Football’s Top Moms: A Salute to Mothers Day

May 9, 2010   ·   Jeremy Beckett   ·   Jump to comments

In celebration of Mother's Day. I looked for the most inspirational mother stories. Looking throughout football, the list is astronomical.
Nearly every time a player makes a speech, he thanks his mother first. Every time a camera zooms in on a player, he usually says "Hi mom!"
So in all fairness, there were plenty of good stories for "Top Mom," but the hands down winner by far comes from the small town of Preston Hollow, Texas.
The John McClamrock story:
McClamrock was a talented and promising football player in the small Dallas suburb of Preston Hollow. On Sept. 13, 1973, it all came to a screeching halt on a single play that left him paralyzed for the rest of his life.
McClamrock's fourth and fifth vertebrae in his neck were fractured. His mother Ann was called from work at the local bank to come to the hospital immediately because he only had two hours to live.
Ann rushed to the hospital to be by her son's side. Two hours turned into overnigh...

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