Not broken but ... How I wound up in cast

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The last time I had my right leg — and that’s the ol’ ass kicker —  orthopedically immobilized was 1978.



I was captain and star defenseman for the Mt. Lebanon Blue Devils varsity hockey team. I intercepted a neutral zone pass and broke in to score what would be the sudden death game winner.



Intent on stopping me, two Keystone Oaks goons tripped me so viciously they