 Playing with a tonsillar infection for most of the season , Gardiner was often slumped over his crossbar during breaks in games , nearly blacking out . After leaving for a singing lesson in June 1934 , Gardiner , a baritone , collapsed . He went into a coma , from which he never woke . Gardiner died at age 29 , on Wednesday , June 13 , 1934 , from a brain hemorrhage brought on by the infection . 
