Bert Trautmann (Center) is escorted out the field after winning the FA cup with a broken neck (hit by a knee while catching the ball). He played the last 17 minutes with the injury and won FWA footballer of the Year in 1956 and was the first foreign player to win it. May 5, 1956 [739×415]
![Bert Trautmann (Center) is escorted out the field after winning the FA cup with a broken neck (hit by a knee while catching the ball). He played the last 17 minutes with the injury and won FWA footballer of the Year in 1956 and was the first foreign player to win it. May 5, 1956 [739x415]](https://i.redd.it/oxn40ybek3m41.jpg)
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He broke his neck and kept playing??
The Teddy Roosevelt of football.