Professional sports people and athletes take a lot of care to ensure that they do not get injured during training or performing. But sometimes, despite all the precautions, injuries become inevitable. Here is a list of 7 famous sporting accidents in the world.
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Tom Brady, the New England Patriots quarterback tore his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) when he was struck in the knee by Kansas City Chiefs defender Bernard Pollard in the first game of the 2008 NFL season. He was out for the entire season due to this injury.
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Tiger Woods also suffered a torn ACL, although not during playing golf. He ruptured his ACL while jogging in 2007, but he didn’t suffer any grievous pain until the beginning of the U.S. Open in 2008. He then could not complete the tournament.
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Lance Armstrong was involved in one of the most famous sporting accidents that took place in 2009. On March 23rd, he, along with several other riders fell during the Vuelta of Castilla and Leon stage race in Spain. In his fall, he broke his collarbone. The collarbone is actually quite strong and requires a very strong force to make it break.
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The last game of the NFL season in 2005 was being played between Denver Broncos and San Diego Chargers. Denver tackle Gerard Warren hit Brees while he was on the ground and the force of the hit must have been very strong because Brees injured his shoulder pretty badly.
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Presumably, one of the most famous sporting accidents in the world, the Washington Redskins quarterback, Joe Theismann got a compound fracture in his right knee thanks to this injury. He broke both his tibula and fibula in the injury and this caused an early demise to his promising football career.
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This is perhaps one of the scariest sporting accidents ever. Ice hockey goalie Clint Malarchuk actually had his jugular or carotid vein sliced by a skate. He bled profusely and believed he was going to die. However, the team’s trainer reached into his neck and pinched his vein until the suturing began. He received 330 stitches to close his wound. To everybody’s amazement, Malarchuk was back at the goal post defending for his team a week after the injury.
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Villinova basketball player Alan Ray had his eye poked out during a game. His eye actually came loose from the socket, but thankfully, there was no permanent damage. He lost his vision in his eye for a short while, but it returned eventually.
As you can see, most of these 7 famous sporting accidents were unintentional and occurred despite the best protection possible. Unlike Evander Holyfield’s case where his ear was intentionally bitten off by Mike Tyson, no one could be blamed for the injuries suffered by these sportsmen. However, when you play a sport, try and be as cautious as possible to avoid accidents like these.
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