Gunzlingr
11-03-2003, 06:33 AM
Former Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka underwent hip surgery Saturday and was expected to make a quick recovery after a fall in his home, according to his assistant.
Ditka broke a bone in his right leg near a previous hip replacement. Doctors replaced the hip again on Saturday and fixed the break, Mary Albright said.
"There were no complications with the surgery, he went through it smelling like a rose," she said.
Ditka, a Hall of Fame tight end who played most of his career with the Bears and coached them to victory in the 1986 Super Bowl, already has had both hips replaced -- one of them twice.
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Ditka broke a bone in his right leg near a previous hip replacement. Doctors replaced the hip again on Saturday and fixed the break, Mary Albright said.
"There were no complications with the surgery, he went through it smelling like a rose," she said.
Ditka, a Hall of Fame tight end who played most of his career with the Bears and coached them to victory in the 1986 Super Bowl, already has had both hips replaced -- one of them twice.
more (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2003/football/nfl/11/01/bc.fbn.ditkasurgery.ap/index.html)