- Colt Brennan
Colton James Brennan (born August 16, 1983; Laguna Beach, California) is an American football quarterback at the University of Hawaii. He holds the NCAA Division I-A record for most touchdown passes in a single season with 58, as well as 18 other NCAA Division I-A records. - Shawn Michaels
Michael Shawn Hickenbottom, (born July 22 1965), is an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Shawn Michaels. He performs on the RAW brand of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), though he is currently out of action because of a legitimate knee surgery. His absence is being portrayed on television as being a result of a serious concussion. - Ryan Hollweg
Ryan Hollweg (born April 23, 1983 in Downey, California) is a professional ice hockey forward for the New York Rangers of the NHL. His brother, Bryce Hollweg, is an alternate captain for the Army NCAA hockey team. As the son of a Brazilian father (of German descent) and Canadian mother, Hollweg chose hockey over soccer. Even as a young boy, he knew that someday he would be a professional hockey player. - Mike Matheny
Michael Scott Matheny (born September 22, 1970 in Reynoldsburg, Ohio) is a former baseball catcher, playing for four different teams during his thirteen years in the major leagues. He was drafted in the 8th round of the 1991 Amateur Draft by the Milwaukee Brewers, with whom he made his Major League debut in 1994. He was drafted out of the University of Michigan. - Carlo Colaiacovo
Carlo Colaiacovo (born January 27, 1983 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian ice hockey defenceman of Italian descent currently with the Toronto Maple Leafs of the NHL. Colaiacovo also has an identical twin brother, Paulo Colaiacovo who is a goaltender currently playing for the Colorado Eagles of the Central Hockey League. Colaiacovo was drafted 17th overall by Toronto in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft. - Aaron Downey
Aaron Douglas 'Diesel' Downey, (born August 27, 1974 in Shelburne, Ontario) is a Canadian ice hockey forward. Aaron currently plays for the American Hockey League's Providence Bruins. Previously, he also played for Montreal, Chicago, St. Louis, and Dallas. Downey is mostly known for his role as an enforcer, though he instantly shot into notoriety after knocking the Carolina Hurricanes' Jesse Boulerice down with one punch on February 11, … - Adam Deadmarsh
Adam Deadmarsh (born May 10, 1975 in Trail, British Columbia) is a former National Hockey League hockey player who played for the 1996 Colorado Avalanche Stanley Cup winning team. His name was initially misspelled Deadmarch on the cup, but was later corrected; it's the first time a misspelling on the Stanley Cup has ever been corrected. He was drafted by the Quebec Nordiques in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft, first round, fourteenth overall. - Alecko Eskandarian
Alecko Eskandarian is an American professional soccer player in Major League Soccer, playing for Real Salt Lake. He is the son of Iranian national player Andranik Eskandarian, an Iranian-Armenian who played soccer professionally for the New York Cosmos. Prior to playing as a professional, he played three years of soccer for the University of Virginia where he was named ACC Rookie of the Year in 2000, … - Eric Boulton
Eric Boulton (born August 17, 1976 in Halifax, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian professional hockey leftwinger. Boulton currently plays for the National Hockey League's Atlanta Thrashers. He was drafted in the ninth round, 234th overall by the New York Rangers in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft. In October 2005, Boulton was suspended for 6 games after he elbowed Tampa Bay Lightning rookie Paul Ranger causing a hairline fracture of the jaw and a concussion. - Chris Miller
Christopher James Miller (born August 9, 1965 in Pomona, California), is a former professional American football player who was selected by the Atlanta Falcons in the 1st round (13th overall) of the 1987 NFL Draft. A 6'2", 212-lb. quarterback from the University of Oregon, Miller played in 10 NFL seasons from 1987-1995 and 1999. His best year as a pro came during the 1991 season for the Falcons when he threw for over 3,000 yards and 26 touchdowns. - Quicksilver
