Durango53
03-11-2006, 04:24 PM
Your younger crowd wont know him but one of my favorite players a few years ago. :(
Craig Heyward was the NFL's version of a battering ram, one who preferred to run over defenders rather than around them. But a recurring brain tumor has left the once-powerful man, who was hailed as "Ironhead" during an 11-year NFL career, fighting for his life at Emory Hospital, according to the ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION.
Heyward, 39, will undergo surgery Monday following the recent news that a tumor — called a chordoma — had returned. The rare, slow-growing tumors tend to recur, sometimes more aggressively, after their initial removal.
The news was the latest setback for Heyward, a former Pro Bowl running back with the Falcons who was first diagnosed with the chordoma while playing with the Indianapolis Colts in 1998. His three sons were with him Friday when word came of the surgery needed to reduce the pressure on
Craig Heyward was the NFL's version of a battering ram, one who preferred to run over defenders rather than around them. But a recurring brain tumor has left the once-powerful man, who was hailed as "Ironhead" during an 11-year NFL career, fighting for his life at Emory Hospital, according to the ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION.
Heyward, 39, will undergo surgery Monday following the recent news that a tumor — called a chordoma — had returned. The rare, slow-growing tumors tend to recur, sometimes more aggressively, after their initial removal.
The news was the latest setback for Heyward, a former Pro Bowl running back with the Falcons who was first diagnosed with the chordoma while playing with the Indianapolis Colts in 1998. His three sons were with him Friday when word came of the surgery needed to reduce the pressure on