Charlie Fogarty was 15 when a car hit him. But he has recovered to become a motivational speaker and earn an MBE
It is said life is what happens to you when you are busy making other plans. Despite being released by Birmingham City as a 15-year-old who had spent five years with the club, Charlie Fogarty was intent on following his plan of making it as a footballer. Small for his age but a technically gifted defender who was representing Northern Ireland at youth level, he was six weeks into a trial with MK Dons when life intervened.
Crossing the road after alighting from a bus on his way to training in March 2012, Fogarty was hit by a car. He took the full impact of the collision on his head, resulting in a huge shaking of his brain.
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