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Nov 18, 2015 · Million-dollar advice: Following the suggestion of Washington owner Jack Kent Cooke, Theismann had taken out an insurance policy that would reimburse him if he suffered a career-ending injury....
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- Theismann called The Injury A Blessing, Not A Tragedy
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Joe Theismann was drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the fourth round of the 1971 NFL draft. He played his college football at Notre Dame but was also an outstanding baseball prospect. Theismann was also drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1971 MLB draft in the 39th round. After failing to sign a deal with Miami, Theismann took his talents to the C...
The Washington Redskins were playing the New York Giantson Monday Night Football when Redskins quarterback Joe Theismann’s career came to an abrupt end. The score was tied 7-7 in the second quarter when Theismann handed the ball to running back John Riggins, who then lateraled the ball back to Theismann on a ‘flea-flicker’ play. All-Pro linebacker ...
After the devastating injury, Joe Theismann has planned on making a return to the Washington Redskins. It never happened. He remembers working out at the complex trying to impress those in attendance. He wanted to show he could come back. A little while into his workout, he looked up and everyone was gone. “So, I came walking back in and I said, ‘I...
Joe Theismann broke his leg in 1985 when Lawrence Taylor sacked him on Monday Night Football. The injury ended his NFL career, but also made him a better person, according to him.
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Sep 29, 2015 · How the Redskins quarterback's gruesome injury in 1985 became a cultural touchstone. Read the eyewitness accounts of the players, coaches, and broadcasters who saw it live.
Aug 6, 2022 · Learn about Joe Theismann, the former Washington Redskins quarterback who won the 1983 MVP and led his team to a Super Bowl title. Find out how he suffered a gruesome leg injury in 1985 and what he did after football.
A very similar injury occurred exactly 33 years later to another Redskins quarterback, Alex Smith, on November 18, 2018, in a game against the Houston Texans when cornerback Kareem Jackson and defensive end J. J. Watt sacked Smith, a game that Theismann himself was attending.
Nov 18, 2016 · Thirty-one years after Joe Theismann suffered a career-ending leg injury, Lawrence Taylor, the man who delivered the blow, recalls the hit -- and the aftermath.
Nov 18, 2015 · While the injury has become an iconic moment in sports and television history, some of the circumstances of the play and its aftermath have faded from memory after three decades. With that in mind, here are 10 things you might not know -- or might not remember -- about the play that ended Theismann's playing career 30 years ago. 1.
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