Event class: suffered, injury, left, accident, right, leg, injured, season, career, game

Events with high posterior probability

Mark Hamill	On January 11, 1977, one day before he was set to shoot one of the needed scenes in Star Wars, Hamill was in a car accident in which he fractured his nose and left cheekbone, requiring seven hours of surgery.
Mats Sundin	When NHL play resumed for 2005 -- 06, Sundin was sidelined in the first game of the season when he was struck in the face with a puck, narrowly missing his eye, but breaking his orbital bone.
Dario Franchitti	Franchitti moved with the Andretti Green team to the IndyCar Series in 2003 but his season was ended by a back injury sustained in a motorcycle accident while on holiday in Scotland.
Mike Garcia (baseball, born 1923)	Garcia injured the index finger of his throwing hand while working on a midget car in late 1959, but the wound was repaired without lasting effects.
Bernie Geoffrion	In 1958, a training accident severely injured him and his life was saved by emergency surgery.
Howard Staunton	Staunton went to Paris intending to start their third match in October 1844, but he caught pneumonia while travelling and almost died ; the match was postponed and never took place.
Barry Windham	At Halloween Havoc 1991 : Chamber of Horrors, Anderson and Zbyszko slammed a car door on Windham's hand, breaking it, and putting him out of action for a while (including that night's Chamber of Horrors match, where he was replaced by El Gigante).
Alain Sutter	He played one season in Dallas but his tenure there was cut short when, during training in early 1998, he stepped awkwardly in a hole of the practice field (the Burn was using the facilities of a high school at that time) and the injury forced him to retire.
Andrea Montermini	Montermini himself crashed heavily in practice for the 1994 Spanish Grand Prix, breaking his left heel and his right foot.
Simona de Silvestro	She received second degree burns on her right hand and superficial burns on her left hand in a crash during practice for the 2011 Indianapolis 500 on 19 May.
Tony Siscone	Siscone also won the 1984 NASCAR Cardinal 500 at the Martinsville Speedway, only 2 years after receiving serious burns to both hands at the Martinsville track after being involved in a fiery crash with Ray Evernham.
Darius Miles	Miles' playing career nearly came to an end when he was released by the Portland Trail Blazers in April 2008 after two years away from the court following microfracture surgery on his right knee.
Gyptian	On June 8, 2010, he crashed his motorbike and sustained minor head and shoulder injuries.
Kaori Matsumoto	She broke her right shoulder during high school, her nasal bone and right elbow during college, and her right hand during the 2009 world championship due to an unbalanced diet and finished fifth.
Ian Shelton (footballer)	He did not play for the entire 1964 season due to an eye injury he suffered in a tractor accident on his farm in Avenel, Victoria.
Fred Grandy	In 1982, while visiting Turkey to film scenes for the show, Grandy suffered severe burns when a balloon filled with hydrogen exploded.
Johann Grugger	On January 20, 2011, Grugger crashed during a downhill training run at Kitzbühel and suffered a serious head injury.
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Todd Bertuzzi	In March 2004, Bertuzzi became known for Todd Bertuzzi -- Steve Moore incident where Steve Moore was seriously injured, effectively ending his professional career.
William M. Rainach	Rainach wanted to be a baseball player, but in 1924, he was struck by a bat and later lost his sight in one eye because of the injury.
Jo O'Meara	On 12 November 2008, a bottle was thrown at O'Meara during their performance in Bradford ; it left her with a severe cut to the head, requiring treatment at a nearby hospital.
Robert Karlsson	In June 2009, Karlsson suffered from an eye injury, with no depth-perception in his left eye.
Craig Gordon	During the summer of 2010, Gordon had surgery on his broken arm to remove a metal plate.
Ron Hill	His streak includes workouts after a car crash in 1993 when Hill broke his sternum, and after bunion surgery, after which he used a crutch to cover one mile (1.
Margie Bowes	In 1995, Bowes was injured badly in an automobile accident and underwent several operations.
Andy Phillips	A family emergency (his mother Linda was hurt in a car crash) caused Phillips to miss much of his 2007 spring training with the Yankees.
