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<blockquote data-quote="TJV" data-source="post: 620158" data-attributes="member: 4300"><p>The OP poses an interesting question about injuries over the years in general and ACL injuries in particular. I do think players back in the 50’s and 60’s for example, were tougher but the vast majority didn’t view their NFL careers as an avenue for a lifetime (or several lifetimes) of financial independence as many do today. IOW, if a player suffered a torn ACL in 1955 he was much more likely to retire and concentrate on his other job (almost all players had “real” jobs through at least the 1960s). So money, in addition to the increase in size and speed of players, as well as advances in medicine and equipment have affected this issue.</p><p></p><p>Regarding how tough old-timers were, here’s a quote by Willie Wood about my favorite Lombardi Packer:</p><p> <a href="http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1998-03-09/sports/9803090037_1_packers-public-relations-director-ray-nitschke-inductees" target="_blank">http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1998-03-09/sports/9803090037_1_packers-public-relations-director-ray-nitschke-inductees</a></p><p>I've also heard many stories by old-timers about players continuing to play through concussions. Obviously that wouldn't happen today.</p><p></p><p>Regarding ACL injuries, I wondered how long they have been recognized and when surgery was first performed to correct them. Here’s an excerpt from a review of an article titled, “A Brief History of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction”. I was more than a little surprised at the length of the history of ACL surgeries:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.hindawi.com/journals/aos/2014/706042/" target="_blank">http://www.hindawi.com/journals/aos/2014/706042/</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TJV, post: 620158, member: 4300"] The OP poses an interesting question about injuries over the years in general and ACL injuries in particular. I do think players back in the 50’s and 60’s for example, were tougher but the vast majority didn’t view their NFL careers as an avenue for a lifetime (or several lifetimes) of financial independence as many do today. IOW, if a player suffered a torn ACL in 1955 he was much more likely to retire and concentrate on his other job (almost all players had “real” jobs through at least the 1960s). So money, in addition to the increase in size and speed of players, as well as advances in medicine and equipment have affected this issue. Regarding how tough old-timers were, here’s a quote by Willie Wood about my favorite Lombardi Packer: [URL]http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1998-03-09/sports/9803090037_1_packers-public-relations-director-ray-nitschke-inductees[/URL] I've also heard many stories by old-timers about players continuing to play through concussions. Obviously that wouldn't happen today. Regarding ACL injuries, I wondered how long they have been recognized and when surgery was first performed to correct them. Here’s an excerpt from a review of an article titled, “A Brief History of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction”. I was more than a little surprised at the length of the history of ACL surgeries: [URL]http://www.hindawi.com/journals/aos/2014/706042/[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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