“We have two players with only one kidney, two who can only see out of one eye, two who have upper heart valve replacements, three who have stents, one with a knee replacement, several who wear knee braces and one who used to have a pacemaker but now has had two liver replacements and a heart transplant,” said John Cannon, 74, a public insurance adjuster and musician. “I’m not counting the hamstrings, Achilles tendons and the numerous injuries common to the game.”

Source: Los Angeles Times May 03, 2019 22:37 UTC