Limb Lengthening Forum
Community Hangout => Off Topic => Topic started by: mediocre on March 07, 2014, 07:20:03 AM
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A giant and pioneer in Sports Medicine and Orthopedics, Dr Jobe (http://www.latimes.com/obituaries/la-me-frank-jobe-20140307,0,7968857.story#axzz2vG5vuH16) dies at 88.
From nytimes:
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On a July night in 1974, Dr. Frank Jobe, the orthopedist for the Los Angeles Dodgers, was sitting in the stands at Dodger Stadium watching the ace left-hander Tommy John face the Montreal Expos.
In the third inning, John threw a pair of wild pitches and heard the sound of a “collision” coming from his arm. He had torn an elbow ligament, which almost certainly meant the end of a pitcher’s career.
But Dr. Jobe performed a pioneering operation, transplanting an unneeded tendon from John’s right wrist into his left elbow, where it functioned as a new ligament. John went on to win another 164 games over 14 seasons, retiring from the game at age 46.
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