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S.D. HIGH SCHOOL PLAYER DIES AFTER FOTBALL INJURY.


Byline: Daily News

Just one day after Reseda High football player Eric Hoggatt was buried, another prep player has died.

Coronado High School Coronado High School is the name of several high schools in the United States of America, including:
  • Coronado High School (Henderson), Henderson, Nevada
  • Coronado High School (Colorado Springs), Colorado Springs, Colorado, named for Francisco Vásquez de Coronado
 quarterback Adrian Taufaasau died at a hospital Sunday a Sunday set apart for simultaneous contribution in churches to hospitals; as, the London Hospital Sunday.

See also: Hospital
, two days after being knocked unconscious during a football game against Costa Mesa Costa Mesa (kŏs`tə mā`sə), city (1990 pop. 96,357), Orange co., S Calif., on the Pacific south of Santa Ana; inc. 1953. It is a transportation, residential, and light industrial center.  in Orange County.

Taufaasau, 17, apparently suffered head trauma, according to according to
prep.
1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians.

2. In keeping with: according to instructions.

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 a preliminary finding by the Orange County coroner's office. An autopsy was planned this week.

Coronado coach Bud Mayfield said the 5-foot-11, 192-pound senior had a history of seizures, according to the Daily Pilot newspaper in Costa Mesa.

Taufaasau was tackled by three or four defenders after he went back to pass. When the players unpiled, Taufaasau lay motionless.

``It was an ordinary football play, like a thousand others played every weekend,'' said Rene Townsend, Coronado High superintendent.

Students at Coronado, on a San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay.  County island of about 30,000 people, gathered Monday on their football field to grieve, even though there were no classes on professional-development day.

Two weeks ago, Reseda's Hoggatt was found dead in his bed, hours after playing in a game against Chatsworth. The cause of death hasn't been determined.
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Title Annotation:Sports
Publication:Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Article Type:Obituary
Date:Sep 24, 1996
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