Quicksilver is an American professional wrestler from San Diego, California. He is a California regular, working for local promotions in the area such as Alternative Wrestling Show, Revolution Pro Wrestling, Southern California Championship Wrestling and Battle Ground Pro Wrestling. He also occasionally worked some shows for major east coast indy promotions, like CZW and JAPW. - Chidi Iwuoma
Chidi Iwuoma (born February 19, 1978 in Pasadena, California) is an American football cornerback, currently with the Pittsburgh Steelers in the NFL. He played for the Detroit Lions during the 2001 season, and began his career with the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 2002 season. His jersey number is 29. Iwuoma primarily plays on special teams (kick-off and punt coverage) with the Steelers. For two seasons he served as the Special Teams Co-Captain. - John Thomson
John Thomson was a football player for Celtic and Scotland who died in an accidental collision during a match. Thomson was born in Kirkcaldy and grew up in the mining community of Cardenden in Fife. He was a member of the Church of Christ, a small Protestant evangelical church. He was very keen on football, and became the first choice goalkeeper for Celtic and Scotland. On September 5, 1931, Celtic were playing their old rivals Rangers at Ibrox Stadium in Glasgow. - Kris Newbury
Kris Newbury (born February 19, 1982 in Brampton, Ontario, Canada) is a professional ice hockey centre who is currently playing for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League. Newbury played in the Ontario Hockey League for the Belleville Bulls, and later the Sarnia Sting with whom he would achieve two seasons of 104 and 92 points, in 2001-02 and 2002-03, respectively. - Bruce Perry
Bruce Perry (born March 22, 1981) was a National Football League running back who was released by the Philadelphia Eagles (on January 2nd, 2007) to make room for veteran quarterback Koy Detmer's return to the team. He has since signed as a free agent with the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League. He was drafted by The Eagles in the 7th round of the 2004 NFL Draft. He spent his entire rookie season on injured reserve. - Hawkeye
"Hawkeye" was the 90th episode of the "M*A*S*H" television series, and 18th episode of the fourth season of the series. The episode first aired on January 13 1976 and was most notable for the Fact that Alan Alda's character Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce was the only regular character to appear in this episode although the rest of the cast were credited. Hawkeye Pierce, has an accident with a jeep, and is rescued by a South Korean family. - George Atkinson
George "Butch" Henry Atkinson (born January 4, 1947 in Savannah, Georgia) is a former professional American football player. He played football collegiately at Morris Brown, where he was a defensive back and a kick returner and professionally in the AFL and NFL for the Oakland Raiders from 1968 to 1977. He was a member of the Raiders' Super Bowl XI championship team. Atkinson set the Raiders' single-game record for punt return yardage in 1968, … - Jack Doan
John Michael "Jack" Doan is a professional wrestling referee working for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on the "RAW" brand. Doan joined WWE in October 1991 as a truck driver. From there, he took robes from Superstars at ringside, played music at shows, worked on the ring crew and continued to drive from town to town. From there he became a part time ref. Doan took advantage of that opportunity, and started filling in almost immediately. - Lori Chalupny
Chalupny firmly established herself as one of the world's best left backs in 2008 after making the move from center midfield, where she played during the 2007 Women's World Cup. Chalupny is one of the USA's team leaders in matches and minutes played in 2008, contributing greatly to the team's stingy defense that allowed less than half a goal a game, while aggressively working the flanks on the attack in the USA's ball possession style. - Brian Ong
Brian Ong (1974 - May 28, 2001) was a trainee wrestler from Concord, California, who died during a training session. On May 28, 2001 Ong had been attending an All Pro Wrestling Beginner's Camp in Hayward, California before dying as a result of a flapjack from Dalip Singh. During the session, Ong suffered a concussion and this paired with a previous concussion ultimately proved to be fatal. This led to Singh inadvertently causing Ong's death. - Maelle Ricker
