Saturday, December 27, 2003

 

 

ESPN.com news services

SARASOTA, Fla. -- Yankees owner George Steinbrenner collapsed at a memorial service Saturday, the Sarasota Herald-Tribune is reporting.

 

 

Steinbrenner was taken to Sarasota Memorial Hospital, according to the Herald-Tribune's Web site. The hospital's emergency room confirmed to the paper that Steinbrenner was there but would release no further details.

 

 

Steinbrenner, 73, was in Sarasota for a memorial service for Otto Graham, a Hall of Fame quarterback for the Browns, who died on Dec. 17.

 

 

Those present told the newspaper that Steinbrenner was conscious when an ambulance transported him to the hospital.

 

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Did this happen at hearing the news he owes $50 Mill in luxary tax?

Did this happen at hearing the news he owes $50 Mill in luxary tax?

:thumbdown

More details on it (part of the article):

Sarasota Herald-Tribune columnist Doug Fernandes said he was about 20 feet away when Steinbrenner fell during a slide show. The presentation, prepared by Graham's grandchildren and shown at a reception, featured pictures of Steinbrenner and Graham together.

 

``He went to reach for a chair but he missed, and he went face-first into the carpet,'' Fernandes said. ``People were stunned. They started loosening his tie and his collar. He was out for a few seconds. By the time they wheeled him out, his color had returned.''

 

Temperatures were normal for this time of year, in the mid-70s. The reception room was full.

 

Graham, a longtime friend of Steinbrenner, died Dec. 17. The Hall of Fame quarterback was 82.

 

Hospital spokeswoman Lynn Cassan did not comment to the AP, citing patient confidentiality.

 

Yankees spokesman Rick Cerrone said he had no information on Steinbrenner. Team president Randy Levine had no immediate comment, and Steinbrenner publicist Howard Rubenstein did not immediately return telephone calls.

 

Steinbrenner, who has owned the Yankees since 1973, lives in Tampa, about 60 miles north of Sarasota.

 

Steinbrenner grew up in Cleveland, and later became longtime friends with Graham, the Browns' star quarterback from 1946-55. They were golfing partners, attended banquets together and helped each other with charity events.

 

In 1959, boosted by Steinbrenner's recommendation, Graham became athletic director and football coach at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy.

 

Almost two decades later, Steinbrenner got a call from the old quarterback's family. Graham had suffered a seizure, and Steinbrenner rushed up to see him at the Coast Guard in New London, Conn.

 

``I saw him and told him, 'You can't go now! You're not going to get out of the game that easily!'' Steinbrenner recalled the night Graham died. ``Fortunately, he recovered and we had him for many more years.''

He couldn't hold up his body with his millions in his pockets, so he fell over. :lol

just imagine if he croked...... he will take the yankee empire with him just like caesar

"Those present told the newspaper that Steinbrenner was conscious when an ambulance transported him to the hospital."

 

Damn it, why didn't he get incapacitated?