Word: legging
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Most people do not have strong enough legs for comfortable skiing over an extended period. Dr. Manson believes that a skier should be able to do two full kneebends on each leg (one at a time). However, most people find difficulty in performing one full kneebend on each leg...
...easily be reinjured. Fadden estimated that it would take at least a month for the swelling in Mercein's thigh to subside, but even more time would be necessary for the Yale star to recondition himself for another sport. Fadden's own system is to build up the damaged leg until it is stronger than the healthy one, before pronouncing the player recovered...
...variable in the recovery of a football player is his ability to absorb pain and continue playing. McCluskey, even after his leg was healthy enough for running, couldn't get the pain out of his mind and was ineffective until the Brown game. End Paul Barringer, with hamstring pulls in both legs, still managed to play effectively. Fadden emphasized that this ability to stand pain has nothing to do with toughness; either a player has the ability or he doesn...
...despite all the efforts of equipment designers, doctors, trainers, and coaches, deaths do occur. A Penn junior varsity lineman, Al Buder, broke his leg in a game against Harvard. The fracture seemed to be normal and not at all dangerous, but a sudden embolism, or air bubble, developed and a week later Buder died...
...Chris Wickens, still another sophomore, has moved in ahead of several experienced wrestlers. Wickens was unbeaten as a freshman until he broke a leg against Yale and had to default...