Later Life
Stanfill lives in Albany, Georgia and is a real estate broker . Featured in a Sports Illustrated article that detailed the injuries to former NFL players. Also featured was Hall of Fame quarterback Johnny Unitas, Earl Campbell, Joe Jacoby, Curt Marsh, Harry Carson, and others. SI reported that Stanfill had three surgeries between August 1993 and January 1996 to fuse four vertebrae in his spine, a problem that started when he jammed his neck during an exhibition game in 1975. According to Stanfill, the surgeries on his spine have caused a neck pain so severe he can't tip his head back, has little use of his left thumb, and considerable loss of hand and arm strength. He also has had surgery to repair a hip condition that was cutting blood flow to the hip bone. Stanfill says he will eventually have to have the other hip surgically repaired as well.
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