Jack Tatum

certainly showed compassion for Darryl Stingley both on and off the football field.

Raiders safety Jack Tatum never visited Darryl Stingley in the hospital. He never picked up the telephone, simply to talk. He forever believed that another of his hard hits — nothing dirty intended — paralyzed Stingley from the chest down in a meaningless preseason game in 1978. With Stingley's passing, Tatum has lost all chance to make peace wjavascript:void(0)
Publishith the man.

What class Tatum had.

And there's more here from 2003.

A video of the hit is here.