Arena League player dies from spinal cord injury

Tadpole · Post by **Tadpole** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 7:42 pm

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050410/ap_on_sp_fo_ne/fba_player_death

I have never, ever heard of this happen. How rare is this feat? Can anyone remember any other professional or college athlete dying from a freak injury like this?

Anyways, RIP. He was young...26! :cry:

Post by **Mop** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 7:49 pm

It was a frak accident, tho fragile the spinal cord can take a lot of dmg before it will out and out kill you = (

Sad = /

Malluas · Post by **Malluas** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 10:58 pm

closest i got was breaking my C7

that sucks tho .. too young

Tuggan · Post by **Tuggan** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 11:36 am

been a few college hockey players over the years that have taken serious spinal injuries by going into the boards wrong, a couple have died.

Emongmai · Post by **Emongmai** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 3:28 pm

It wasn't a crazy helmet to helmet hit or anything either. The replay doesn't even look that brutal. He caught a knee to the side of the head. The angle must have been just right to cause such an injury.

Gaazy · Post by **Gaazy** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 4:45 pm

Theres been a few pro athletes, and there was a story on espn about some guy named chucky who played for Ole Miss i think it was and he did from a tackle

I just seem to remember it happening to a pro, been years tho, just seen highlights