But she can't. So she stares at the picture of the man eternally youthful and figures that's how she will always know the love of her life. Every Sunday, football players crash into each other with such ferocity that a sickening feeling lingers that someday someone won't get up.
And yet for anyone under the age of 50, the story of the only player to die on an NFL field is a mystery. Few have heard of Chuck Hughes. Even fewer know about the 6-foot wide receiver with modest NFL speed who fell in a lifeless heap on the field of Detroit's Tiger Stadium late in the Oct.
The story of the blood clot that became lodged in a hardened artery in his heart, silencing it in a massive heart attack, has been forgotten. Those who were there, who saw him lying face-first on the turf say he was dead before he even hit the ground.
There is nothing about Hughes that says he should have been an NFL player. He was not tall. He was not fast. He was not particularly strong. But he was a talented, smart athlete and driven to be a good football player. Jeff Haag, a writer in Iowa who is working on a biography of Hughes, calls him the ultimate underdog and draws a comparison to Denver Broncos receiver Wes Welker — an undersized player who was determined to be great.
Hughes grew up in a family of 15 children, first in Breckenridge, Texas, and then Abilene. He was late to football for a Texas kid, not picking it up until he was in the sixth grade. At first he was a running back before moving to receiver where he quickly learned to run precise routes. And once he learned them, he practiced them. Again and again and again. Stories spread around town of the young receiver who never stopped playing football.
Because of a glitch in his transfer from Breckenridge to Abilene, Chuck was too old to play his senior year of high school and yet he insisted on practicing with the team, simply to stay sharp. He HAD to get better. His brother Johnny, who played cornerback, says he learned more from Chuck than he ever did from a coach.
Chuck insisted on going against him in practice, showing him how to stop certain patterns and telling him the things receivers hated defensive backs doing. But after Phillips left, the next coach, Warren Harper, rescinded the offer, making him earn a spot as a walk-on.
Hughes not only made the team, he set numerous UTEP records, including most receptions, receiving yards and all-purpose yards in a game, and is third on the school's list of career receiving yards. He played three years with the Eagles, mostly as a special teams player who occasionally slipped onto the field as a receiver. In he went to Detroit, where he started six games and caught eight passes.
Even as a professional who was not a featured player he worked tirelessly, showing up early in the morning or staying after practice to run routes or practice catching balls. Sharon laughs as she says her female friends never really knew Chuck. He never seemed interested in chatting with the women the way some players did. She calls him "a man's man," always wanting to hang out with the guys, talking about football or playing golf.
He had a really strong giggle. His sister had the same giggle. If he got tickled he'd giggle. Chuck was just a real all-around good guy. What most people don't know about the only player to die on the field in an NFL game is that Chuck Hughes actually had two heart attacks. The first came in the Lions' final preseason game, seven weeks before he died. Detroit was playing the Buffalo Bills and late in the game the Lions ran a flurry of plays to Hughes. On one of those plays he took a shot to his ribs and side.
He walked off the field and stood on the sideline. But after the game, he collapsed in the locker room. In an eerie foreshadowing of what was to come at the end of the following month, he was raced by ambulance to Henry Ford Hospital. Hughes stayed in the hospital for four days. At the time, his family says, the doctors thought he had an injury to his spleen, lung or kidney, but nothing could be confirmed. A few weeks later he told the Detroit News he had sharp pains in his stomach and chest but no one could figure out what they were.
He said he could handle it. He said he wanted to play. Later, an autopsy would show he had an enlarged spleen and liver. Several doctors and ER technicians who saw the autopsy report told Haag that Hughes probably had a spleen injury that was so painful it triggered the first heart attack. No one would have thought to look for a heart attack, not in someone seemingly so fit. Maybe someone would have suspected it in somebody who was older but not in a professional athlete who was 28 years old in the prime of their life.
And so Hughes returned to the Lions, who waited patiently for their third receiver to be healthy enough to play. But something clearly was wrong. Chuck Hughes had a fever when he left the hospital. Over the next few weeks he constantly asked Sharon for Alka-Seltzer to calm what he thought was acid reflux. Looking back, she is sure he was feeling something but no one could say what.
He wanted to get back to football, finally getting clearance to appear in the Lions' fifth game of the year at Houston. On the day before he died, Chuck and Sharon went to an afternoon party at the house of a Lions teammate's friend. Several of the players' families were there. She remembers having fun, but she could tell Chuck did not feel well. They argued over the gum their nearly 2-year-old son, Shane, was chewing. Chuck said a child so small shouldn't have gum.
When they got home, Chuck kissed Sharon goodbye and went to check in to the hotel where the team stayed on nights before home games. But something was amiss. Chuck didn't call Sharon that night as he always did when he checked into his room. Years later teammates told Haag that Chuck was ill and had thrown up several times that evening, yet nobody called Sharon to tell her that.
She was left alone with the silence of the phone that didn't ring and the silly argument over chewing gum. The day of the Chicago game was mild and muggy for a late October day in Detroit. The game went back and forth until Chicago took a lead in the fourth quarter. I read an article of him being interviewed and he was talking about his Russian girlfriend. That doesn't mean he isn't interested in men, but I personally think he is too manly to be gay.
He seems like a really nice, straight guy, who just happens to be interested in cooking. And, to the person who thinks he is gay because he had an Easy Bake oven as a kid, that doesn't make any sense.
