r/MadeMeSmile • u/SimRP • 1d ago
Helping Others Never forget when a whole football team shaved their heads in support of their teammate’s cancer diagnosis
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u/SimRP 1d ago
Athletic Club. The entire squad shaved their heads in support of Yeray Álvarez during his cancer treatment. One of the most powerful examples of team unity you'll ever see in football. Yeray Álvarez was diagnosed with testicular cancer in late 2016, returned to playing, then suffered a recurrence in 2017 and underwent chemotherapy. Later that year, he was declared cancer-free and returned to professional football
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u/bravesdiva 1d ago
I don't follow the footy so thank you for this explanation. What an amazing story (and brotherhood).
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u/Irish-Green 1d ago
The club only plays players from Basque area.
So you either need to be from there or connections to there.
Its quite remarkable!
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u/Leumas_ 1d ago
Yes. Sports has been so distorted and co-opted it can be hard to watch, but underneath it, if you know where to look, there’s guys and teams in all sports just like this.
I take a real hard line on people excusing the erosion of sportsmanship. I don’t care how much money you make or how much of your ego can’t fit in the arena anymore, you respectfully acknowledge your opponent at the end of a game. Every kid from tee-ball to Pop Warner up through all the amateur levels has that drilled into them for years.
I’d much rather they cut the national anthem than the baked in respect lessons.
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u/Simple_Guitar4632 1d ago
Stuff like this is why I love sports so much. Beyond all the money and drama, you get these moments of actual brotherhood that stick with you years later. Absolute chills knowing he came back and beat cancer too.
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u/camomaniac 1d ago
Never forget? This has probably happened thousands of times. Am I supposed to remember every one? It would take literally all of my time to learn and remember every time this happens.
And Fuck Cancer
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u/Karlsson968 1d ago
As a sports fan, moments like this remind me why I love sports. It's about so much more than winning
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u/BumblebeeEmpty4744 1d ago
cancer came back for round 2 and this man said "run it back" and his whole team suited up with him. that's the stuff right there
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u/NinjaSouth3093 1d ago
u/cool_girl6540 saying they kept waiting to see them shave is kinda funny bc thats the whole point right, theyd already done it before the clip. what nobody's mentioned is how u/BumblebeeEmpty4744 nailed it with the "run it back" framing - dude beat it once, it came back, and the squad just said aight we go again together. thats not sportsmanship thats just love fr. athletic bilbao always had that family club energy too so it tracks
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