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Article: Soccer death raises questions about safety of heading the ball.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
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- September 27, 1996
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The game looks fairly tame.
No crashing helmets. No bulky bodies piled up in a heap. Just a bunch of kids running and kicking the ball up and down the field.
Soccer certainly seems like a safe sport. But the death several weeks ago of a 13-year-old Philadelphia area who suffered a brain injury after ``heading'' a soccer ball begs the question: Well, is it?
``Soccer remains one of the safest sports for children,'' said Dr. Robert Contiguglia, who serves on the sports medicine committee of the U.S. Soccer Federation. ``The type of injuries that occur in soccer are usually minor, and when there is serious injury it's extremely rare.''
The coroner's ...