Posted on Mon Apr 09, 2007 at 05:08:06 PM EST in NBA
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This is making an early bid into our upcoming Dumbest Off-Field Injuries feature. An Australian rugby player named David Kidwell tore ligaments in his knee and will be out the rest of the season after tripping over his two-year-old daughter. The injury was caused as he fell akwardly trying to avoid crushing his daughter.

Playing 10 years of first grade and no knee problems and something like this happens at home," Kidwell told Australian Associated Press on Monday. "That's definitely my season. I'm pretty shattered.

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