{"id":52628,"date":"2023-01-20T00:54:06","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T00:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/20\/soccer-star-anton-walkes-dead-at-25-in-miami-boating-accident\/"},"modified":"2023-01-20T00:54:06","modified_gmt":"2023-01-20T00:54:06","slug":"soccer-star-anton-walkes-dead-at-25-in-miami-boating-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/20\/soccer-star-anton-walkes-dead-at-25-in-miami-boating-accident\/","title":{"rendered":"Soccer Star Anton Walkes Dead At 25 In Miami Boating Accident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p><strong>Charlotte FC<\/strong> star <strong>Anton Walkes<\/strong> has tragically handed away throughout a boating accident.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <em>Miami Herald<\/em>, the person who is known to be a father received into an accident in South Florida on Wednesday when two smaller boats collided with each other. <strong>Miami Fire Rescue<\/strong> confirmed up on the scene round 3 p.m. and gave him CPR. Later, as soon as taken to the native hospital, Anton sadly succumbed to his accidents. He was solely 25.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/perezhilton.com\/high-school-secretary-forced-to-resign-texting-co-worker-n-word-mlk-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Related: \u00a0School<span class=\"breadcrumb_last\" aria-current=\"page\">\u00a0Secretary Forced To Resign After Texting Co-Worker N-Word For MLK Day<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>CFC sporting director <strong>Zoran Krneta<\/strong> confirmed the information, writing:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe are heartbroken from the loss of Anton Walkes, a truly incredible father, loving person, and outstanding human being. Anton embodied what it means to be a part of Charlotte Football Club and our entire community is grieving over this tragedy. The impact he made in the locker room and throughout Charlotte will never be forgotten. We are thinking of his lovely family during this time and will support them fully in every way imaginable.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The membership\u2019s proprietor, <strong>David Tepper<\/strong>, added:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cEveryone at Tepper Sports &amp; Entertainment is devastated by the tragic passing of Anton Walkes. He was a tremendous son, father, partner and teammate whose joyous approach to life touched everyone he met. Anton made those around him better people in all areas of life and represented Charlotte FC to the highest standard both on and off the pitch. He will be greatly missed by many and our thoughts and prayers are with Anton\u2019s family during this heartbreaking time. The Club offers its full support to all those impacted during this period of mourning.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Just heartbreaking\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Anton started his profession with <strong>Spurs<\/strong> again in 2013 after being born in Lewisham, United Kingdom. He performed for the 2016-2017 season after which went on to play for <strong>Portsmouth<\/strong> for 2 years. He moved to <strong>Atlanta United<\/strong> in 2020 earlier than lastly being signed to Charlotte FC in 2022. His former golf equipment have paid tribute to their previous teammate together with his formal rival crew <strong>Arsenal<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Our hearts exit to Anton\u2019s household and family members. May he relaxation in peace.<\/p>\n<p class=\"image_cite\"><em>[Image via <a href=\"http:\/\/ips.wenn.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MEGA\/WENN<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Ci8AQZJpArb\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">\/Anton Walkes\/<\/a>Instagram]<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Charlotte FC star Anton Walkes has tragically handed away throughout a boating accident. According to the Miami Herald, the person who is known to be a father received into an accident in South Florida on Wednesday when two smaller boats collided with each other. Miami Fire Rescue confirmed up on the scene round 3 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":52630,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-52628","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52628\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}