October 16, 1960, Elvis breaks his finger playing touch football at Graceland. Elvis was first treated at Campbell Clinic, where doctors decided to transfer him to the hospital because they didn't have enough space to accommodate the anticipated large number of visitors. His touch football teammates and Anita wood, disk jockey and Elvis's frequent companion when his is in Memphis, accompanied him to the hospital.
Explaining how he came to break his finger, Elvis said, "I got my man, too-and he was just a step or two away from touchdown. I dived for him, see after tagging him my hand landed in some mud and buried up in it."
"At first I didn't notice it- it didn't hurt me at all- until one of the fellows told me the little finger was bent all the way over the other fingers. No, it won't affect my strumming a guitar."
To prove his point he accommodated a student nurse by signing his autograph with his right hand the one on which the little finger was broken.
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