Ill-Fatedby C2Cigars - 48 cards (Last updated on Mar 9, 2024) |
For the most part, overcoming injuries doesn't count. It depends on the type of injury and how it affects playing. Those that succumb to injuries don't count.
1. 1990 Topps Bazooka #22 Jim Abbott
OVERCAME
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2. 1991 NetPro The Legends #17 Arthur Ashe
SUCCUMB
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3. 1962-63 Topps #36 Murray Balfour
SUCCUMB
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5. 1979 Topps #258 Ricky Bell
SUCCUMB
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6. 2015-16 O-Pee-Chee #457 Bryan Bickell
SUCCUMB
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7. 2003-04 Pacific #210 Jason Blake
OVERCAME
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8. 1996 Upper Deck USA Olympicards #62 Jeff Blatnik
OVERCAME & SUCCUMB
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9. 1977 Topps #281 Rocky Bleier
OVERCAME
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10. 2007-08 Fleer Hot Prospects #16 Chris Bosh
SUCCUMB
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Comments
Don't have anyone to add, but I saw Jim Abbott play quarterback in high school, and he was pretty good at that too. | ||
http://www.tradingcarddb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/72762/cid/5508164/2013-Topps-253-Adam-Greenberg I think he counts as an "overcame". | ||
Former Sabres goaltender Clint Malarchuk came back from one of the most gruesome game injuries in sports history. A skate blade severed his carotid artery and jugular vein. Remarkably, he was back on the ice 10 days later. | ||
Here I would think be one, USMNT and Colorado Rapids goalkeeper Tim Howard overcame Tourette's and OCD. | ||
Kevin Love recently made public his fight with anxiety. Daniel Poncedeleon pitched in Spring Training with the Cardinals this year, a year after getting hit in the head by a line drive comebacker that required brain and skull surgery. Korey Stringer died after a pre-season practice from heat stroke. | ||
Ted Williams had his body frozen, so they can bring him back to life later. In the meantime, his head has fallen off. So he could potentially make this list at a later date. | ||
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@ fedoratipper, too early to call. Since he's currently on hiatus it's SUCCUMB, but let's hope it becomes OVERCAME. Keep me updated. | ||
@C2Cigars Oh ok. https://www.tradingcarddb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/4732/cid/911268/2005-Upper-Deck-238-Kevin-Everett Would he count? He suffered a spinal injury during a game that ended his career. | ||
https://www.tradingcarddb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/58026/cid/2909748/2011-Finest-49-Jay-Cutler Type 1 Diabetes, diagnosed 2008 https://www.tradingcarddb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/1930/cid/207479/2006-Topps-344-Doug-Davis Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma, diagnosed in 2008. Had surgery and radioactive iodine treatment, returned to playing that season. https://www.tradingcarddb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/58238/cid/3085935/2011-Topps-Update-US267-Sam-Fuld Type 1 Diabetes diagnosed age 10
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Coolbaugh was killed by a line drive. | ||
Korey Stringer | ||
Umpire who died during a game. Not a player, so maybe doesn't count for your list. | ||
Tom Dempsey - Saints kicker Dick Brown - Orioles catcher retired after diagonosed with brain tumor | ||
Patrick Eaves - diagnosed with Guillain-Barre Syndrome, forced to retire | ||
https://www.tcdb.com/Person.cfm/pid/298219/Damar-Hamlin - Overcame - cardiac arrest https://www.tcdb.com/Person.cfm/pid/15599/Wayne-Maki - Succumb - cancer https://www.tcdb.com/Person.cfm/pid/15475/Kris-Letang - Ovecame - 2 strokes https://www.tcdb.com/Person.cfm/pid/22683/Jiri-Fischer - Succumb - non-fatal cardiac arrest https://www.tcdb.com/Person.cfm/pid/14664/Bruce-Gamble - Succumb - non-fatal heart attack https://www.tcdb.com/Person.cfm/pid/5980/Jim-Umbricht - Succumb - cancer https://www.tcdb.com/Person.cfm/pid/3072/Joe-Kennedy - Succumb - heart failure https://www.tcdb.com/Person.cfm/pid/5849/Danny-Thompson - Succumb - luekemia https://www.tcdb.com/Person.cfm/pid/9147/J.V.-Cain - Succumb - heart failure
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Josh Harding was diagnosed with MS, but bounced back to win the Bill Masterson Trophy in the 2012-13 season and to record a .933 SV% in the 2013-14 season. However, that would be his last NHL season. Trey Mancini overcame stage 3 colon cancer https://www.tcdb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/241380/cid/16635538/2021-Topps-573-Trey-Mancini
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Eric Davis - overcame colon cancer Cedric Mullins - overcame Crohn’s disease / intestine resection Pete Gray - overcame loss of right arm in childhood accident Sterling Sharpe - succumbed neck injury/spinal abnormality Eddie Waitkus - overcame gunshot to chest J. R. Richard - overcame/succumbed to stroke (returned to minor league baseball but never made it back to MLB) Mark Andrews (football) - overcame type 1 diabetes | ||
https://www.tcdb.com/Person.cfm/pid/32127/Cody-Hodgson - Overcame - malignant hyperthermia |