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Daily Mirror
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Alice Peacock

School football players hospitalised after coach forces them to do 400 push-ups

Several school football players have been hospitalised after their coach forced them to perform up to 400 push-ups in an hour as a punishment.

According to a letter the school sent to parents, the coach, Rockwall-Heath High School's John Harrell, was now on leave while an investigation was conducted by a third party.

The incident happened on Friday January 6 during an athletic class at the elite public school just outside Dallas, Texas.

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