11 Examples Of Athletes Playing Through Extreme Injuries
Ronnie Lott played in a 1985 playoff game with a crushed finger that eventually had to be amputated
Curt Schilling won Game 6 of the 2004 ALCS on a bloody ankle. Before the game, he had a crude surgery where a tendon in his ankle was sutured to his ankle tissue
Source: MLB.com
Shun Fujimoto helped Japan win the team gymnastics gold medal at the 1976 Olympics after breaking his kneecap. He competed on the rings with the injury, and ended up dislocating it when he landed
Source: The Guardian
Tiger Woods won the 2008 US Open on a broken leg and torn ACL. He had to fight through 91 holes in total after it went to a playoff
Source: ESPN
Keri Strung helped the US gymnastics team win gold in 1996 with an amazing vault right after spraining her ankle
Manchester City goalie Bert Trautmann finished the 1956 FA Cup with a broken neck
Source: Science Daily
With the help of his dad, Derek Redmond finished the 400-meters at the 1992 Olympics after tearing his hamstring
Source: ABC
Michael Jordan scored 38 points with the flu in Game 5 of the 1997 Finals
Byron Leftwich had his teammates carry him down the field after he broke his leg against Akron in 2002. His team came back from 17-points down to win
Source ESPN
Five weeks after getting in a car crash that resulted in him losing 30 inches of intestines, Southern Miss QB Brett Favre beat Alabama in 1990
Source: SI
Rams player Jack Youngblood broke his leg during the second quarter of a 1979 playoff game. He stayed in the game, played two more playoff games, and even appeared in the Pro Bowl
Source: LA Times
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