Originally posted by: Bossk
Nobody knows what happened to Thomas Herrion. Even his coach said that he was in "good spirits" just before the collapse. Really sad. I hate seeing this happen.

It has happened before in football (soccer) games in a similar way, so I'm pretty much sure it was heart failure. Sadly, it can happen at anytime with people that have a heart disorder and son't know it - you could be walking on the street and then BANG, you're history.

Sometimes athletes know about their heart conditions but hide it from everyone so they don't stop being a professional player. It has happened with a soccer player in Brazil who died early this year. He was running on the field, and then he bent down, with his hands on his knees, and then he just collapsed on the ground, dead. With this european player it was even more weird, about 2 years ago, he was simply walking on the field, smiling, and suddenly he just falls to the ground. Bit shocking to watch.