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Two-time Super Bowl-winning John Elway quarterback opened up on his debilitating medical condition that hampered his ability to grip a football.
Elway on Thursday appeared on NBC's "Today" and discussed about its mission to raise awareness for Dupuytren's contracture – a progressive hand disorder, which is gradually thickens and tightens tissue under the skin in the hand.
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"I could not pick up a football …" The current Denver Broncos general manager said.
He added: "I'm doing great today. It's a condition with your hand that essentially pulls your fingers in towards [your hand] and eventually it gets to where you can not straighten it at all. I had enough surgeries when I was playing that I did not want another surgery. A couple years ago [I] found out that there was a lot of things going on. "
Elway said there is still a chance the disorder can come back and if it does he will have to get treatment again for it.
The 59-year-old NFL MVP played with the Broncos from 1983 to 1998. He won two Super Bowls during his career and made nine Pro Bowls.
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He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2004.
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