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Definitely not for the faint of heart: Washington Redskins' quarterback Joe Theismann's famous career-ending leg injury. It occurred during a Monday Night Football telecast on November 18, 1985 when a trick play went awry and two New York Giants (Harry Carson and Lawrence Taylor) tackled him in the backfield. Described medically as a "comminuted compound fracture," the play was voted by ESPN viewers as the most memorable injury of all time. (By the way, "comminuted" means "pulverized"--which is a fairly accurate description of the horrible injury.) Theismann, age 36, never played another down in the NFL. His right leg never healed quite properly; it's slightly shorter than his left leg. Frank Gifford, O.J. Simpson and Fran Tarkenton were in the ABC broadcast booth that night.
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Added: 13th September 2015
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Posted By: Lava1964 |
 
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The only positive part of this clip is the humanity shown by the Giants players to one of their great rivals. Lawrence Taylor was obviously unnerved by what had happened.
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Posted by: Cliffy on 2015-09-13
Oh yeah I remember cringing watching this when it happened!
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I thought of this incident after seeing Notre Dame's quarterback suffer a similar ankle injury yesterday. His season is over.
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Ouch!
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