.