Originally Posted by
Rock_Flock_of_Five
I also played the game myself for a couple of seasons (corner-back). Just before I joined the Cardiff Tigers, they were generously sponsored by a Bridgend business, 'Alignrite'. This enabled them to sign 3 Americans... Steve David, Clancy Barone and Steve Pisarkiewicz.
Pisarkiewicz was an ex-NFL quarterback with the Cardinals and the Green Bay Packers. At that time, he was in his mid 30's and in receipt of an NFL pension.
One day in training, he threw the ball to one of the receivers with such velocity (it was a leather ball with laces) that the wide-receiver had to later have butterfly stitches to his hand (he later made sure he wore gloves at all times!).