Maelle Ricker (born on December 2, 1978 in Whistler, British Columbia) is a Canadian athlete who placed 4th in the Women's Snowboard Cross event at the 2006 Winter Olympics. She crashed hard in the race, and was hospitalized with a minor concussion. - Tom Neal
Thomas Neal (January 28, 1914 - August 7, 1972) was an American actor famous for appearing in the critically lauded film "Detour", a tryst with Barbara Payton and later committing manslaughter. Born in Evanston, Illinois, Tom Neal debuted on the Broadway stage in 1935. In 1938 he first appeared in film in "Out West with the Hardys", part of the Mickey Rooney "Hardy family" movie series. That same year, he received a law degree from Harvard University. - Ross Paule
Ross Paule (born April 4, 1976 in Memphis, Tennessee) is a former American soccer midfielder, who last played for the Columbus Crew of Major League Soccer. Paule moved from Dallas, TX as a youth and joined the Memphis Futbol Club in Memphis, Tennessee. Under the coaching of former Polish National and MISL Indoor Goalkeeper Richard Bute, Paule honed his soccer skills. The club also produced professionals such as Tony Kuhn, Cindy Parlow, Carey Talley, … - Vinko Bogataj
Vinko Bogataj (born 1950) is a former ski jumper from Slovenia who became noted on US television in the 1970s for a moment of spectacular failure that was featured on ABC's "Wide World of Sports" as the infamous "Agony of Defeat". Bogataj was competing as a Yugoslavian entrant at the World Ski Flying Championships in Oberstdorf, West Germany (now Germany) on March 21, 1970. A light snow had begun falling at the start of the event, … - Barbara Payton
Barbara Payton was an American movie actress. Born in Cloquet, Minnesota, the daughter of restaurateurs, and raised in Odessa, Texas, she headed for Hollywood in search of a career in movies at the age of nineteen in 1948, and was eventually placed under contract by Universal Studios where she began appearing in movie bit parts. After being discovered by James Cagney and his producer brother William, Payton starred in Cagney’s "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye" in 1950. - Tyce Carlson
Brendyn "Tyce" Carlson (born September 3, 1970, Indianapolis, Indiana), is a former driver in the Indy Racing League. He raced in the 1996-2002 seasons with 30 career starts, including 2 at the Indianapolis 500. His 2 career IRL top ten finishes both came at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in the 1999 and 2000 races. He was forced to take several years off after repeated concussions but is now healthy and seeking a return to the Indy 500. - Michael Mitchell
Michael Mitchell is a former indigenous Australian rules football player for the Claremont Football Club in the WAFL and then the Richmond Football Club in the VFL/AFL. He achieved All-Australian selection in 1985 and 1986, whilst playing at Claremont. Mitchell was recruited by Richmond and was regarded as one of the most exciting footballers in the VFL of the late 1980s and early 1990s, albeit during poor seasons for Richmond as a club. - Pavel Skrbek
Pavel Skrbek (Born August 9, 1978 in Kladno, Czech Republic) is a professional ice hockey player currently playing for Lulea HF in the SEL in Sweden. He played briefly in the NHL with the Pittsburgh Penguins and Nashville Predators earlier in his career. He plays Defense and shoots left handed. Skrbek played one year in his native Czech Republic before being drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 2nd round, 28th overall in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft. - Marian Cisar
Marian Cisar (born February 25, 1978 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia) is a Slovak professional ice hockey player currently playing for the Hannover Scorpions of the Deutsche Eishockey League. He has also played for the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League, playing 73 regular season games for them, scoring 30 points (13 goals and 17 assists). Cisar is still under contract with the Predators, but he has played in Europe since 2002. - Gene Atkins
Gene Atkins (November 22, 1964) was an American football safety in the National Football League who played for the New Orleans Saints and Miami Dolphins from 1987 to 1996. He was featured on HBO's "Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel" in a story about former football players who are suffering from head injuries that happened during their playing time. In the story, it is revealed that Atkins is suffering from the early stages of dementia, … - Roger Woodward
