Autopsy ruling on 13 year old football player’s death

13 year old Anthony Troupe Jr., a St. Louis area football player who collaspsed and died on the practice field suffered from high blood pressure.  That was the ruling of the St. Louis County Medical Examiner’s office.

Troupe died of hyperextensive cardiovascular disease.  He fell unconscious after running a lap during practice at Berkeley Middle School back on August 18th.  Troupe was 6’2 and weighed 380 pounds.  The family said his father also died of high blood pressure and clogged arteries in 2007.