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30 Year Anniversary of Jack Tatum's Hit on Darryl Stingley

By Sportz AssassinAug 12th 2008 – 12:17PM

In a preseason game on August 12th, 1978, Oakland's Jack Tatum met Patriots receiver Darryl Stingley with a forearm to the head that left Stingley paralyzed.Stingley broke his fourth and fifth vertebrae and would live the rest of his life as a quadriplegic. At the time of the hit, he was set to be the NFL's highest paid...

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Darryl Floyd Stingley (September 18, 1951April 5, 2007) was an American professional football wide receiver whose career was cut short by an injury.

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