Cleveland Browns quarterback great Bernie Kosar issued an urgent plea for prayers after his scheduled liver transplant was called off because the donor organ was infected.
Meanwhile Kosar, who led the Browns to three AFC championship games, said he had “two aggressive procedures” on Tuesday to stop internal bleeding and was awaiting a third on Wednesday.
“Man, all the duress right now,” Kosar said in a video from his hospital bed in Cleveland on Wednesday. “I could really use your love, support and actual prayers today.”
“My body is failing,” he added in an interview with Fox 8 on Thursday.
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Kosar, a recovering alcoholic, announced last year that he had cirrhosis of the liver and Parkinson’s disease.
A Youngstown, Ohio, native who won a national championship at the University of Miami, Kosar played for the Browns from 1985 to 1993 and had stints with the Dallas Cowboys and Miami Dolphins. He threw for 23,301 yards and 124 touchdowns in his career, which ended in 1996.
Quarterback Bernie Kosar throws against the Denver Broncos in a 1993 game. George Gojkovich via Getty Images
Kosar, 61, has 4 children with his ex-wife.
Cleveland Browns quarterback Bernie Kosar scrambles in the shadows at Cleveland Municipal Stadium in a 1986 playoff victory over the New York Jets. Dennis Collins via Getty Images
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