Salt Lake Telegram | 1949-10-01 | Page 13 | Utah Gridder Dies after Tilt |

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Date	1949-10-01
Paper	Salt Lake Telegram
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
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Article Title	Utah Gridder Dies after Tilt
Type	article
Date	1949-10-01
Paper	Salt Lake Telegram
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
Page	13
OCR Text	Show -Utah Gridder Diei After Tilt VERNAL, Oct 1 Utah's first football death was reported re-ported when Lyle Dee Benson, regular center for the Roosevelt Roose-velt high school .eleven, died Friday as the result of Injuries suffered In a game with Uintah high school. The cause of death was believed be-lieved to be a basal skull frsc- . ture. Teammates reported Benson complained of a headache head-ache after tackling a Uintah ball carrier. He died at the hospital about an hour after the game.
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