George Eyser's left leg. I am sorry for getting real obscure on everyone. George Eyser lost his left leg in a train accident as a teenager (1880's). He got a wooden leg as a prothesis and won six medals (3 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze) in gymastics at the 1904 Olympics in St. Louis. This included rope climbing, vault, pommel horse and horizontal bar. The first true paralympian. One of the prized photos in my collection is a photo of his 1908 Concordia Turnverein which won the World's Championship. You can actually see that his left leg is a peg with no foot. Interestingly no one has ever been able to find out what happened to him after the 1910's or so.
Just so you don't think I am not familiar with baseball, see previous post and:
Dummy Hoy's ear drum.
Last edited by Michael B; 03-11-2013 at 04:28 PM.
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