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Elwood P Dowd

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18. I played 6 years of football

Fri Feb 5, 2016, 02:36 AM

Feb 2016

starting in Jr High and then in high school. Was a starter back in the old days when at that level we played both ways and rarely got a substitution. I had what they called "getting your bell rung" a few times, but back in those days there was zero knowledge about concussions in football. Played with and against guys that later on played college ball and even one guy that played a couple of years in the NFL. That one guy rang my bell a couple of times. You get dizzy and somewhat disoriented, but the coaches and refs would just say suck it up and keep playing.

People watching on TV do not realized how rough that sport is and how physically beat up a player can get even at the high school level. I love watching the sport, but knowing what I know today and with all the aches and pains from just playing 6 years, no way would I even think about doing it over again.

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