MICKEY FITZGERALD

Mr. Fitzgerald had owned and operated CSS for a number of years.  Initially starting it as a bracing company, it had grown into one of 
the largest intraoperative monitoring companies in the country.  In 
2007, he merged his neuromonitoring services with Impulse Monitoring, Inc.  He remained in orthotics and prosthetics field and Dynamic 
Orthotics & Prosthetics was created.  The following is an excerpt from 
an article written in the NFL lumni LEGENDS magazine and 
provides more information on Mr. Fitzgerald.

Mickey’s progression in the medical field was a natural one as he 
had always been surrounded by doctors, trainers, and rehab 
therapists throughout his background in sports.  Much of his 
early childhood was plagued with domestic problems and 
financial hardships.  He and his brothers even spent some of their 
childhood in an orphanage while his parents worked 
towards reconciliation. 

   
Nevertheless, Mickey always had an insatiable drove to succeed and overcome his environment.  
Despite being diagnosed with an 80% hearing loss, he achieved success scholastically as he graduated from college on the Dean’s List. 

During high school Mickey was All-State in three sports.  By the time he graduated he had been decreed 
by the Virginia Press as the best high school football player in Virginia and selected as one of the top 
eleven high school football players in the country by Coach and Athlete magazine.

   
At Virginia Tech his reputation spread from statewide to national as his success as a hard-driving 
fullback continued.  He was named to the All-South and All-America teams in college and was 
chosen team MVP as well as team captain during his tenure there.  In November of 1977 Mickey was named “Co-National Player of the Month” along with Earl Campbell by the United Press.

Despite numerous severe injuries Mickey managed to spend five years in professional football playing 
on active rosters with the Atlanta Falcons and Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football league and 
the Memphis Showboats for the United States Football League.

After concluding his pro football career Fitzgerald spent several years in Japan learning their culture 
and business strategy while performing as a sumo wrestler.  In fact, he was the first continental American ever allowed the privilege of sumo wrestling in Japan.  During his time off, while he was living in Japan, 
he traveled to over 80 countries learning extensively about each respective group of people and their culture.  After time abroad Mickey returned to the states and established CSS of Atlanta.  Indeed, the success of 
CSS spoke for itself, as it  became the number one intraoperative neuromonitoring practice in the 
United States.   His success continues with Dynamic Orthotics and Prosthetics.

Mickey has never lost sight of his down home roots, as a significant portion of the Dynamic budget is always earmarked for various charities, and in particular the Calvary Children’s Home.  How appropriate- the NFL Alumni motto is "Caring for Kids.”