Chris Gatling needed the steel plate in his head after slipping and hitting his head on pavement.
Chris Gatling via kwout
At 17, Chris Gatling was doing what high school kids do with their fathers, working on cars in Newark, N.J., in this case at his father's maintenance job. Gatling was on the hood of a van, cleaning it, when suddenly he slipped and smacked his head on a cobblestone street.
The impact created a subdural hematoma, a blood clot of the brain, and had to be removed immediately. Two years later, while he was in college, the supportive plate was implanted in his skull. He will carry the linoleum and steel mesh for the rest of his life.
With the exception of the scar, which is mostly hidden by the trademark headband he wears during games, it is difficult to detect this is a player who has been through so much.
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