Ron Springs

Ron Springs is a former professional football player who played running back in the NFL for eight seasons. On Tuesday, October 16, 2007 Springs slipped into a coma after being operated on for an elbow cyst days earlier.

• Topix.net: Ron Springs News
• ESPN.com: Ex-Cowboy Springs testing malpractice limits in lawsuit (February 25, 2008)
  • "The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas in Marshall, challenges the 2003 Medical Malpractice and Tort Reform Act that limits awards in Texas. The lawsuit asks the court to declare the cap unconstitutional."
• ESPN.com: Shawn Springs flies to Dallas to be with father (October 16, 2007)
• washingtonpost.com: A Son's Offer, A Father's Decision (December 18, 2005)
• Dallas Morning News: Ex-Cowboy counts his blessings (November 24, 2005)

• 1956: Born in Williamsburg, Virginia on November 4

• 1979: Drafted by the Dallas Cowboys

• 1985: Joins the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

• 1990: Diagnosed with Type II Diabetes

• 2006: Former teammate Everson Walls donates a kidney to Springs

• 2007: Suffers complications from surgery to remove a cyst and slips into a coma