When the Raiders put recently signed Nick O’Leary on the reserve/non-football injury list last month, general wisdom was that the journeyman tight end had simply tired of football and was calling it quits.
But it turns out to have been far more serious than that.
O’Leary, the grandson of golfing great Jack Nicklaus, revealed to the Palm Beach Post that he underwent two surgical procedures to clear 100 percent blockage to his heart last month after twice experiencing a sharp pain in his left arm and up toward his chest.
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The second occurrence happened after O’Leary played pickup basketball with his brother. He told the Palm Beach Post he joked with his brother that “there’s something wrong with my heart,” but the incident convinced him to go to the hospital.
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