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North Carolina cancer survivor wears custom soccer logo prosthetic eye

After choosing amputation to treat ocular melanoma, Ryan Gibson chose a custom prosthetic right eye featuring the official logo of his favorite soccer team.

HEROIC BREAKING NEWS, written by our newsroom2 November 2026 at 20:360 views

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Ryan Gibson, a man from North Carolina, received a custom prosthetic right eye featuring the logo of his favorite soccer team, FC Bayern Munich. Gibson was diagnosed with ocular melanoma in 2016 after experiencing blurry vision and dark spots in his right eye, Wide Open Country reported, citing PEOPLE. Doctors gave him the choice between radiation treatment or amputation. [1]

Gibson selected amputation and opted for a distinct prosthetic rather than a standard eye match. Wide Open Country reported that Gibson wanted to embrace the chance to go big instead of simply returning to normality with a matching prosthetic eye. [1]

A prosthetic is an artificial device in medicine that replaces a missing body part lost through physical trauma, disease, or a condition present at birth. Prostheses can restore normal functions or perform a cosmetic function. [3]

As HEROIC BREAKING NEWS reported earlier, ocular melanoma affects five or six people per million each year. The German soccer club Bayern Munich granted official permission to Gibson to feature their team logo on his custom prosthetic eye. [6]

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In short

Ryan Gibson was diagnosed with ocular melanoma in 2016.
Gibson chose amputation over radiation treatment to address the condition.
Bayern Munich permitted Gibson to place their team logo on his prosthetic right eye.
Ocular melanoma affects five or six people per million annually.

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Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.

[1]He Lost an Eye to Cancer. Now His Prosthetic Wears His Favorite Team’s LogoWide Open Country, 4h ago (the report this story comes from)
[2]Head and Neck Cancer Australia seeks External Facial Prosthetic Funding SchemeHearing Practitioner Australia, 22h ago

Background

[3]Prosthesis on Wikipedia
[4]Milwaukee Brewers ball-in-glove logo on Wikipedia
[5]Grigor Dimitrov on Wikipedia
[6]Cancer survivor raises awareness using custom soccer themed prosthetic eye HEROIC BREAKING NEWS, 17d ago

Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 6 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.

Earlier reports of ours on the same people and subjects.

Cancer survivor raises awareness using custom soccer themed prosthetic eyeHumanitarian Tech, 17d ago
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Donors raise money for disabled Vietnamese man after leg amputationHumanitarian Tech, 7d ago
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