Has anyone who has played football ever had a heart murmur or any heart problem?

Question

I'm 14 playing freshmen football.. but the thing is I got a heart murmur, if the coach knows this will he let me start if I got talent and hard hitting skills and most of all a heart? Anyone ever gone throught this?

Answer 1

My teammate in high school had a heart murmur and was fine the whole season. I wouldn't tell the coach yet, but definitely talk to your doctor about potential risk.

Answer 2

I have a heart murmur and it doesn't really bother me @ all but during a time out or end of a quarter I can feel the irregularity of my heart beat but nothing serious....

Answer 3

It depends on your doctors evaluation of your heart condition. If he says it's serious, you might want to consider not playing. Football is an all-out, give-it-all-you've-got proposition on every play, and it's tough on a body even with a healthy heart. If it's not serious, you've got to monitor it carefully and know when to back off if necessary. You've got to use common sense and don't take any unnescessary chances. Your well-being is more important than any game. I wish you the best. Take care of yourself!

Answer 4

Football is all about taking risks, and if you love the game that much, I say go for it, but you should know:

1.) scroll down the page about a third of the way in the first link for the story of college football player Sam Maresh, and

2.) football players have a greater risk of heart problems than anyone else - second link

In any case, I would not keep the coach in the dark about your heart murmur; if you do indeed have the talent, I do not think that it will jeopardize a possible starting position, but just imagine how he would feel if, God forbid, something were to happen to you that he knew that he could have prevented had he known about your condition.

Answer 5

I'm sorry but I do not think you'll get to play until you're cleared at the end of this month.

I don't believe that if you didn't passed your physical that the Coach could let you play.

Answer 6

Yeah i used to have one. it just a feeling of tiredness. Just talk to your coach, He will understand. But first talk to your friends, there you might get some with the same problem you have.