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He also had a near miss last season before the Rams' Nov. 20 home game against Arizona because of a disc problem in his back. -- J.Thomas
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A disc problem in the back and playing pro football. I am no orthopedist but I did break two lumbar vertebrae many years ago and I can only imagine what playing football "in the trenches" is like for an OL.
For 200 games.
That is
IRONMAN alright. Right up there with other Ram OL/DL greats such as...
Tom Mack (184 consecutive games);
Merlin Olsen (played in 208 games);
Jack Youngblood (a record 201 consecutive games);
Jackie Slater (played
259 games in
20 seasons, incredible!) ... all HOFamers.
Other Ram OL Ironmen were
Joe Scibelli and
Charlie Cowan, each having played 15 seasons (even at 14 games per season, that's a lot of football). The Herculean
Dennis Harrah, 13 years with us.
That's a lot of deep trench digging, that takes some doing! :r
As for Timmerman's more healthy diet, I wonder what kind of doughnuts are on the menu.