Chile's 'Transplant' Footballers Champion Organ Donation
With his team's 5-1 win over Spain, Hector Sanchez could truly say he was an international football champion -- though not in the way he dreamed of as a child. Diagnosed with a liver disease in his youth, the Chilean automobile salesman had long had doctors urging him not to take to the field. Then, two liver transplant operations later and with a squad of 20 other organ donor recipients, Sanchez was victorious at September's Transplant Football World Cup.
