At just 29 years old, Frank Ragnow’s retirement announcement stunned many, but for those closest to the Detroit Lions, the surprise wasn’t that he retired -- it was that his battered body had somehow allowed him to perform at an elite level for so long.

The latest episode of MLive’s Dungeon of Doom podcast delivered a powerful tribute to the All-Pro center’s remarkable career and the physical toll it exacted.

“He played through ankle injuries, foot injuries, shoulder injuries, back injuries,” Ben Raven recounted on the podcast. “Frank lived in the training room the last couple of years and the fact that he goes out with only missing three or four games over his last three seasons, back to back second-team All-Pro nods, three straight years in the top five of PFF’s ratings of centers. T

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