A Fort Campbell football player that collapsed at practice Tuesday has died at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital in Nashville.
According to the Clarksville Leaf Chronicle newspaper, 16-year-old Timothy Williams became disoriented following practice Tuesday and was hospitalized. He died Wednesday evening according to the newspaper.
“The entire Fort Campbell family is devastated by the loss of an incredible young man,” Fort Campbell High School principal David Witte told the Leaf Chronicle. "He was an excellent role model for our school, football program and the community as a whole. He will be greatly missed, and our thoughts and prayers are with his family at this difficult time.”
Williams, who would have been a junior lineman on Fort Campbell's team, was listed at six-feet tall and 283 pounds as a junior on last year's roster.
The newspaper said a press release from the hospital did not mention the cause of death.
Tim's father Sgt. Bill Williams was a member of the Combined Joint Task Force stationed in Afghanistan for most of last season and got to see him play a couple of games while on leave here. I got to meet Sgt. Williams before last year's Trigg County/Fort Campbell game and can tell you there were very few, if any fathers, more proud of their son and his accomplishments than Sgt. Williams.
Having returned home from Afghanistan recently, Sgt. Williams told me he was looking forward to getting to see Tim play for most of the season.
Ironically, Tim's death comes just weeks after the Kentucky High School Athletic Association mandated that coaches statewide take a course on heat safety and preparation.
Prayers to the Williams family and the Fort Campbell football family.
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