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TIL NHLer Bobby Baun clinched 1 of his 4 Stanley Cups with a broken ankle, and played his career ending game with a broken leg when a skate cut his neck. Found hemorrhaging by the bus and carried to the hospital by Tim Horton, he was placed next to his wife who was giving birth to their 3rd son.

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