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Wonder why he quit?Todd Pence wrote:Tony Teresa led the Raiders in rushing in that franchise's first-ever season, but quit football after that year.
Back problems. He had surgery where "a portion of his hip bone was grafted to another piece of his anatomy," according to one report.sheajets wrote:Wonder why he quit?Todd Pence wrote:Tony Teresa led the Raiders in rushing in that franchise's first-ever season, but quit football after that year.
He died a fairly young man too. Was only 50 years old (died in 1984) Wonder why the sudden retirement.
Wow. That sounds terrible. Almost like some sort of degenerative conditionBD Sullivan wrote:Back problems. He had surgery where "a portion of his hip bone was grafted to another piece of his anatomy," according to one report.sheajets wrote:Wonder why he quit?Todd Pence wrote:Tony Teresa led the Raiders in rushing in that franchise's first-ever season, but quit football after that year.
He died a fairly young man too. Was only 50 years old (died in 1984) Wonder why the sudden retirement.