NFL Great Plunkett Says "My Life Sucks At 69"

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And whose fault is this? We all choose our careers. Bottom line, everyone's body at the age of 69 will have crippling pain at some point or another. Some already at a very younger age. Especially a child laying in a hospital with a brain tumor and the parents can't afford the medical bills. Stop your complaining Plunkett. Deal with it. Again, an NFL player uses the NFL platform to sob about his personal life/feelings. Stop playing golf if your in so much pain!
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Jim Plunkett, a former Super Bowl MVP, is the latest former NFL player to detail a life of crippling pain and misery. “My life sucks,” Plunkett told the San Jose Mercury News. “It’s no fun being in this body right now. Everything hurts.” Now 69, Plunkett led the Raiders to two Super Bowls after a storied career at Stanford, where he won the Heisman Trophy in 1970.

The report said Plunkett has endured 18 operations and lives with artificial knees, an artificial shoulder and debilitating pain in his surgically repaired back.
Plunkett played 15 seasons in the NFL and estimates he suffered at least 10 concussions from the time he started playing football. He's also dealing with headaches, possibly related to Bell’s Palsy which he contracted a year ago, the Mercury News said.

After watching so many former teammates and contemporaries suffer and die young, Plunkett says it's time for the NFL “to help take care of these people.”
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haleyrules said:
I always liked Plunkett...he was hilarious at times and somehow won a couple of SB's...proof of the true value of a great DEFENSE. I watched him throw 5 picks in one game. Still, there was something likable about ole Jim.
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I'm a bit too young to have known him for that. All I remember when I was a wee one was watching him beat those Egals in SB XV. And that was before I even understood on what I was watching. :muttley:
 

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I always liked this guy, and it seemed like they were trying to replace him every year and the Raiders always turned to Plunkett to bail them out. Very underrated and under appreciated player of his era. I'm sure his pains and others like him are very real and the natural aging process only adds to it.
 
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cowboy_ron said:
I always liked this guy, and it seemed like they were trying to replace him every year and the Raiders always turned to Plunkett to bail them out. Very underrated and under appreciated player of his era. I'm sure his pains and others like him are very real and the natural aging process only adds to it.
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I liked Plunkett and remember him well..his problem was consistency. He could go out in any game and throw 5 picks or go out and win a playoff game.
 
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