If you played football in HS, did you suffer a concussion (poll)?

If you played football at least all through high school, did you ever have a concussion?

  • no

    Votes: 42 46.7%

  • yes, I had one

    Votes: 17 18.9%

  • yes, multiple

    Votes: 10 11.1%

  • none diagnosed, but some suspected

    Votes: 21 23.3%
  • Total voters
    90
There needs to be an age part to the poll.

I know I had concussions, but was never diagnosed. Got knocked out playing baseball, and finished the game.

The older you are the more likely you had an undiagnosed one, I imagine.
 
Ozhawk said:
One in Junior High. Kocked out. Played Rugy spring of Senior Year Through age 30. I played mens club side rugby as a HS kid. probably 4 or 5 bell rings in those 13 years of rugby. Wouldn't change it for nothing...rugby made me a man quickly and also taught me how to swear properly.
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What club did you play for? I was on the Ducks for a few seasons, before I moved to St. Louis. Then played another 8 down here.
 
Sophomore year, I was a flanker on the JV team. Last week of the season, and I was running scout O against the varsity D. I took a handoff and ran through the line (I had never taken a handoff before) and got absolutely creamed helmet to helmet by a senior LB twice my size.

I was knocked out and fumbled. I came to and the guy who tackled me offered me a hand and pulled me up to my feet. One of the assistant coaches noticed I was still woozy and told me to sit out the rest of practice. When I went into the locker room afterwards, I couldn't remember the combination to the lock on my locker.

Over the next few weeks I had headaches and I didn't feel right. But this was 1985, and we didn't go to the doctor for such things. Eventually I got back to normal, but the next year when it was time to sign up for football, I decided to switch to cross country instead. That hit stuck with me and I wanted nothing more to do with it.
 
I had one. Happened on a kick-off receive towards the end of the game. I was in the front five, dropped back to block and went helmet to helmet with a player from the other team. I guess he stumbled backwards into my teammate with the ball, tackling without knowing he was doing it. I was told I walked off the field, past the coach screaming at me asking why I didn’t sustain my block, and sat on the bench. I was further told one of my teammates went to the coach and said, “I don’t think he is ok.” Coach stopped yelling and called the doctor over and was a bit apologetic later. We had a school dance after and I remember the music was adding to my splitting headache...but she was cute so I stayed.
 
'93. Had a bad one, 2 different pupil dialations, puked, thought my aunt was the coach and walked into the crowd by bleachers. Now days, I would have been in hospital. Then, ice on the head and went to the dance after.
 
I was an undersized DT in 3A in the mid 80s. Out for a few seconds vs Tipton, I think was the team. I remember running down the line and hitting the West Delaware QB square in the earhole ringing both of our bells, though I think he got the worst of it. Our D coach took me out of a practice drill after I got whacked hard enough to stumble and almost fall.

But I never got the nasty headaches or vomited like some of you’ve described. Those just sound much worse than anything I experienced.

Then there were the MANY head butts in high school and college. Not KOd but that just can’t be good for the melon, right?
 
CP87 said:
Colin Cole is out on football prior to HS (I agree with him, for what it's worth):

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I am okay if Pop Warner faded away. I know there are some hot spots where it is a big deal, but flag football isn't a bad alternative. Several ex-players and current, feel the way Colin does.
 
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