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Minooka Meatball

Post subject: Dwight Clark

Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2018 6:23 pm

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Apparently he “caught” ALS, too.

Damn. Just 61.

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badrogue17

Post subject: Re: Dwight Clark

Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2018 6:25 pm

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Minooka Meatball wrote:

Apparently he “caught” ALS, too.

Damn. Just 61.

Man I thought I read he was diagnosed only about 6 months ago. Fucking hell.

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'77Cubs

Post subject: Re: Dwight Clark

Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2018 7:31 pm

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RIP.

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Walt Williams Neck

Post subject: Re: Dwight Clark

Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2018 7:58 pm

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HawaiiYou

Post subject: Re: Dwight Clark

Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2018 8:07 pm

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WOW. shit that was fast. scary. RIP.

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DAC

Post subject: Re: Dwight Clark

Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2018 8:11 pm

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Damn! Too young. RIP.

The Catch was one of the first historic plays I remember seeing.

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leashyourkids

Post subject: Re: Dwight Clark

Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2018 8:23 pm

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ALS is some bad shit. Guy at my company got it and was essentially done a few months later.

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Mr. Reason

Post subject: Re: Dwight Clark

Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2018 8:40 pm

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This sucks. I hated the 49ers but it sucks a seemingly good guy goes so quickly after the first signs of the disease.

I read an article a few years back about the many severe concussions Gehrig possibly suffered in baseball and played through them. He also played football for Columbia. The neorological system is obviously complicated and the science isn’t settled on the effects of brain injuries on long term health. Gehrig died at 37 and Clark made it to 61. Each one, however, passed on very quickly after being diagnosed. The human body is a strange thing.

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leashyourkids

Post subject: Re: Dwight Clark

Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2018 8:43 pm

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Damn, I didn't realize Gehrig died that young.

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Mr. Reason

Post subject: Re: Dwight Clark

Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2018 8:50 pm

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leashyourkids wrote:

Damn, I didn't realize Gehrig died that young.

Yeah, and had almost the same timeline as Clark after being diagnosed.

Very strange.

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'77Cubs

Post subject: Re: Dwight Clark

Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2018 11:07 pm

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Mr. Reason wrote:

leashyourkids wrote:

Damn, I didn't realize Gehrig died that young.

Yeah, and had almost the same timeline as Clark after being diagnosed.

Very strange.

Makes the longevity of Stephen Hawking's life that much more incredible.

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Frank Coztansa

Post subject: Re: Dwight Clark

Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 7:40 am

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leashyourkids wrote:

ALS is some bad shit. Guy at my company got it and was essentially done a few months later.

Yup. A surgeon my wife worked with got diagnosed about nine or ten months ago, and passed just last week.

61 is way too young to leave this life. Godspeed to him and his family.

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T-Bone

Post subject: Re: Dwight Clark

Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 9:44 am

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Horrible to see this happen. I suspect we will see more and more of these type of cases as a lot of the guys we watched play sports age out.
61 is way too young obviously.

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