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Watch: The Most Incredible Touchdown Of The Season Was Just Scored By A 6-Year-Old
The first touchdown of this year’s Peewee Football season in Westford, Mass., will go down in history as the most heartwarming–because it was not run into the end zone as much as it was wheeled there!
Coach David Silton knew that 6-year-old Matthew Davidopoulos was one of his Peewee team’s biggest fans, but Matthew was born with a genetic condition called spinal muscular atrophy that keeps him in a wheelchair and unable to play the game he loves.
But Coach Silton, who is also a Westford police officer, had an idea to give the boy the thrill of his life.
The coach lit on his idea, telling local WHDH-TV: “Hey, if he loves football, why not open the season with him scoring a touchdown for our team? The kids thought it was a great idea.”
The coach worked out an agreement with the team his boys would be opposing earlier this week, and the plan was set in motion.
The team gave little Matthew his own jersey with the number 61 on it, which he donned for the occasion. Then Matthew’s brother Noah, a player on Coach Silton’s team, handed off the football to the tyke, sending the boy wheeling off downfield toward the end zone.
His temporary teammates flanked the motorized footballer, acting as blockers while kids from the opposing team made faux attempts at a tackle.
In short order, the boy who was told he wouldn’t live past the age of two had scored his first touchdown.
It was a heartwarming moment for the boy, his family and both teams.
“It was one of those activities we never thought he would ever participate in six years ago,” Courtney Davidopoulos, the boy’s mother, told the media tearfully.
The family is struggling with the increasing demands that little Matthew’s condition is visiting upon them. They have set up a GoFundMe page to help them with the growing expenses.
Source: http://www.westernjournalism.com/watch-the-most-incredible-touchdown-of-the-season-was-just-scored-by-a-6-year-old/
