2. Ronnie Lott
One of the toughest NFL players of all time, Ronnie Lott lost the tip of his pinkie in 1985 in a bit of an unconventional way. Instead of it getting severed completely right away, the finger was first smashed to bits by a helmet during the attempted tackle of a Dallas Cowboys player. At this point, most people would head to the hospital, but Lott decided to just jog off the field, hack off what was left of the mangled tip himself (or he possibly had a trainer do it), wrap up the wound, and continue playing. The injury didn’t affect his play either, as Lott matched his Super Bowl wins in 1981 and 1984 with two more in 1988 and 1989.
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