Married father-of-one James Hitchcock, 32, suffered life-threatening head injuries during the incident, which the British Transport Police described as a “serious assault”, on Sunday night.
The Barton Town FC player, from Cottingham in East Yorkshire, was rushed to hospital where he died on Wednesday with his family at his side, police said.
Mckenzie Dicicco, 22, from Harsley Road, Stockton-on-Tees, has been charged with murder and affray following Mr Hitchcock’s death.
Mr Hitchcock was the first team goalkeeper for Barton Town Football Club, which said in a tribute they were left “devastated” by the news of his death.
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