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Originally Posted by TWOTIMESRALPHI  this guys are all so messed up, that's crazy. Some time ago I read an article that said that there are tons of former athletes who can't even get out of bad before they received some medical treatment each morning (for instance Marc Girardelli, former skiing star) |
Jim Otto is another famous athlete from the prior generation who has had the same problem and worse for most of his life.
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Otto punished his body greatly during his NFL career, resulting in nearly 40 surgeries, including 28 knee operations (nine of them during his playing career alone) and multiple joint replacements. His joints are riddled with arthritis, and he has debilitating back and neck problems.
One time, Otto nearly died on the operating table. He also fought off three life-threatening bouts of infections due to his artificial joints, and during one six-month stretch, was without a proper right knee joint because he had to wait for the infection to clear up before another artificial one could be implanted. Today, Otto is handicapped, but he says he wouldn't change a thing if given the opportunity to do it over again. It's detailed, proudly, in his book, "The Pain of Glory" (ISBN 1-58261-066-5), published in 2000.
Jim Otto had his right leg amputated on August 1, 2007.[1]
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A real tragedy, but the fame and the money are in front of them and the long term affects to their body not even in their minds at the time that they are destroying their bodies.
I can't really say I fault them. Fame and money are very alluring when you are young, especially when you throw in the opposite gender adoration.
American football and hockey are the worst, especially football.
Jim Otto - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 
09-11-2007, 09:54 PM
Oden to have arthroscopic knee surgery 
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