The Cyborg Soccer Player with 800 Volts inside His Chest

January 22, 2015

(Vice Sports) – After the three-month break, Engelbrecht went in for another checkup. He can rattle off the date without thinking: November 13, 2013, the day doctors told him they doubted he’d ever play soccer again; continuing to do so would be to gamble with his own life. Engelbrecht, of course, was devastated. Still, he didn’t slide off the examination table, shake the doctor’s hand, and throw his cleats in the garbage. He sat there and begged them to do something, anything.