Ironhead Heyward (1 Viewer)

[Mpudi]

Excerpts from a story in today's Atlanta Journal Constitution:

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.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.

"He's just scared," said his ex-wife, Charlotte Blackwell. "He keeps telling his sons how much he loves them."The five-year survival rate for patients with chordomas is 50 percent, said Dr. Chris Krubert, of the Apollo MD Physician Services of Atlanta; odds drop to 35 percent after 10 years."It's a poor prognosis, once diagnosed," he said.

Heyward was blind in one eye and in need of a wheelchair when an MRI last week confirmed the chordoma's return.He had been clinging to hope he would be able to walk onto the football field with his oldest son, Cameron, on Senior Night at Peachtree Ridge High School in Duluth this fall.

My thoughts and prayers are with the Heyward family. :(

 

[King of the Jungle]

Excerpts from a story in today's Atlanta Journal Constitution:

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.

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.

"He's just scared," said his ex-wife, Charlotte Blackwell. "He keeps telling his sons how much he loves them."

The five-year survival rate for patients with chordomas is 50 percent, said Dr. Chris Krubert, of the Apollo MD Physician Services of Atlanta; odds drop to 35 percent after 10 years.

"It's a poor prognosis, once diagnosed," he said.

Heyward was blind in one eye and in need of a wheelchair when an MRI last week confirmed the chordoma's return.

He had been clinging to hope he would be able to walk onto the football field with his oldest son, Cameron, on Senior Night at Peachtree Ridge High School in Duluth this fall.

My thoughts and prayers are with the Heyward family. :(

likewise.

 

[redman]

I saw my father's old business partner fight a losing battle with a neurblastoma, which is a malignant cancer that attacks the frontal lobe of the brain. It was awful to watch the man unable to recognize his own kids. He had to relearn who his friends were.

I always liked to watch Heyward and my thoughts and prayers are with him and his family.

 

[KnowledgeReignsSupreme]

:(

Heyward kicked ###.

 

[popeye.]

:(

Heyward kicked ###.

Indeed.

 

[schooner44]

I hate to hear news about good people like this

:( :( :( :(

 

[Kleck.]

Listed around 6' 255, I swear he was pushing 3 bills some years. The guy was masive.

This is sad to hear, and I'll always have fond memories of watching him play.

 

[Otter]

I hate to hear news about good people like this

:( :( :( :(

A far cry from the days at Pitt, when he bullied and beat up a paperboy. I wonder if he can take him now.

 

[D-BO]

Excerpts from a story in today's Atlanta Journal Constitution:

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.

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.

"He's just scared," said his ex-wife, Charlotte Blackwell. "He keeps telling his sons how much he loves them."

The five-year survival rate for patients with chordomas is 50 percent, said Dr. Chris Krubert, of the Apollo MD Physician Services of Atlanta; odds drop to 35 percent after 10 years.

"It's a poor prognosis, once diagnosed," he said.

Heyward was blind in one eye and in need of a wheelchair when an MRI last week confirmed the chordoma's return.

He had been clinging to hope he would be able to walk onto the football field with his oldest son, Cameron, on Senior Night at Peachtree Ridge High School in Duluth this fall.

My thoughts and prayers are with the Heyward family. :(

Mine too, GL.

 

[Sea Bass]

Good Luck Ironhead.

 

[ravnzfan]

I hate to hear news about good people like this

  :(   :(   :(   :(  

I wonder if he can take him now.

###-hole

 

[Turbo]

Keep fighting Ironhead.

:(

 

[redman]

I hate to hear news about good people like this

  :(   :(   :(   :(  

A far cry from the days at Pitt, when he bullied and beat up a paperboy. I wonder if he can take him now.

It probably hasn't happened for you so I don't want to confuse you, but some people actually continue to mature through and after college.

 

[zeus]

We had a football clinic at Pitt my Sophomore year in high school. Craig was in the elevator with us(two 10th graders). He looked over at us and said "What the f### are you guys looking at"

He did grow up as his career progressed and even was well thought off in the community.------- 39 is way too young for this too happen!

 

[Cecil Lammey]

Prayers are with you big guy!

I used to love playing Ironhead on Tecmo Bowl. First Sam Mills, and now this. I hope he recovers the best he can.