Little kids don't know anything about gay or straight, and a lot of kids don't care whether they are playing with a "girl" toy or a "boy" toy, they just care that they have one. To Barb: He did have girls on his cooking show, several times. He usually has mixed crowds, and sometimes just a one-on-one or a few men, but there are episodes where he invites just women. Like, his dog-walkers, and in another episode he cooked for a few of his quote "hot" regular female customers at his restaurant.
I wish the poster who wants to know about someone's sexuality would stop with the "Insert name Why capitalize GAY constantly? Saw him this week working out at my gym with a private trainer. Hes pretty hot. Love his show and seem like a guy that loves whats hes doing. Ricky Martin, until his coming out party, had "dates. Careers, defire for kids, etc. He's also very gay friendly and is the type of guy who can acknowledge another guy's physical attractiveness but isn't sexually attracted to them.
Guys like these are common in Montreal. I've seen many straight guys who have no qualms about showing affection for their buddies in public hugging when they greet each other, putting their arms around each other, and on a few occasions I've witnessed guys kissing each other on the lips as a joke.
I think living in a liberal city like Montreal has made it okay for straight guys to let their macho guard down and show their more softer, feminine side. I am, and trust me, we know our own kind. After all I've known more than a few gay men that have been married to women and even had children, doesn't make them any less gay. Chef Chuck Hughes? Hello, Chuck is straight! Has a great girlfriend and still loves his Mom and Dad. All you haters get a life and try one of his recipees for anything and get your minds out of the gutter Just saw his new show, "Chuck's Week Off.
I'd say at least 6'2" and at least lbs. You could see his moobs sloshing around under his too big T-shirts. His seemed very personable. A couple of weeks ago, the cooking channel did one of the Chefography bios. I won't spoil it by telling how it turned out, it's really worth watching. But I will say that his reaction when all three contestants voted "Gay" was priceless. He definitely struggled with his demons.
He doesn't strike me as someone who would hide his sexuality at all. And all evidence points to straight. He cooks the kind of food I like to eat, so I appreciate that. He is pretty sexy too, even though I'm no fan of all the ink. So many phobes and idiots on this thread. Anyway, he's pretty likable and great-looking by celebrity chef standards.
Though he was surprisingly chunky in the full body shot of him as he walked away after being chopped. They better not win, they act as if they are above the rest of the contestants and the ingredients or situations they are put in. An Iron Chef has to have a fun, easy-going personality. Only serious when they are cooking their food. Is it because Montreal is the "Gay Capital of Canada"??? C'mon people I have good gaydar, and I can tell you there is no way in hell he is gay If he was, he'd be out Way out Use your head!!!
I do think he has a girlfriend But unlike other celebs, she's probably chosen to stay out of the public eye Which, to me is the smart thing to do His girlfriend "Sabrina" is Russian Jewish maybe. There doesn't seem to any chemistry between them or Chuck is just a typical straight wasp guy unable to show his emotions in public. Get the vibe that I don't think Chuck's mom likes the girlfriend And so what? Chuck is a very talented and personable chef. Why does it matter what his sexual preference is?
Get with the program people! I should clarify The meanies know who they are and it would be an insult to the gays to lump them together.
My bad :. Gay or not, I love his shows and his food ideas. Who cares whether he's gay or not gay. Ummmm, only the homo-phobes. I still love his shows and by the way even tho my name is Bobbi, I am female. So there. I see this thread has been invaded by housewives and single ladies who are insulted by the idea that their beloved Chuck might be considered gay by gay men on a gay website largely devoted to talking about gay and possibly gay people.
His 'accent' is not Canadian its French you dumb Asshole. If you had half a brain you would recognize that. I have a big vibe from him, especially the way he talks. He tried to talk like a macho man but at the end of almost every sentence, he ends with that gay lisp. I think he's straight. But my favorite ep has to be the one where he cooked that amazing meal for those foxy firefighters.
The blond with the bed head was beyond hot. He hangs around with Burkley Duffield a lot, not sure if there's something there.
Haha, sorry to break it to you but he's living the straight life. He and his girlfriend recently had a baby. I know the nurse who took care of her and apparently Chuck's a really affectionate boyfriend. HE is married with three children, but I suspect his wife is a beard, maybe he doesn't know he is gay.. But I think we all do. That's surprising R The only time I saw him with a GF she was a tall blond Russian woman who frankly looked transgendered.
I guess she was a real woman after all. What surprises me most about this guy is he speaks with a heavy Francophone accent, but the rest of his family speak English without an accent. I believe he's adopted so maybe that has something to do with it.
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Chuck Hughes from Cooking Channel. He''s hot and a Chef. He is too hot to be straight. Plus, he cooks for everybody but never a girl friend. Everyone on DL is. Chuck's father, Chuck Hughes Sr. So, his mother got married for the second time to Pierre Hebert, a director known for movies like La Cage, and Triptyque 2. In the year , Chuck and his two best friends decided to open up their restaurant named Garde Manger. The restaurant quickly gained fame. The show became a hit, and in its third season, it was aired on 20 different countries.
By continuing with us, you agree to our Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy. Last Updated on July 25, By MD Writer. Father , Francine Couture Mother. Married Or Dating? Ethnicity, Nationality The pair saw each other six days in a month whenever Chuck went to Canada. If he were not a chef, he would like to be a hockey player.
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