Search results
Ben Abercrombie
American FootballFINAL Sep 28 @ 
Brown L28 - 317:00 pm GMT-04:00 Oct 4 vs 
New Hampshire 6:00 pm GMT-04:00 Oct 11 @ 
Cornell Dec 3, 2021 · Ben Abercrombie, a former Harvard football player, was paralyzed in 2017 and returned to campus in 2019 to finish his degree. He is also working hard to regain his mobility and independence with the help of his family, coaches, and therapists.
Sep 5, 2023 · A spinal cord injury during his first Harvard game left Hoover football standout Ben Abercrombie paralyzed. He told us in 2018 his goal is to walk. His family says a new glimmer of hope is...
- ‘Champions in All We Do’
- Six Weeks in Cambridge
- The Big Hitter
- ‘The Great American Sport’
- ‘No Stone Unturned’
Hoover, Alabama is a sprawling, hilly suburb of 85,000, ten miles outside Birmingham. People smile and wave out of habit. An Uber driver cheerfully describes fender benders as “a nice way to meet new people.” The town, according to Don H. Hulin, Hoover High’s principal, “centers around the school.” Everyone is invested in the success of the high sc...
They called him “Badgercrombie.” That was Ben’s locker room nickname at Harvard, bestowed by a senior player. It pays homage to Tyrann Matthieu, a Louisiana State player known for tenacity—despite his small size. Like Matthieu, Ben’s teammates claimed he resembled a badger, fearless and ferocious. But the real significance of the moniker is the fac...
Ben wasn’t supposed to be on the field when it happened. He traveled to University of Rhode Island expecting mostly to play on special teams; during kickoffs, punt returns, and field goals. But then starting safety Zachary J. Miller ’19 went down with an injury. Minutes later, his replacement, Cole M. Thompson ’19, left the game for the same reason...
Spinal cord injuries like Ben’s are fairly rare in football. But his debilitating accident comes in the middle of a fraught national conversation about the future of the sport. After all, the injury was “something that was not caused by poor technique on his part,” as Murphy says. The play was completely textbook. Ben played by the rules, the same ...
“Ben says he doesn’t remember it, but we remember it vividly: Ben opened his eyes and saw us, heard our voices,” Marty says. The Abercrombies didn’t quite know what to expect when they sprinted into their son’s room in the Rhode Island Hospital, car left running directly in front of the entrance. They only knew he was alive. “A lot of people that h...
Jan 20, 2023 · Hoover, Alabama's Ben Abercrombie is facing unfathomable obstacles, and he's closing in on an amazing achievement after being paralyzed from the neck down for the last five years:
"Ben M. Abercrombie '21 was ready for a successful career as a Harvard football player—until an entirely legal hit snapped his neck, compressing his spinal c...
- 2 min
- 12.9K
- The Harvard Crimson
Jun 9, 2024 · Ben Abercombie is running down a fly ball. He concentrates on the baseball as he shields his eyes from the sun’s glare. A squeeze of the mitt, a smile, and the inning is over.
People also ask
Is Ben Abercrombie back?
Who is John Abercrombie?
What happened to Jack Abercrombie?
What is Abercrombie & Co?
Sep 3, 2019 · Ben Abercrombie arrives back at campus as a part of the class of 2023 and is greeted with open arms by his peers. By Kai R. McNamee. Almost two years after a sideline tackle left freshman...
