On Oct. 17, 1980, the same day he was cut by the St. Louis Cardinals football team, kicker Steve Little was involved in an auto accident that would leave him paralyzed. Here is our coverage of the team's reaction to the news.

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Stief and Little, 1978 draft choices of the football Cardinals, were a twosome. It used to be a threesome, but Steve Pisarkiewicz was cut and went on to Green Bay. Thursday morning, Little was released by the Big Red. So the placekicker was saying his goodbyes the rest of the day and evening.