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From Pro Football to Fighting for His Life | Mark O'Brien | SC

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At 16 years old, Mark O’Brien was told a routine medical screening might end his football career at Derby County. Months later, a surgeon looked him in the eye and said if he didn’t have open-heart surgery immediately, he would be gone. What followed shouldn’t have been possible. Mark returned to professional football, played for over a decade, captained Newport County, scored one of the most…