02-15-2010 SI'S PETER KING HIGHLIGHTS DOBLER SITUATION Anyone who has seen former NFL football player Conrad Dobler, 59, hobble around the HyVee's in Leawood knows it is not a pretty sight. In fact, he has two of the ugliest knees known to man and spends much of his days downing a variety of pain pills to try and get by. Sports Illustrated columnist Peter King has written an enlightening article about Dobler's plight after he spoke with him at the Super Bowl. Dobler, who retired in 1981 and was once known as the "Dirtiest Player in Pro Football," wore shorts around Miami to show what his knees look like after nine knee replacements. "His (Dobler's) knees are more road maps than functioning joints, part of the 34-surgery nightmare he endured to be a football player," said King. "The players of today may look at us as whiners, as people who blew their fortunes,'' Dobler told King. "But all I can say to players who say that is: You will be us. Study history. You will us someday.'' The New York Daily News did an extensive interview with Dobler in January (LINK). Bottom Line's John Landsberg wrote about Dobler in a December 2006 column in Kansas City Sports & Fitness magazine (LINK).
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