Thirty Years ago today, on Monday Night Football.
There is an excellent article on this in the Washingtonian Magazine.
For those who are unfamiliar with the event, it was a flea flicker and Taylor threw Theisman to the ground so hard that both bones of the leg were snapped. If you listen to it on Youtube, it is possible to hear both cracks.
The day after, Taylor called Theisman in the hospital.
"You broke both the bones in my leg!"
"Well, Joe, you know I never do things by half."
I remember seeing that live. And I remember seeing the replay. Over and over...
I remember being able to hear his bones break on TV. Shudder...