Ill-Fatedby C2Cigars - 53 cards (Last updated on Jun 9, 2024) |
For the most part, overcoming injuries doesn't count. It depends on the type of injury and how it affects playing. Those that succumb to injuries don't count.
1. 1990 Topps Bazooka #22 Jim Abbott
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2. 2017 Topps WWE Then Now Forever - Bronze #133 Roman Reigns
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3. 1991 NetPro The Legends #17 Arthur Ashe
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4. 1962-63 Topps #36 Murray Balfour
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6. 1979 Topps #258 Ricky Bell
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7. 2015-16 O-Pee-Chee #457 Bryan Bickell
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8. 2003-04 Pacific #210 Jason Blake
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9. 1996 Upper Deck USA Olympicards #62 Jeff Blatnik
OVERCAME & SUCCUMB
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10. 1977 Topps #281 Rocky Bleier
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Comments
Don't have anyone to add, but I saw Jim Abbott play quarterback in high school, and he was pretty good at that too. | ||
Ted Williams had his body frozen, so they can bring him back to life later. In the meantime, his head has fallen off. So he could potentially make this list at a later date. | ||
Umpire who died during a game. Not a player, so maybe doesn't count for your list. | ||
https://www.tcdb.com/Person.cfm/pid/298219/Damar-Hamlin - Overcame - cardiac arrest https://www.tcdb.com/Person.cfm/pid/15599/Wayne-Maki - Succumb - cancer https://www.tcdb.com/Person.cfm/pid/15475/Kris-Letang - Ovecame - 2 strokes https://www.tcdb.com/Person.cfm/pid/22683/Jiri-Fischer - Succumb - non-fatal cardiac arrest https://www.tcdb.com/Person.cfm/pid/14664/Bruce-Gamble - Succumb - non-fatal heart attack https://www.tcdb.com/Person.cfm/pid/5980/Jim-Umbricht - Succumb - cancer https://www.tcdb.com/Person.cfm/pid/3072/Joe-Kennedy - Succumb - heart failure https://www.tcdb.com/Person.cfm/pid/5849/Danny-Thompson - Succumb - luekemia https://www.tcdb.com/Person.cfm/pid/9147/J.V.-Cain - Succumb - heart failure
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Josh Harding was diagnosed with MS, but bounced back to win the Bill Masterson Trophy in the 2012-13 season and to record a .933 SV% in the 2013-14 season. However, that would be his last NHL season. Trey Mancini overcame stage 3 colon cancer https://www.tcdb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/241380/cid/16635538/2021-Topps-573-Trey-Mancini
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Eric Davis - overcame colon cancer Cedric Mullins - overcame Crohn’s disease / intestine resection Pete Gray - overcame loss of right arm in childhood accident Sterling Sharpe - succumbed neck injury/spinal abnormality Eddie Waitkus - overcame gunshot to chest J. R. Richard - overcame/succumbed to stroke (returned to minor league baseball but never made it back to MLB) Mark Andrews (football) - overcame type 1 diabetes | ||
https://www.tcdb.com/Person.cfm/pid/32127/Cody-Hodgson - Overcame - malignant hyperthermia | ||
Chad Bettis survives from testicular cancer | ||
2007-08 In The Game Heroes and Prospects #12 Alexei Cherepanov | Trading Card Database (tcdb.com) Succumbed to a hypertrophic heart. | ||
Trey Mancini - overcame colon cancer Liam Hendricks - overcame non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
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