johno@rruxo.UUCP (11/11/85)
I can't believe what I just read in this morning's paper!! Pelle Lindbergh, the goalie for the Flyers, has been declared "brain dead". No this is not some sick joke. He apparently was in a car accident in New Jersey and suffered severe brain and spine injuries. It doesn't say when this happened, I assume it was yesterday (Sunday). John O'B
jmd@mhuxl.UUCP (Joseph M. Dakes) (11/12/85)
> I can't believe what I just read in this morning's paper!! > Pelle Lindbergh, the goalie for the Flyers, has been declared > "brain dead". No this is not some sick joke. He apparently > was in a car accident in New Jersey and suffered severe brain > and spine injuries. It doesn't say when this happened, I assume > it was yesterday (Sunday). > > John O'B Sadly it is true. I'm sure everyone knows the story by now but here is the latest I heard on the Philly news last nite: Pelle is connected to a life support system. His fiancee, mother and father, who just flew in from Europe, are left to make the very difficult decision of removing Pelle from the life suprt system being that his chances of recovery are non-existent. The State Police report shows that Pelle's blood/alchohol content was a 0.24. The legal level is 0.10. Two friends of Pelle were also in his turbo-charged Porshe when he failed to negotiate a turn and wrecked into a concrete wall, both are in critical condition. Pelle will be sadly missed by us Flyer fans and all hockey fans in general, and not for just his excellent goaltending. What a shame. Joe Dakes AT&T Bell Laboratories Reading, PA mhuxl!jmd
absary@watmath.UUCP (Al Sary) (11/12/85)
In article <121@rruxo.UUCP> johno@rruxo.UUCP writes: > >I can't believe what I just read in this morning's paper!! > >Pelle Lindbergh, the goalie for the Flyers, has been declared >"brain dead". No this is not some sick joke. He apparently >was in a car accident in New Jersey and suffered severe brain >and spine injuries. It doesn't say when this happened, I assume >it was yesterday (Sunday). > >John O'B It happened on Sunday morning just after 5:00. His blood alcohol level was 0.24 or so, about 2.5 times the legal limit (these figures may be sketchy, because I heard different figures from different sources). He was also a fast driver, and if you saw his car, you can bet he was going really fast. Apparently, though, he wasn't a big drinker. He was (is) 26, by the way.
jeff@dciem.UUCP (Jeff Richardson) (11/14/85)
What was Pelle Lindbergh doing out drunk driving at 5:00 in the morning
anyway? I've always thought that the teams had very strict rules against
their players going out drinking after something like 2:00, and that breaking
them usually resulted in the player being fined, suspended, sent to the minors,
traded or put on waivers. Of course, it's too late to discipline Lindbergh
now, but if they enforced rules against such things, as I thought they did,
then he probably would have made sure he was home safely in bed by then.
I figured that management would try hard to protect the huge investments they
have in their players by insisting on at least some small, reasonable amount of
control over their off-ice activities (eg. I've heard that the players must
get permission from their employers to play any other sports), but all I
heard about this incident was that Bob Clarke had advised Lindbergh to
drive more slowly.
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Jeff Richardson, DCIEM, Toronto (416) 635-2073
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{allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!dciem!jeffabsary@watmath.UUCP (Al Sary) (11/15/85)
In article <1728@dciem.UUCP> jeff@dciem.UUCP (Jeff Richardson) writes: >What was Pelle Lindbergh doing out drunk driving at 5:00 in the morning >anyway? I've always thought that the teams had very strict rules against I wondered about that myself. Going out partying at 1 am does not sound like something a hockey player can afford to do every day. I think one explonation may be that the Flyers won the game on Saturday, and did not have a game till next Thursday; I suppose they had a few days off after Saturday's game, and I guess celebrating once in a while is ok with management, especially when the team is doing as well as the Flyers are - this incident was very unfortunate, but I guess it's hard to think of it before it happens. Maybe team will come down harder on players drinking it out late at night, and especially driving drunk. One comment about the club Lindbergh was drinking at. Supposedly, it's licance to stay open till 5 am may be revoked; I don't know any more details on this.