Abstract
From Olympic champions and rugby heroes to the latest crop of trainees battling it out in Gaelic football and ironman competitions, surgeons have a long and often distinguished record in sport. Here, we outline the history of surgeons in sport, and talk to surgeons of today and tomorrow about their sporting achievements.
Highlights
Several RCS fellows blazed a trail in mountaineering
The entry for ‘The Champion’ in the Dictionary of National Biography records: ‘On one occasion he saved the life of a player by compressing his throat for an hour after he had been spiked on the railings.’
In the 1920s, Howard Somervell reached more than 8,000 metres on Mount Everest with George Mallory and others
Summary
From Olympic champions and rugby heroes to the latest crop of trainees battling it out in Gaelic football and ironman competitions, surgeons have a long and often distinguished record in sport. We outline the history of surgeons in sport, and talk to surgeons of today and tomorrow about their sporting achievements
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