I'll see your soccer player and raise you a stack of hockey players.
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Pride Over Body: Playing Through Injury Needs to Stop - The Hockey Writers Latest News, Analysis & More
NHL players have been pushing through injuries since the league started. It’s time for that to stop, and the NHL to put the safety of the players first.thehockeywriters.com
And a female rugby player.
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Buck Shelford, NZ Rugby (All Blacks) captain.
3 teeth kicked out in a ruck in the first half, played on. Had his scrotum torn open in the second half after getting kicked in the nuts, played the rest of the game and one of his team mates noticed it in the changing room.

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