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A Fighter All The Way
Bill Nieder, alias William H. Nieder, was born on 10th August 1933. He held a very stout body weighing 225 Lbs. He was very fond of the game of football. He played for Kansas University of the U.S. and hoped to be included in the AllAmerican football team.
Once while playing the game, his right knee was seriously injured. While trying to stop the fast ball, his knee was so badly hit that he was unable to walk. A number of surgeries were conducted on his knee, but none of them was successful. His right knee became very stiff, so much so that everyone thought that Bill would never be able to play the game again. An ordinary man in his place would have blamed his fate for the disability he suffered and would have reconciled himself to it. But Bill Nieder was a different man. He never wanted to live under the pretext of fate.
Once it so happened that he was watching various games and sports competitions, one of which was that of the discuss throw. He wondered if he too could participate in it. He rushed to the ground and started throwing the disc. As he threw the disc again and again, the stiffness of his right leg began to relax, so much so that he could now turn the knee a bit. The doctors had earlier predicted that his knee would never bend again, and that it would remain stiff forever. When Bill saw that he was in a position to turn the knee from one side to the other, he started making more and more efforts in
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