Top 10 Dumbest in-game Injuries: #2 Gus Frerotte

Posted on Thu Feb 01, 2007 at 06:03:44 PM EST in NFL
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[Sportscolumn is running down the ten dumbest in-game injuries in sports.  Here's #2.]

Most players get excited when they play in NFL's spotlight game, but Gus Frerotte probably went a wee bit overboard in 1997. After a touchdown in the second quarter, Washington quarterback Frerotte, for some unknown reason, celebrated by ramming his head into a thinly padded cement wall during a game against the New York Giants on Monday Night Football that ended in a 7-7 tie. The Redskins numbskull was rushed via ambulance to the nearest hospital where doctors diagnosed him with a concussion. He fought bouts of wooziness for the rest of the season.

There is no truth to the rumor that upon finding out the final score, Frerotte asked who won.

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