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October 01, 2010
High School Team Lets Special-Needs Player Score: With a minute remaining in last Friday's game and a lead of more than 30 points, Menomonie [Wisc.] High coach Joe LaBuda called a timeout and approached the referees and the Superior High coach with a special request: Would it be OK if one of his players caught a pass, and would Superior's players would take it easy tackling him?
I updated the link. The last one said he had autism. This one is from his hometown and is less specific on that subject.
posted by rcade at 05:06 PM on October 01, 2010
brookish, you might be thinking of the football player in Washington state who had Down's Syndrome. I tried to post the link here be am having no luck. (it's my computer, not sportsfilter)
posted by steelergirl at 10:46 PM on October 01, 2010
He's not autisitic - he has down's syndrome.