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Chucky Mullins
Roy Lee "Chucky" Mullins (July 8, 1969 – May 6, 1991) was an American college football cornerback who played for the Ole Miss Rebels. His career was ended by a football injury that left him a quadriplegic.
Mullins was injured on October 28, 1989, during the Ole Miss Rebels homecoming game against the Vanderbilt Commodores. He plunged head-first into a tackle of Vanderbilt fullback Brad Gaines after a short pass attempt. The impact shattered four vertebrae in the cervical spine of Mullins, immediately paralyzing him.
After being airlifted to Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, Mullins underwent a tracheotomy and five-hour bone graft operation to fuse the vertebrae. Mullins never regained sensation below his neck. After months of intensive physical therapy, however, he was eventually able to move a hand across his body and touch his chest.
Mullins became the recipient of donations of money towards his medical expenses. Ole Miss established the "Chucky Mullins Trust Fund" to properly manage the donations. The city of Oxford donated land for a specially designed, handicap-accessible house for Mullins. Donations to the trust fund eventually exceeded $1 million.[citation needed] President George H. W. Bush visited Mullins in his hospital room and encouraged him while on a visit to Memphis.
Mullins returned to Ole Miss on June 20, 1990, to complete his undergraduate studies.[citation needed]
Less than a year after returning to school, Mullins was stricken by a pulmonary embolism, which are blood clots formed by inactivity and poor circulation. He died in the hospital on May 6, 1991, and was buried in his home town of Russellville, Alabama.[citation needed]
On September 26, 2014, Coliseum Drive on the Ole Miss campus was renamed as Chucky Mullins Drive.
During Mullins' time in the hospital, he and Brad Gaines, who did not know each other before the accident, became friends. Since the death of Mullins, Gaines visits and maintains his friend's gravesite three times a year: May 6 (the anniversary of the death of Mullins), October 28 (the anniversary of the injury) and December 25 (Christmas Day).
Chucky Mullins
Roy Lee "Chucky" Mullins (July 8, 1969 – May 6, 1991) was an American college football cornerback who played for the Ole Miss Rebels. His career was ended by a football injury that left him a quadriplegic.
Mullins was injured on October 28, 1989, during the Ole Miss Rebels homecoming game against the Vanderbilt Commodores. He plunged head-first into a tackle of Vanderbilt fullback Brad Gaines after a short pass attempt. The impact shattered four vertebrae in the cervical spine of Mullins, immediately paralyzing him.
After being airlifted to Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, Mullins underwent a tracheotomy and five-hour bone graft operation to fuse the vertebrae. Mullins never regained sensation below his neck. After months of intensive physical therapy, however, he was eventually able to move a hand across his body and touch his chest.
Mullins became the recipient of donations of money towards his medical expenses. Ole Miss established the "Chucky Mullins Trust Fund" to properly manage the donations. The city of Oxford donated land for a specially designed, handicap-accessible house for Mullins. Donations to the trust fund eventually exceeded $1 million.[citation needed] President George H. W. Bush visited Mullins in his hospital room and encouraged him while on a visit to Memphis.
Mullins returned to Ole Miss on June 20, 1990, to complete his undergraduate studies.[citation needed]
Less than a year after returning to school, Mullins was stricken by a pulmonary embolism, which are blood clots formed by inactivity and poor circulation. He died in the hospital on May 6, 1991, and was buried in his home town of Russellville, Alabama.[citation needed]
On September 26, 2014, Coliseum Drive on the Ole Miss campus was renamed as Chucky Mullins Drive.
During Mullins' time in the hospital, he and Brad Gaines, who did not know each other before the accident, became friends. Since the death of Mullins, Gaines visits and maintains his friend's gravesite three times a year: May 6 (the anniversary of the death of Mullins), October 28 (the anniversary of the injury) and December 25 (Christmas Day).