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Coach Mike Ditka suffers 'very minor' stroke

Former Bears coach Mike Ditka suffers 'very minor stroke'

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By Dan Pompei, Tribune reporter7:59 p.m. CST, November 16, 2012

Former Bears coach and Hall of Fame player Mike Ditka was hospitalized Friday after suffering what he said doctors told him was a "very minor stroke."

Contacted Friday evening, Ditka said, "I feel good right now and it’s not a big deal."

Ditka was at a suburban country club playing cards Friday when he noticed his hands “weren’t working quite right,” and then he had a problem speaking.

Ditka, 73, has not had any major health problems in recent years. But in 1988 when he was coaching the Bears he suffered a heart attack. He was back at work within a week.

ESPN producer Seth Markman tweeted that Ditka will not be on the NFL shows from Bristol, Connecticut, this weekend.

He was a pure stroke of genius.

Get that man a brat and some beer! Stat!

da Bears!

A stroke like that must be the strangest thing ever. You're just sitting there minding your own business, and the next thing you know, your hands and fingers start functioning differently, your vision changes - not significantly, but noticeably, and when you try to talk about it, you find you are using the wrong words for the simplest things.

That would be very weird, indeed.

Anyhow, get well coach.

FAX

Who would win between Ditka and a ~~hurricane~~ stroke?

Da Ditka.

Dude was a wildman there for a few years when he coached. It wasn't acting either

Hard to believe he's 73.

No big deal. It was just a piece of polish sausage lodged in the lining of his heart.

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Originally Posted by Munson (Post 9124247)

No big deal. It was just a piece of polish sausage lodged in the lining of his heart.

No worries, dey got'im on an IV of barbecue sauce.

Probably a mistake sending him a Jim Mcmahan Gift card

Ditka's great. He's an NFL icon. I hope he's doing well.

HAVE A MAJOR STROKE, PIOLI - SAVEOURCHIEFS.COM

who would win in a fight. Ditka or God?

So... he won't be like Dick Clark on New Year's Eve the past few years of his life?

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