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OL Ivan Douglas (National Champion, R.I.P.)

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Its for sale again, 25K or best offer this time.

Ivan's Ring

Really hope everythings ok for him. If I had the cash I'd buy every former players ring I saw on there and just hold it for them untill they got back on their feet.

I wish there was some sort of network that could put the word out that a guy needs help, I'm sure people could do things for him short of just giving him 25K and taking away his ring.

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Dryden said:
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Here's another article with a little of his Ohio State history:

Former Ohio State Football Player Reportedly Fighting For His Life

Ivan Douglas played football at Ohio State in the early 2000s, having a promising football career cut short due to blood clots in 2003.
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As of 2015, Ivan Douglas was in Ohio, working for the Regional Transit Authority in Cleveland.

In 2005, The Press Democrat wrote about his attempt at a football comeback with the Oakland Raiders, which unfortunately didn’t take hold.

Douglas sat out the 2001 season. But he came back strong in 2002, seemingly relegating his ailment to the past. He was the biggest player on the best college football team in the nation, starting 12 games for the BCS-champion Buckeyes. Sure, he was frustrated when a sprained ankle forced him out of Ohio State’s title-clinching, 31-24 victory over Miami in the Fiesta Bowl. But he was poised for success as his senior year approached.

Then it happened again. Douglas suffered another blood clot in his chest in July, 2003. He hasn’t suited up for a football game since. Douglas helped the squad as a student coach and worked toward his degree in criminology, watching several of his Ohio State teammates graduate from the NCAA to NFL riches.

“It was pretty frustrating, but then again, it’s also motivation,” Douglas said. “Because you know that you played right next to these guys. You have as much talent as these guys. I actually looked at it as a point where God’s kind of asking me, ‘If you really want to do this, then you’ll have to put a little more into it than everybody else did to prove that you want it.’ “

Entire article: https://thespun.com/big-ten/ohio-st...y-induced-coma-virus-mekka-don-jonathan-wells

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