Professional Eating Champions Who Were Seriously Injured While Eating

When you're a professional athlete in a sport like hockey or football, you know that you stand a chance of getting injured pretty much every game. Painful season-ending injuries happen all the time, but you might not think of injuries happening in competitive eating. However, there are plenty of professional eaters who will tell you otherwise, as they have suffered everything from lockjaw to an inflamed tongue, and many of them were so negatively affected by all their eating that they had to retire. Let's take a look at some professional eating champions who were seriously injured while they were eating.