For starters a cute Beetle Baily:
and a super neat story on the news last night.
Wheelchair-bound football player takes the field and scores game's final touchdown. High schooler's dedication prompts coach to name him captain
ABC News
Trent Glaze wheeled himself into the end zone, scoring a touchdown.
Fairfield Union's football captain Trent Glaze.
A wheelchair-bound high school football captain suited up and took the field for the first time Friday night, scoring a touchdown.
For Trent Glaze, who suffers from muscular dystrophy and has lived in a motorized chair for the past 10 years, it was a dream come true.
“I’ve still got butterflies,” he said in an interview with ABC.
Glaze, a senior at Fairfield Union High School in Lancaster, Ohio, joined the football team during his sophomore year. From the sidelines, he studied his teammates and gave them tips, trying to learn the game.
Fairfield Union coach Tom McCurdy calls Glaze his “right-hand man,” according to an interview with 10TV.
“He’s always telling me what we need to do and needs to improve,” he said.
Glaze, who is also homecoming king, was named a team captain this year.
“He’s a good kid, and he deserves it, and I love him dearly,” McCurdy told the Lancaster Eagle Gazette.
Of Friday night, McCurdy said it was Glaze’s “opportunity to shine.”
The clock was out, but both teams took the field for one last play. Glaze grabbed a handoff and wheeled himself into the end zone, as fans erupted in cheers and teammates raced to congratulate him.
“It means a lot,” Glaze told ABC. “It’s going to be in my memory for the rest of my life. I’ll never forget it.”
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/wheelchair-bound-football-player-takes-field-scores-game-final-touchdown-article-1.971624#ixzz2CJ4A9B3H
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