The George Halas award, presented by Pro Football Writers of America, is given each year to an ‘NFL player, coach or staff member who overcomes the most adversity to succeed.’
We all know about former New Orleans Saints safety/special teams connoisseur Steve Gleason and his battle with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also knows as Lou Gehrig’s disease.
For those of you who don’t know exactly what ALS is, it’s considered a terminal neuromuscular disease that basically kills off neurons (neurodegeneration), which are electrically inspired cells that transmit and processes information through electric and chemical signals.