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Spurred on by his teammates, a legally blind Ohio teenager scored a touchdown for the high school football team he manages.
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ReaderComments (Page 1 of 3)
10-19-2009 @ 9:30PM
baker0906 said...I have a 4 year old that is blind and this story brings some much hope to me
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10-19-2009 @ 10:45PM
SeanH1122 said...What I like about this story is the other team didn't just let him score. Even if he had some help it wasn't a planned act between the two teams.
The player with down syndrome only scored because the other team let him. To me they should have just handed him the ball and try to see what happens. Or give him the ball on the goal line.
10-20-2009 @ 6:08AM
Pa said...If your 4 year old knows his right from left, get him started in a little guys wrestling program. The rules slightly change for the blind, and the sport is wonderful. Builds self confidence, strong character, and self worth.
10-19-2009 @ 8:01PM
Lexy said...This Story is absolutly and Utterly amazing! I'm Legally Blind out of my Left eye so to see a full on blind teen almost like myself do something so incredible is just so inspiring!
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10-19-2009 @ 8:14PM
LadyA said...aww so sweet good teamwork wat sports r all about
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10-19-2009 @ 9:59PM
Former sailor said...Too bad that Tyler, Clay, and Corey are still in high school - Tennessee could have used them yeaterday against New England!
10-19-2009 @ 8:15PM
Chris said...More people should act this way. Nice job guys
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10-19-2009 @ 8:19PM
ted said...To bad there are not more sports that do the same like The NFL
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10-20-2009 @ 5:02AM
john patton said...If you look back a few years, Jim Plunkett of the raiders was legally blind
10-19-2009 @ 8:23PM
karen said...I would love say I am SO PROUD of your son on a job well done!!!!!!
I also have a son who is blind and has been since birth and he so bad wants to do football also I keep telling him he just might get the chance one day and to never give up.
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10-19-2009 @ 8:24PM
Ed said...Great story. It is a like altering experience forBOTH of these young men. I wish them the best in life
Eddie
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10-19-2009 @ 8:29PM
Denise said...This story should be required reading for every pampered and over-paid professional athlete when they start whining that the millions they are being paid for playing a game isn't enough. Kudos to Dylan for your outstanding and inspiring example of what sportsmanship and friendship are all about. Tyler may have scored the touchdown, but you gave him the chance of a lifetime. Congrats to the school and coach who obviously know that sports are a way to develop character.
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10-19-2009 @ 9:36PM
Darrell Mayeda said...I kind of hate to be a wet blanket. I like the idea of what they did, but I'm not sure it was the RIGHT thing to do. yes he scored a touchdown but I think it would have been better if they let him do his own running and sort of earned the touchdown instead of bundling him up like that. My brother is disabled. so I have some idea about having a handicapped individual. I'm not sure how much vision he had, but it seems he was led to the end zone. I think the story about the boy with downs syndrome handled it in a better maner, He was shooting, so he made some effort to earn the score.
10-19-2009 @ 8:30PM
rio said...WOW GO # 2 YEAHHHHHHH
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10-19-2009 @ 8:42PM
Mark said...And this is why I love Ohio! Good people ... beautiful land ... good roads and no crazy traffic ... genuine/gentle souls. I can't wait to move back home. God Bless Ohio and all who live there!
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10-19-2009 @ 8:48PM
Debby said...Now that's a STORY!! Way to go Tyler!!
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10-19-2009 @ 8:51PM
Himself said...A great story. I have two addenda of differing styles to add:
Many many (dammit!) years ago, I wrestled in high school. One opponent we had was Perkins School for the Blind, in Watertown, Massachusetts. It's probably best known as the place where Anne Sullivan (Helen Keller's teacher) had gone to school.
As the son of a blind person myself, I was interested in the process. I went to practice that week with my eyes closed as much as possible, and realized that as long as I had any physical contact whatever with the other wrestler (even from standing "first period" position") I knew where he was. It was an egalitarian sport as long as some physical contact was there.
Wrestling Perkins taught me more about blindness than I had thought it would, and I thought I knew a lot about the subject having grown up with a father who had never seen me...or my mother.
Second story: I teach now in a Connecticut high school. I had a student last year who had a number of disabilities - he lacked skills, but not heart. In quite a number of freshman games, when the score became one-sided (either way) the coach put D. into the game. His teammates fed him the ball on every rebound and gave him a chance for a shot. It took more than a few games, but he finally hit one. The coach had clued in the opposing coaches as well. The guarding...well...might have been just a little loose. When "D" finally hit his shot, the entire gym went berserk. It was a home game for our guys, but the visiting team celebrated as well. I'd been to a couple of games, but I'm sorry to say that was a game I missed.
I DO know the echoes from that gym lasted for some time around our school.
Every kid on the floor...and on the bench...and everyone else in the gym...can take some credit for that shot.
Way to go, Tyler, and to everyone else who has been part of something similar. In a world in which we find plenty of reason to despair about where we're going, it's a thrill to see a different point of view
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10-19-2009 @ 10:48PM
ashby moncure m.d. said...you just helped to lift an awful depression from my heart.
10-19-2009 @ 9:15PM
Paula said...I think the movie "RUDY" should be required watching for anyone going into sports. It's the true meaning of sportsmanship.
10-19-2009 @ 8:55PM
annie said...What a touching story. and people says kids today are mean, drug doing, sex all the time. BRAVO to all on the team. This made me cry. I hope every parent there gave the boys a hug.....
woyumenle16, for once why can't you keep your crap off of this site. Taking away space that could be used for a All right......I report you every time I see your junk posts. Learn to READ......Please keep your comments relevant to this blog entry.
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