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Ditka expected to recover quickly

Associated Press

Saturday, November 1, 2003

CHICAGO -- Former Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka underwent hip surgery Saturday and was expected to make a quick recovery after a fall in his home, according to his assistant. Ditka, who turned 64 on Oct. 18, broke a bone in his right leg near a previous hip replacement. Doctors replaced the hip again on Saturday and fixed the break, Mary Albright said. "There were no complications with the surgery, he went through it smelling like a rose," she said. Ditka, a Hall of Fame tight end who played ...

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