St. Louis' Best Wheelchair Athlete of 2009: Clayton Braun

By Nick Lucchesi on Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 1:31 pm

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In July 2003 Clayton Braun nearly died on a Mississippi River sandbar after he dived headfirst into the water during a day of waterskiing. Three years later, confined to a wheelchair and with extraordinarily limited use of his arms and hands, Braun was something of a reluctant recruit to the area's quadriplegic rugby team, the St. Louis Rugby Rams. Read the rest of this Best Of St. Louis story.

Video by Stew Smith.