The Guy Who Played College Football After Losing A Leg

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🗓️ 21 October 2020

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Twenty years ago, Neil Parry and the San Jose State football team were in the midst of the program's most successful season in years. But then, Parry's football career and his life were upended by a gruesome injury in a game against conference rival University of Texas El Paso, which resulted in him losing the lower portion of his right leg. The Athletic's Jimmy Durkin tells the story of Parry's unthinkable quest to play football again, and how his story is inspiring young football players today.

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0:30.8	Last week, Alex Smith completed one of the more remarkable comebacks in football history.
0:37.3	And here we go.
0:39.3	Wow.
0:40.5	Folks, Alex Smith for the first time since November 18th, the 2018 when he had that nasty compound
0:47.4	fracture, his right leg is back out here to play quarterback in the national football league.
0:54.4	Today, the Athletics Jimmy Durkin has the story of another football player,
0:58.4	who attempted perhaps an even more dramatic comeback.
1:01.6	When 20 years ago, he tried to return to college football after losing his lower leg.
1:07.2	Throughout the process, there was always this idea that I don't care what happens.
1:11.0	I'm never going to give up.
1:12.4	I am going to find a way to make this happen.
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