Sports' "greatest" injuries

[daveymark]

Originally posted by: Poulsonator
Napoleon McCallum

did you read the thread?

 

[Vic]

The 1955 Le Mans disaster

 

[zbalat]

Clint Malarchuk

 

[chcarnage]

Sunday December 5th 2004. Playing in the Swiss league, Servette midfielder Paulo Diogo scored against Schaffhausen, then jumped into the crowd to celebrate. On the way, he managed to catch his wedding ring on a fence and tore off the top half of his finger. He was booked for excessive celebration.

Maybe NSFW, certainly yucky.

 

[Queasy]

Owwwwwww

 

[Kev]

ouch

 

[DanTMWTMP]

Originally posted by: rise

Originally posted by: rodneyxiii
darryl stingley

beat me to it.

i watched that as a kid and it still pisses me off. what a vicious hit.

link?

 

[Oscar1613]

Originally posted by: Andy22
USC Running Back had a REAL bad broken leg this year versus Nebraska. His leg was straight but his foot was pointed 90 degrees to the right.

ryan powdrell

 

[rise]

Originally posted by: DanTMWTMP

Originally posted by: rise

Originally posted by: rodneyxiii
darryl stingley

beat me to it.

i watched that as a kid and it still pisses me off. what a vicious hit.

link?

i suck at the search and can't find a vid but here-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darryl_Stingley

it was a vicious, unnecessary hit. he was laid out for an overthrown ball, crossing across the middle and tatum delivered a flying forearm shiver. ugly.

 

[KoolDrew]

Ouch...

 

[thegimp03]

I saw the topic of this thread and without evening opening it I knew it'd be Lawrence Taylor sacking Joe Theismann. Man...awesome.

 

[dennilfloss]

My right leg broke in a fashion similar to Theisman's (but towards the front)when I fell under with legs crossed during a hockey tussle in a back yard close to home when I was in my teens. The fracture was compound (bone pierced the skin, lovely sight with yellowish fattie tissue, yuck) and the angle was acute enough that it wouldn't set properly. They had to rebreak it later and place screws that are still in my leg. I was in a full leg cast from late December until May. Became very agile and speedy on my wooden crutches. When they removed the third and final cast, my leg was about the size of my wrist and the skin was all sclerotized and scaly (I could pluck them to gross out people). This fracture affected the leg growth somehow and my leg remains 1" shorter to this day - I need orthopedic shoes - and sports the scar still.

 

[meltdown75]

Originally posted by: zbalat
Clint Malarchuk

damn, you stole mine

 

[dennilfloss]

I remember the Malarchuk injury. That was extreme.

So was Nikki Lauda burning in his car. Has he finally gotten plastic surgery or does he still keep the facial burns as a reminder?

 

[SampSon]

Originally posted by: zbalat
Clint Malarchuk

Video

I remember that game.