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Old 06-15-2018, 09:42 AM
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Default Hughie Jennings life of misfortune



Hugh Jennings' life was filled with several tragic accidents. There was the beaning incident in Philadelphia that left him unconscious for three days. While attending Cornell, he fractured his skull diving head-first into a swimming pool at night, only to find the pool had been emptied. In December 1911, Jennings came close to death after an off-season automobile accident. While driving a car given to him by admirers, Jennings' car overturned while crossing a bridge. In the crash, Jennings again fractured his skull, suffered a concussion of the brain, and broke both legs and his left arm. For several days after the accident, doctors were unsure if Jennings would survive.

The physical abuse and blows to the head undoubtedly took their toll. During the 1925 season and he suffered a nervous breakdown when the season ended. Jennings retired to the Winyah Sanatorium in Asheville, North Carolina. He did return home to Scranton, Pennsylvania, spending much of his time recuperating in the Pocono Mountains. In early 1928, Jennings died from meningitis in Scranton, Pennsylvania at age 58.
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Also, his first wife died only one year after they married.
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Here's a great clip on YouTube of Hughie doing his famous dance. It starts at 0:44 ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-ptxUREjdA
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I have always enjoyed (well, maybe "enjoyed" is not the right word) the postcard produced to commemorate Jennings' car accident. A car accident in which the driver was severely injured just seems like such a weird thing to commemorate on a postcard.
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I hear that he also frequently felt that his own ghost was right behind him.
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thanks for posting the video!
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I have always enjoyed (well, maybe "enjoyed" is not the right word) the postcard produced to commemorate Jennings' car accident. A car accident in which the driver was severely injured just seems like such a weird thing to commemorate on a postcard.

And it's for sale!

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He just completely missed that bridge
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There's snow on the ground, so it must have been slippery and his traction control didn't kick in soon enough.
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It'd be cool to see a picture of what's at that site today.
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thanks for posting the video!
Now we know why he is pictured so often in that pose...that dance is quite fanciful.

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CTE from the Cornell pool and subsequent noggin breaks. How else could a man have the happiest looking card in the monster?

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Here's a biography on Hughie Jennings :
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Here's a biography on Hughie Jennings :
For anyone looking to read a bit more about Hughie Jennings, I highly recommend that biography. It's an easy read, and very interesting.

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My favorite Jennings.
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