Australian rules football injuries

aeroparrot · Post by **aeroparrot** » October 17, 2005 6:14 pm

Brett Backwell, Australian rules football player for Gleneig, a suburb of Adelaide, whose broken finger has hampered his playing for three years, decided in September to forgo bone fusion in favor of just having half the finger amputated. "(I)f that's going to help me to succeed at this level (of pro football), then it's something you've just got to do." (In 1985, San Francisco 49ers all-pro defensive back Ronnie Lott chose to have the tip of one finger amputated because surgery, and the rehabilitation necessary to repair the finger, would have caused him to miss one game.) [The Age (Melbourne), 9-13-05] [We Were Champions, by Phil Barber (2002)]

land_shark3 · Post by **land_shark3** » October 17, 2005 7:01 pm

Yup, old news. Everyone knows that aerial ping pong players are a little whacko!

creeky · Post by **creeky** » October 18, 2005 3:19 am

@ J

and ... it is Glenelg ..... and if he plays for Glenelg - who cares - they are a minor league team ..... dont know why he would be that worried about a finger!

mings · Post by **mings** » October 18, 2005 9:12 am

creeky wrote: @ J

and ... it is Glenelg ..... and if he plays for Glenelg - who cares - they are a minor league team ..... dont know why he would be that worried about a finger!

Yeah. I mean, he has another nine fingers right? I'd start worrying if he got down to five. Then that would pose a problem.

diamonddan · Post by **diamonddan** » October 18, 2005 10:54 am

GO CROWS!