Darryl Stingley spent more than half his life in a wheelchair, a symbol of the violence of the NFL, where large bodies collide at high speeds on every play. He was only 26 when he clashed head-on ...

Jack Tatum, the storied Oakland Raiders safety best known for landing the hit that paralyzed New England receiver Darryl Stingley, has died. He was 61. Tatum, among the most feared and respected ...

Just look at all the awards Jack Tatum received, for his hitting. “Then Darryl ... to go to Stingley while he could, to offer a personal apology. Not necessarily for the hit, but for its effect.

Darryl Stingley, a receiver for the New ... in a game between the Patriots and the Oakland Raiders, a pass to Stingley fell incomplete. Jack Tatum, a Raiders safety known for rough play, slammed ...

A lot of people had it wrong about Jack Tatum. They saw him only ... Yes, Tatum did deliver the hit in a 1978 preseason game that left Darryl Stingley a quadriplegic. Yes, he delivered plenty ...

It has been called the most violent hit in ... started the Darryl Stingley Youth Foundation in his old neighborhood on the west side of Chicago. Life went on. Somehow. Though Tatum never ...

Darryl Stingley had no problem with the idea of meeting with Jack Tatum ... was irresponsible and inaccurate, that Tatum had “never bragged about the hit” that paralyzed Stingley, and that ...

Image New England receiver Darryl Stingley, right, was left a quadriplegic in 1978 after absorbing a hit from Oakland’s Jack Tatum.Credit...Ron Riesterer/Oakland Tribune, via Associated Press In ...

Darryl Stingley spent more than half his life in a wheelchair, a symbol of the violence of the NFL, where large bodies collide at high speeds on every play. He was only 26 when he clashed head-on ...