Published December 31, 2023
February 3, 2026

Luton’s Tom Lockyer thanks ‘heroes’ who saved his life after cardiac arrest

Written By Prabakar Mahalingam

On 16 December 2023, soccer captain Tom Lockyer suffered a cardiac arrest[mfn]theguardian.com[/mfn] and collapsed during a match at Vitality Stadium in Bournemouth. He received CPR, was fitted with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator in the hospital, and was discharged after five days. Lockyer credits the “heroic actions of the players, staff, doctors, and paramedics” with saving his life and urges people to learn cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

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