Blake Hawksworth	Hawksworth was hit in the face near his mouth by a line drive by outfielder Sam Fuld, and crumpled to the ground, in a game in September 2010.
Katherine Legge	Legge suffered a violent accident at the 2006 Champ Car Grand Prix of Road America when the rear wing of her car broke ; she was able to walk away from the car unharmed.
Chasity Melvin	During a game at the UIC Pavilion on August 15, 2007, Melvin's left eye was dislodged from its socket after Shameka Christon of the New York Liberty accidentally struck Melvin's face as the two were battling for a rebound.
Jes?s Manzano	He alleged that the daily cortisone injections for his knee injury during the 2003 Vuelta a España did severe damage to his knee and he spoke of the pressure to dope in professional cycling.
Richard Migliore	In July 1999, he seriously fractured his right arm in another spill at Belmont and was out of the races for six months.
Heather Mills	The Daily Mail reported, on 12 May 2011, that Mills had been airlifted to hospital by helicopter,'' after her right shoulder blade broke in several places'', following a skiing accident in which she collided with a frozen plastic pole while training with the British Disabled Ski Team's development squad on the Mölltaler glacier in Austria.
Eric LeGrand	That group includes NCAA wrestling champion, Anthony Robles, who was born with only a right leg ; Northern State coach Don Meyer, who beat cancer and devastating injuries from a car crash and went on to set the men's college basketball record for most career victories ; and Kevin Everett, the former Buffallo Bills tight end who suffered an injury similar to LeGrand's in a 2007 game.
Pie Traynor	During the 1934 season, his throwing arm was injured in a play at home plate and his defense began to suffer as a result.
Matt Kobyluck	An accident that occurred during one of his races at Stafford in 1998 put those plans on hold temporarily as Kobyluck recovered from extensive injuries he sustained in the crash.
Moshe Carmel	On 29 October 1957 he suffered a broken arm after a' Mills grenade' was thrown into the debating chamber of the Knesset.
Joe Seerane	At the end of 2013, he was involved in a serious car accident that saw him sustain burn injuries and saw him admitted to hospital in a serious condition.
Ric Byrne	During a'' First Blood'' match against Gotti on June 6, 2006, Ric's jaw was broken in multiple places at the midpoint of the match, and even though Byrne was able to continue wrestling for another ten minutes after the incident, he was sidelined for several months afterwards due to the extensive surgeries required to correct his shattered jawbone, and was forced to vacate the WWC Heavyweight Title during this period.
Roberto Baggio	After his serious career threatening injury in 1985, Baggio, formerly a Roman Catholic, converted to Buddhism.
Mark Philippi	In 1998, Philippi was severely injured at the 1998 World's Strongest Man during the car flip event where he ruptured his patella tendon and also partially tore his biceps tendon when the car rolled back on him.
Chad Reed	2012 While competing at the seventh round of the 2012 AMA Supercross series in Dallas Texas and going in an Epic Battle with Ryan Villopoto, Reed crashed and sustained numerous injuries including his left knee.
Howard Cole (speedway rider)	The following year he transferred to Stoke and rode for the Potters until he broke his arm in 1963.
Daniel Alfredsson	First, Alfredsson suffered a hip pointer injury, and on 3 April 2008, Mark Bell of the Maple Leafs hit him with a shoulder that left Alfredsson on the ice, unable to get up for several minutes.
Austin Collie	However, on November 7, 2010, Collie was involved in a collision against the Philadelphia Eagles, in which he was hit on both sides of his head by Quintin Mikell and Kurt Coleman.
Hugh Gordon Malcolm	In May 1939, he suffered a serious head injury in a Westland Lysander crash.
Ellis Burks	He sprained his wrist in spring training of 2003 and kept playing in 55 games until the muscles in his right hand affected his ability to swing the bat.
Mark Palios	Whilst playing in a friendly amateur game in 2001 Palios was elbowed in the chest and suffered a double cardiac arrest, but recovered and went on to resume playing football until the age of 58.
Paul Goydos	Goydos played in six events in 2012 before bone spurts in his left wrist and subsequent surgery forced him out of action for 15 months.
Ed Jovanovski	His most serious injury was an orbital bone fracture after his face collided with an opposing player's helmet in a game against the Atlanta Thrashers on February 17, 2011.
