NEW YORK -- Darryl Stingley spent more than half his life in a wheelchair, a symbol of the violence of the NFL, where large bodies collide at high speeds on every play.
Darryl Stingley, shown in Foxborough, Mass., during the mid 1970s, in an undated photo provided by the New England Patriots. Stingley, who was paralyzed during an exhibition game against Oakland, died Thursday at the age of 55.
AP PHOTOHe was only 26 when he clashed head-on with the Raiders' Jack Tatum during an exhibition at the Oakland Coliseum as they leaped for a pass.