Joe Theismann acknowledges anniversary of career-ending injury
People have spent the past 24 hours panicking over Twitter’s future. But until the site goes away, we will continue to see prominent figures create commemorative tweets when the time calls for them. Case in point, former Notre Dame quarterback and College Football Hall of Famer Joe Theismann. Friday marked the anniversary of the broken leg on “Monday Night Football” that cut his career short, and he wanted to let everyone know:
37 years ago today my leg was broken against the Giants. It was a night that changed my life.
— Joe Theismann (@Theismann7) November 18, 2022
We won’t post the video of the injury because it’s just too graphic. However you can stomach the footage, it still is big to see Theismann acknowledge the moment that took away his gift. While it’s far from the first time he’s discussed it publicly, that doesn’t lessen the impact of these particular words.
It’s unfair to think about what would have happened had he played a few more years. Maybe he would have gotten that Pro Football Hall of Fame call. Regardless, he still had an amazing career. We all would have loved to experience every he did before the injury.
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