Former Browns QB, Boardman native Bernie Kosar asking for ‘love, support and prayers’ while in hospital

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The 61-year-old former football star posted on the social media platform X, stating that he is in the hospital and going to undergo a third procedure since Sunday to stop internal bleeding.

Bernie Kosar

Former Cleveland Browns Quarterback and Boardman graduate and native Bernie Kosar is in the hospital and said he could really use “love, support and prayers today.”

The 61-year-old former football star posted on the social media platform X, stating that he is in the hospital and going to undergo a third procedure since Sunday to stop internal bleeding. Kosar also noted that the surgery was necessary due to an infection. 

Kosar has been on a waiting list to receive a new liver since 2024 and was diagnosed with Parkington’s Disease earlier that year. 

In the video, Kosar said he thought he was going to receive a new liver over the weekend, but that it didn’t happen. 

He called the two procedures on Sunday “aggressive.” 

“I wanted to start everyone’s day positively and spiritually in a right frame of mind,” he added.

Kosar retired in 1996 from the NFL.