NFL legend Lawrence Taylor has reportedly been hospitalized in New Jersey after suffering a medical emergency.
TMZ reported the news on Friday and the Hall of Famer and New York Giants legend’s condition is currently unknown.
The 67-year-old was taken to the emergency room before being transferred to another area of his hospital.
Source close to Taylor have speculated his condition is not serious and he’s hoping to be discharged soon.
Taylor is a beloved figure in New Jersey, where helped lead the East Rutherford-based New York Giants to a pair of Super Bowl titles during his decorated – and troubled – NFL career between 1981 to 1993.
During his playing days, he was crowned NFL MVP in 1986 and received 10 Pro Bowl selections. Many consider him to be the greatest defensive player of all time.
NFL legend Lawrence Taylor has been hospitalized in New Jersey after a medical emergency
Taylor spent his entire career, spanning 1981 to 1993, with the Giants and won two Super Bowls
He also received eight first-team All-Pro nods, was named Defensive Player of the Year on three different occasions, and was part of the NFL 75th and 100th Anniversary All-Time teams.
Furthermore, the Giants retired Taylor’s jersey number (56) and inducted him into the New York Giants Ring of Honor.
The Pro Football Hall of Famer has battled personal problems away from the football field, both during and after his career, which ended in 1993.
In one 1995 incident, the retired Taylor choked long-time Giants reporter Ernie Palladino after a verbal altercation.
In addition to numerous drug-related arrests, the former University of North Carolina star declared bankruptcy in 1998 and has had at least two stints in drug rehab. He was also arrested following a 2009 hit-and-run crash in the Miami area, although no one was injured.
He was arrested the following year and later pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges of sexual misconduct and sex with an underage prostitute. He received a sentence of six-years’ probation, but was ultimately arrested in 2022 for failing to report an address change.
Taylor has stayed in the public eye following retirement, appearing on ABC’s ‘Dancing With the Stars’ in 2009 and starring alongside Al Pacino in ‘Any Given Sunday’ in 1999.
In 2024, Taylor endorsed Donald Trump for president despite being a lifelong Democrat
In 2024, he endorsed Donald Trump for president despite being a lifelong Democrat.
‘I just wanted to say I grew up a Democrat and I’ve always been a Democrat until I met this man right here,’ he told Trump supporters at a campaign event along the Jersey Shore. ‘He will not have to worry nobody in my family ever voting for a Democrat again.’
It’s unclear when he and Trump first met, although the real estate mogul did own a USFL team in the 1980s that shared a stadium with Taylor’s New York Giants.
An avid golfer, Taylor has been hosted at several of Trump’s country clubs and was pictured on the company’s Facebook page alongside Anderson at Mar-a-Lago in 2021.
