Outsports » Anthony Van Loo http://outsports.com/jocktalkblog Jock Talk Blog Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:29:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 Video: Soccer player jolts up after heart attack http://outsports.com/jocktalkblog/2009/06/09/video-soccer-player-jolts-up-after-heart-attack/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=video-soccer-player-jolts-up-after-heart-attack http://outsports.com/jocktalkblog/2009/06/09/video-soccer-player-jolts-up-after-heart-attack/#comments Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:11:13 +0000 Cyd Zeigler jr. http://outsports.com/jocktalkblog/?p=6649

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We’re all used to seeing soccer players flop on the ground to draw a card on an opposing player then pop up from the ground like nothing happened. So when I saw the headline, I figured that’s what this was. Nope. Apparently, Belgian player Anthony Van Loo (who is totally hot, if you like blondes) [...]

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]]> We’re all used to seeing soccer players flop on the ground to draw a card on an opposing player then pop up from the ground like nothing happened. So when I saw the headline, I figured that’s what this was. Nope. Apparently, Belgian player Anthony Van Loo (who is totally hot, if you like blondes) suffered a heart attack during a recent match. He had had a defibrillator implanted in him last year after learning of a heart ailment, and the defibrillator gave him a jolt that likely saved his life. The video’s odd, disturbing and somehow emotionally satisfying all at the same time.

Video after the jump.

Hat tip to Bareknucks.com.

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