Thomas O. Osborn	Osborn was badly wounded at the Battle of Drewry's Bluff on May 14, 1864, when a musket ball shattered his right elbow and lodged in his arm.
Dagfinn Enerly	In 2005, he broke his neck during a match, which left him paralyzed from the chest down.
Speedy Thompson	During a late model race on April 2, 1972 at Metrolina Fairgrounds in Charlotte, where he started the race despite reporting he was not feeling well, Thompson suffered a suspected heart attack during the race and crashed his car, breaking his neck as well.
Paul Boesch	In 1947, he was injured in a car accident, forcing his retirement from the ring.
Glen Seabrooke	However, on February 22, 1989 he crashed into a goalpost and severely injured his shoulder.
David Shand	Shand missed the start of 1984-85 season with a cracked sinus bone and facial laceration, suffered when he was hit below his left eye by a Scott Stevens shot during Washington's 1984 training camp.
John Vanbiesbrouck	On June 13, 1988 Vanbiesbrouck suffered nerve damage to his left wrist after a glass coffee table he was sitting on collapsed and broken glass lacerated his ulnar nerve and three tendons.
Valeriy Brumel	After going undefeated during the 1965 season, Brumel injured his right leg in a motorcycle accident.
Danny Crates	He took up athletics after losing his right arm in a car accident while in Australia in 1994.
Frank Villa	In December 1896, the Detroit Journal published an account of a sleigh accident in which Villa was thrown 33 feet and landed on his head, but suffered no injuries.
Mark Waller (doctor)	Waller was instrumental in overseeing the recovery of Djibril Cissé after the player sustained a broken leg during a match at Blackburn Rovers, an injury that could have cost Cissé his leg.
Chris Canty (defensive lineman)	Canty suffered a serious eye injury at a nightclub in Scottsdale, Arizona, in late January 2005.
Gerard Wiekens	In September 2005, Wiekens broke his leg while playing for Veendam against Omniworld, an injury which was blamed on the artificial pitch on which the match took place.
Eliseo Salazar	In 2002, he suffered a serious accident testing at Indianapolis, and was forced miss several races.
Jerry Gill	During a match against Oxford United in March 2009, Gill suffered a triple fracture to his cheekbone and eye socket when a'' nudge'' from opponent Chris Carruthers, a former team-mate at Northampton Town, propelled him into the advertising board s surrounding the pitch with such force that he was unable to prevent his head taking the full impact of a collision with a steel bar.
Greg Sampson	But then during a 1979 pre-season drill with his teammates, his helmet was struck and a blood clot in the brain developed.
Dennis Anderson	A broken hand from a non-driving accident in Philadelphia in 2003 sat him out for half of that year.
Bruno Kastner	Kastner's career was almost cut short in 1924 when he was involved in a serious motorcycle accident in Lugano, Switzerland, which left him with permanent pain.
Steve Yzerman	He handed the Cup first to the wheelchair-bound Vladimir Konstantinov, who had been severely injured in a car accident just six days after the Cup victory in 1997.
Tommy Roberts	Roberts broke an arm in a motor vehicle accident in 1927 After leaving White Hart Lane Roberts played for the Dick Kerrs X1 and finally ended his playing career at Chorley.
Steve Jones (golfer)	In November 1991, Jones suffered ligament and joint damage to his left ring finger in a dirtbike accident, and he missed almost three years of play as a professional.
Chantal Kreviazuk	In 1994 she received multiple jaw and leg fractures in a serious motorcycle accident in Italy and she spent several months recuperating.
Hannah Storm	On December 11, 2012, Storm sustained second degree burns to her chest and hands, and first degree burns to her neck and face resulting from a propane gas grill accident at her home.
Kyrie Irving	In a Las Vegas-based Cavaliers practice on July 14, 2012, Irving sustained a broken right hand after reportedly slapping it against a padded wall after committing a turnover.''
Russell Reeder	On June 11, 1944, during the Battle of Normandy, Reeder received a shrapnel wound in his ankle that almost severed his left leg.
Marc Girardelli	In 1983 he achieved his first victory in Sweden, but shortly thereafter he received his first major injury, when he tore all the ligament s in his left knee.
