Re: Bizarre injuries you\'ve suffered
Playing football in highschool I had my thumb smashed between two helmets while making a tackle. It was late in the game and it was a huge stop on a third down. The crowd went nuts when we made the tackle so I jumped up immediately to celebrate. We got lined up for the next play and just before the snap on 4th down before I even felt the pain. I was wearing gloves and all around my thumb was soaked in blood. I made the play on 4th down stopping the TE about 2 yards short of the first down. I ran off the field and had to have the trainers cut the glove off to look at it. My thumb had broken in two spots and you could see the bone sticking through my skin.
Of course on the next play our offense turned the ball over and we had to go back out on defense. Well naturally the trainers weren't about to let me back into the game. They usually accomplish this by taking your helmet and hiding it somewhere.
So like a big dumb idiot I "borrowed" somebody elses helmet and went back onto the field with some tape on my thumb. The very next play I was in on a tackle and somebody landed on my thumb and broke it even worse than it already was. Now blood was everywhere and I had to be removed from the game. Haha. That hurt like a sombitch. I had to have a huge cast put on just to set my thumb back in place. Haha.
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