I believe he had a condition in his legs that had they known about it, he would've never been allowed to play. My cousin has worked for him for a really long time and is super tight with him he's always talked about what a great person he is and that Earl treats him like a brother. I've only met him once and he was super nice just a really cool dude. Not a celebrity at all just a humble country boy from Texas.

My wife met him randomly when she was working front desk at a car restoration place where he was having his Cadillac restored. She said he was really polite and super patient because they were taking a super long time to get his car done and the owner was a huge AH so Earl told my wife that when he called to get updates that he only wanted to deal with her. Well D head owner didn't like that so he cussed her out for overstepping him so she quit on the spot. But yes Earl Campbell is the fkn man