Roger Woodward (born in 1953) became famous at the age of seven (7) when he survived a plunge over the Niagara Falls. On July 9 1960, he and his sister, seventeen-year-old Deanne Woodward, were taken on a boat ride in the upper Niagara River by a local man named Jim Honeycutt. The boat's motor failed and it capsized, sending its passengers into the water rapidly approaching the cataract. Honeycutt was swept over the Falls and died. His body was found four days later. - Roberto Locatelli
Roberto Locatelli (born July 5, 1974 in Bergamo) is an Italian motorcycle rider who won the 125cc World Championship in 2000. He started the 250cc World Championship of 2007 with a Gilera, but severely injured himself in a practice session crash which caused him a broken leg and ankle and a concussion. Amazingly, he made his comeback only two months later at Le Mans. - Bob Skilton
Robert John (Bob) Skilton (born November 8, 1938) was an Australian rules football player who played as a rover for South Melbourne and Victoria between 1956 and 1971. He was one of only 4 players to have won the Brownlow Medal three times - in 1959 (tied with Verdun Howell), 1963 and 1968 - and was rated by Jack Dyer as better than Haydn Bunton and equal to Dick Reynolds, making him one of the best players in the history of the game. - Nick Stajduhar
Nick Stajduhar (b. December 6, 1974 in Kitchener, Ontario is a former professional ice hockey defenceman. He was selected by the Edmonton Oilers in the first round of the 1993 NHL Entry Draft, 16th overall, a pick the Oilers received from the Los Angeles Kings in the Wayne Gretzky trade. Stajduhar only played two games for Edmonton, largely bouncing around the minor leagues, including three years in the East Coast Hockey League with the Pensacola Ice Pilots, … - Garry Wilson
Garry J. "Flea" Wilson (born July 17, 1953) is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League. Wilson, during his playing days, was described by "The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers" as having "limitless courage" as a wispy rover, with a playing weight of only 64 kg. He played wearing a headguard after several cases of concussion. Debuting in 1971 with the Fitzroy Football Club, Wilson came from Preston Swimmers and forged a successful career, … - Martynas Andriuškevičius
Martynas Andriuškevičius (pronounced Mahr-teen-us Un-drew-shcke-vihch-ews is a Lithuanian professional basketball player. His rights are currently held by the NBA's Chicago Bulls, who recently assigned him to the minor-league Dakota Wizards. Andriuškevičius was drafted by the Orlando Magic with the 44th pick in the 2005 NBA Draft. He was then traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers before being traded to the Bulls. At 2.19 m (7 ft 2 in) and 109 kg (240 lb), … - Peter Herdic
Peter Herdic (1824-1888) was a lumber baron, entrepreneur, inventor, politician, and philanthropist in Victorian era Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania in the United States. He was the youngest of seven children born to Henry and Elizabeth Herdic on December 14, 1824 in Fort Plain, New York. Herdic's father died in 1826 and Elizabeth Herdic remarried shortly thereafter. She was widowed again prior to 1837 when she moved her family to Pipe Creek, … - Jack Heidemann
Jack Seale Heidemann (Born: July 11, 1949 in Brenham, Texas) is a former righthanded Major League Baseball shortstop who played from 1969 to 1977 with the Cleveland Indians, St. Louis Cardinals, New York Mets and Milwaukee Brewers. He attended Brenham High School. He is also the uncle of Brett Bordes, a minor league pitcher in the Baltimore Orioles organization. Originally drafted 11th overall by the Indians in 1967, he made his debut on May 2, 1969 at the age of 19. - Beltrán De Osorio Y Díez de Rivera
Beltran de Osorio y Diez de Rivera (1919-1994), a Spanish aristocrat known as the "Iron Duke" of Alburquerque, was an amateur horse jockey who became obsessed with winning Britain's Grand National Steeplechase horse race when after watching a film of the race on his eighth birthday. However, each of his attempts ended in failure. *On his first attempt in 1952, he fell from his horse, but woke up later in hospital with a cracked vertebra. - Russian Concussion
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