‘It’s just hard to believe’ father’s shock as Tayside footballer dies in US at age of 22
ByAndrew Argo
It's believed Peter McAvoy died after suffering a massive heart attack at Herkimer College in New York State.
A prominent Tayside junior footballer has collapsed and died in the United States at the age of 22.
Peter McAvoy, America’s reigning Junior College Player of the Year, played for Herkimer Generals in Herkimer, New York State, after moving across the Atlantic in 2012.
The former Arbroath SC and Tayport defender collapsed in his campus apartment on Saturday evening and was taken to hospital, but was pronounced dead.
Peter, who attended Craigiebarns Primary and Craigie High in Dundee, is believed to have suffered a heart attack.
His father, also Peter, head of education at Perth and Kinross Council, said: “Peter went with some friends to watch the softball team play and went back to his apartment afterwards.
“He was sitting on the settee and just keeled over. His flatmate called for the campus security and they tried to resuscitate him.
“The medics believe he had a massive heart attack. It’s just hard to believe, he was a fit young man.”
‘It’s just hard to believe’ father’s shock as Tayside footballer dies in US at age of 22