Bill Elliott	In 1996, Elliott suffered a broken hip during an accident at Talladega and missed seven races that season.
Rudolf Schmitt	Due to an explosion of a glass tube filled with hydrogen sulfide he lost his right eye in 1869.
Super Fly (wrestler)	At the 2007 Antonio Peña Memorial Show Real Fuerza Aérea leader Laredo Kid suffered a serious injury when he broke his leg during a match, because of this injury Super Fly was suddenly promoted to co-leader of Real Fuerza Aérea.
Heather Duby	In late 2011, Duby was in a car accident that injured her hands and required multiple surgeries.
Susan Powell (cyclist)	In 2007, she had a spinal cord injury, which caused weakness in her right leg, due to a field hockey accident.
Per Jonsson	His career was cut short when a crash during a league meeting in Poland in 1994 left him using a wheelchair for the rest of his life.
Thomas Teige	He broke 8 wooden boards (each 300 mm x 250 mm x 18 mm, not separated by spacers) with his hand at the ETF Euro-Cup 2006 Taekwondo & Martial Arts Championships in Kaltenkirchen (Germany).
Marty McSorley	On February 21, 2000, McSorley swung his stick and hit Donald Brashear in the head with two seconds left in the game.
Col Joye	In 1990, while pruning a neighbour's tree with a chainsaw as a favour, Joye slipped and fell six metres onto brick paving below, striking his head and falling into a coma, as well as sustaining serious lower back and shoulder injuries.
Shin Hye-sung	Shin had previously ruptured his cruciate ligament again, an injury previously substained during a concert in 2001, and had corrective surgery on his left knee but the cruciate ligament in his right knee continued to suffer damage, for which he was exempt from mandatory military service.
Ram?n Homs	Homs was born on 5 March 1974 in Vic, Barcelona, He has a physical disability, a left missing arm that he lost in a motorcycle accident.
Jim Gray (UDA member)	The following year on 13 September 2002, Gray was shot in the face by UDA rivals ; the plastic surgery to repair the considerable facial injuries cost # 11,000.
Robert Dunlop	In 1994, Dunlop suffered a major accident on the Isle of Man Formula One TT, when the back wheel of his 750cc Honda RC45 collapsed in a long left turn, just after he took the jump over Ballaugh Bridge.
Giuseppe Farina	In 1956 he made a half-hearted attempt at the Indianapolis 500, crashing in the process, only to break his collar bone after a crash at a minor race at Monza.
Thomas Oelsner	In 1991 he was injured in a motorcycle accident which left him with a paralysed left arm.
Ritsuko Nakayama	In 1990, Nakayama was forced to retire from bowling full-time, due to injury to her right shoulder and left knee (her sliding leg).
Marianne von Werefkin	Her progress was dealt a setback by a hunting accident in 1888 in which she accidentally shot her right hand which remained crippled after a lengthy period of recovery.
Tomas Kalnoky	During the 2009 Van's Warped Tour Tomas fractured his arm in a bicycle accident, rendering him incapable of playing guitar.
Derek Jeter	364 in the 2012 ALDS, Jeter fractured his left ankle during Game 1 of the 2012 ALCS against the Detroit Tigers reaching for a ground ball, an injury which ended his season.
Stewart Yetton	However, his career at Truro was ended after a training ground incident on 18 April 2013, in which City defender Ben Gerring suffered a broken jaw.
Alexa Glatch	She was in an accident in November 2005 ; her injuries included a broken right wrist and left elbow.
Noel Teasdale	Teasdale was noted for his tough, uncompromising play and in 1964 saw this almost cost him his life -- as his head clashed with that of North teammate Ken Dean leaving him in a serious condition in St. Vincent's Hospital.
Corey Hill	During the UFC : Fight for the Troops event in December 2008, Hill broke his right leg while throwing a kick that was checked by Dale Hartt in what is widely considered one of the most gruesome injuries in mixed martial arts history.
Arthur Irwin	While playing with Providence in 1883, Irwin broke the third and fourth fingers of his left hand.
Paul Pryor	Pryor suffered broken teeth in 1965 when a Willie Stargell foul ball smashed into his mask.