11.20.08 ONE-LEGGED MAN WAS FOOTBALL, TRACK STAR

This video is compiled video footage of Carl Joseph, one of ten children in a one-parent home who had the additional setback of being born with only one leg. He played varsity football in the ’70s and was a standout in track, and now he’s been nominated for the Florida High School Athletic Hall of Fame.

This seems too fantastic to be true — or at least too amazing to have not gotten wider press before this — but I actually emailed the Florida HS Athletic Association, and it seems the nomination, at least, is real. And to that I say, holy crap. I couldn’t play high school football, and I had two legs [Note: I still do]. Mommy always said I was too delicate. And she was right :(

[Kissing Suzy Kolber]

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ONE-LEGGED MAN WAS FOOTBALL, TRACK STAR

Mr. E
November 20th, 2008 at 4:01 pm
Mr. E says:

who had the one-parent, one-leg parlay?

Zack
November 20th, 2008 at 4:12 pm
Zack says:

If I were Carl Joseph, I’d have tried to get my teammates to call me “Two-Legged Carl.” That way, when naive cheerleaders asked me why they called a one-legged guy “two-leg,” I could ask them if they wanted to see the other leg. No, just kidding, what I’d really do is say that my teammates were just big-time assholes and let my eyes mist up a little and hope the cheerleader would give me a pity fuck.

Zack
November 20th, 2008 at 4:14 pm
Zack says:

Alternately, I would try to get a sex maneuver called the “One-Legged Carl” named after me.

Enrico Pallazzo
November 20th, 2008 at 4:25 pm
Enrico Pallazzo says:

How can you not play high school football, chief??? For fuck’s sake, you could probabyl start for the Seahawks right now.

Allan Stokke
November 20th, 2008 at 4:34 pm
Allan Stokke says:

Bobby Martin says “fuck you Carl Joseph I had no legs bitch”
http://www.boston.com/news/special/bigarticles/bobby_martin/page2.html

Tim was Tim
November 20th, 2008 at 4:57 pm
Tim was Tim says:

Carl Joseph is not afraid to pull a two-legged player down by his facemask.

MelGibson
November 20th, 2008 at 5:11 pm
MelGibson says:

That’s nothing. Hitler did all that fucking shit with one testicle.

EBHP
November 20th, 2008 at 5:36 pm
EBHP says:

This is an amazing story about overcoming an incredible obstacle. I checked out the comments, expecting to see support for Carl and his accomplishments. Instead, I find jokes about Hitler having only one nut and sexual positions named after Carl. My reaction to that? Not disgust, but pure and utter comfort that I am truly home. I’m surrounded by degenerate retards, but home is where the heart is. Rock on.

Dr. Do-itch Big
November 21st, 2008 at 8:36 am
Dr. Do-itch Big says:

Was that the original horse collar tackle? Is he related to Roy Williams?

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