Looked like a raccoon. Bob Lilly, 37. Thats when doctors operated on his back for 11 1/2 hours to remove scar tissue and This is FRONTLINE's old website. He underwent surgery to have 30 inches of his intestines removed, and returned for the second game of the season. And it was about two days after the football game in high school my senior year. Mike Webster is doing this every play. And the helmets weren't made very good. Former Raiders internist Dr. Hall of Fame running back Tony Dorsett calls LT an old-school player. But has suicide and those kind of mental traumas, extreme points like a suicide, has that always been a feature that you've known about that's been kind of the chatter of the backroom [among] players? It's incredibly debatable, but here is my attempt to rank them in order for toughness. Nicknamed The Brute, Trafton broke the leg and ended the career of halfback Fred Chicken by throwing him into a fence. He turned Stillwell, who played only three seasons with the Bears, walks with a cane. The average weight for a lineman on the Colts championship teams in 1958 and 1959 was 240 pounds. In one game, he was knocked unconscious by a 49er defender. Jim Otto - Injuries and Surgeries | Injuries Surgeries I guess I hit someone pretty hard, and we didn't have any masks, and I got hit in the face. He recorded three sacks and forced two fumbles with a severely torn pectoral muscle. If they enjoy hitting somebody, let them hit people; let them play football. The first time in high school, I can't really remember anything other than coming out of amnesia and thinking, where have I been? He proudly stated that he played football because it was the only way he could hit someone and get away with it. Could someone please explain to me why Jim Marshall is not in the Hall of Fame? And then there's the injured tough, which is no-regard-for-your-body-and-play-with-broken-bones tough. They've asked for my brain. Jerry Kramer, Guard & Kicker, Green Bay Packers (1958-1968), Kramer endured 23 operations and required over 500 stitches in his NFL career, including a colostomy, which he described as a horror movie that hasn't been made yet., 26. They do it now, which is good. Giants lineman Al DeRogatis once accused Kilroy of biting him on the nose. WebInducted 1998. Do you associate Dalby and Webster's post-career declines and troubles with the hard-hitting nature of the game? Jim Otto The Cowboys won the game, earned home-field advantage throughout the playoffs, and captured the Super Bowl title. Former Colts linebacker Mike Curtis said those cases are few and too highly publicized. Do you feel like that's associated with football, too? Losing my leg didn't bother me one bit other than I wanted to make sure that my wife still loved the guy with one leg.