Word: youngblood
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Much has been said this week about Jack Youngblood's willingness to play on a broken ankle in the Super Bowl and Jack Tatum's willingness to injure wide receivers. Yet, until Tatum's book came out of the closet, violence in pro hockey occupied a pre-eminent place in sports fans' minds while violence in pro football seemed beyond reproach--or at least, "part of the game...
With just five games left, the Rams had won five and lost six and appeared on their way to missing the playoffs for the first time in seven years. But some of the walking wounded returned or, as was the case with Linebacker Jack Youngblood, who appeared in two playoff games with a broken left fibula, simply kept on walking. (Youngblood: "I've gotten over the worst of it, which is the idea of playing with a broken leg.") The Rams beat their hated rivals, the Dallas Cowboys, 21-19, in one playoff game, then outdueled -some would...