He also received approximately 400 stitches to his face (including three in his right eyeball) before finally adopting a protective facemask in 1962.[2] In 1966, Life Magazine had a make-up artist apply stitches and scars to Sawchuk's face to demonstrate all of the injuries to his face over the years. The make-up artist did not have enough room for everything.[3]
En même temps, je comprends pas qu'il ait fallu cet accident pour qu'ils imposent le masque. Intuitivement, on s'en rend bien compte que forcément, tôt ou tard, le palet va décoller dans la tronche d'un gars...