Brian Cashman broke a leg and dislocated the ankle skydiving in Florida during spring training while raising funds for the Wounded Warrior Project.
Wigan was led out onto the field by chairman Dave Whelan, whose playing career ended at old Wembley stadium when he broke a leg while playing for Blackburn in the 1960 final.
Louisville also played without Kevin Ware, a reserve guard who broke his right leg while defending a shot in the regional final last week.
Michael Vick broke his leg in a pre-season game and missed 11 games in 2003 to celebrate his Madden NFL 2004 cover status.
His career finished in tragic fashion in 1953 when he broke his leg in a collision with Preston goalkeeper George Thompson and he eventually had to have the leg amputated.
The Wolves skipper, who has made 182 appearances for the club, was also sorry for the damage done to Fulham striker Bobby Zamora, who broke his leg during a challenge between the two players in September.
He replaced Tyler Myers in the lineup, after the defenseman was ruled out for the remainder of the season after he broke a bone in his leg blocking a shot in a 5-1 loss to Montreal on Thursday.
This past summer an executive in a pharmaceutical company broke her leg and was housebound for 3 weeks.
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The 27-year-old broke his leg and ankle in a challenge with Birmingham's Martin Taylor and was out for a year.
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He underwent surgery last month on the right leg he broke at a mountain bike event in Tasmania in December 2009.
An accident near his Italian home in early 2012, where he re-broke his right leg, was also a setback, but Kubica has stuck doggedly to his rehabilitation program.
Tandy was released by Manchester City after he broke his leg while playing on loan with a Danish club.
Cashman, who broke his leg and dislocated his ankle in a skydiving accident Monday, says Teixeira will rest for four weeks before beginning rehabilitation.
Former Louisville running back Michael Bush broke his right leg in two places during a football game in 2006 and had surgery the following day to repair his tibia.
He then broke a shoulder in training the day before the first leg of the semi-final with West Bromwich Albion.
Edgar Sosa, a former Louisville basketball player, also broke his right leg in 2011 while playing for the Dominican Republic in an international tournament.
Albion needed a left-footed winger after Kazenga LuaLua broke his leg.
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Ware broke his right leg and was removed from the court on a stretcher after 10 minutes.
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Croatia had already ended England's chances of qualifying for the 2008 European Championship when a challenge by Birmingham's Martin Taylor broke Eduardo's leg and dislocated his ankle.
Johnson, who broke his collarbone in the 3-1 first-leg win a week ago, was replaced by former Manchester United forward Erik Nevland who was deployed up front on his own.
Benjamin, who broke his leg in early December, made his comeback last weekend as a replacement.
Webber broke his right leg in November when he collided head-on with a car while riding a bike at his own charity event in Tasmania.
Rudi Steyn and James Bryant put together an excellent 118-run partnership lasting 35 overs, beofre Mark Ealham - a one-day specialist - broke it, having Steyn caught at long leg by Gavin Hamilton to end his run at 93 of just 114 balls.
The second half, however, was a completely different story as Swansea broke the deadlock six minutes after the break, a huge deflection off Dempsey's leg diverting Sinclair's shot past a helpless Schwarzer.
After being installed as skipper the Frenchman famously broke down in the centre-circle at Birmingham after a match which had seen Eduardo suffer a broken leg.
Then a steel or titanium rod is placed inside the hollow leg bone to reconnect it where it broke.
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