Legless footballer excluded because he couldn’t wear knee pads
Mount Healthy High School’s head football coach and athletic director said Tuesday they did not support an officiating crew’s decision to keep Bobby Martin, a senior at Dayton’s Colonel White High School who has no legs, from playing in last Friday night’s game.
Martin participated in one play on the punting team in the first half before officials decided it was unsafe for him to be on the field. They cited a mandatory equipment rule from the National Federation of State High School Associations’ rule book that stipulates players must wear shoes, thigh pads and knee pads, Mount Healthy coach Kurry Commins said.
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