Battle of the Infamous, allsports edition

[LongHopCassidy]

I'd like to have 48 of the worst across all sports excluding cricket (well, maybe Boycott). As an added bonus we can stand back and see what a relatively gentlemanly sport cricket is.

Since sporting literacy is a diverse thing, I think the nominating/seconding system would be necessary here. Each member gets five nominations and secondings.

Again, pure personal sentiment (i.e. who's a bigger ****) is the only criteria to vote for someone.

May as well start.

Nominate:

Lance Armstrong (cycling)
Michael Vick (NFL)
Diego Maradona (Association Football)
Wayne Carey (Australian Rules)
Tonya Harding (ice skating)

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Roy Keane (Association Football)
Mike Tyson (Boxing)
Ben Johnson (Athletics)
Norman Hunter (Association Football)
John Hopoate (Rugby League)

 

[BackFootPunch]

O.J. Simpson (American Football)
Pete Rose (Baseball)
John McEnroe (Tennis)
Dennis Rodman (Basketball)
Metta World Peace (formerly Ron Artest) (Basketball)

 

[BoyBrumby]

Carlos Monzon - World middleweight boxing champ/wife murderer

Oscar Pistorius - Paralympian/accused murderer

Marc Cecillon - French rugby captain/wife murderer

Ty Cobb - Baseball legend/virulent racist/alleged murderer

Joey Barton - Footballer/all round ****tard

 

[Uppercut]

Do we vote for our favourite scumbag, or the scummiest scumbag?

John Terry (football, racist and wife-knobber)

 

[Spikey]

the starting line-up of the 1976 Philadelphia Flyers

 

[uvelocity]

some water polo knob grabber i reckon

 

[Pothas]

Bruno Fernandes de Souza (Fooballer and another murderer to add to Brumby's list)

Are managers and administrators allowed becasue Sepp Blatter deserves to be in this.

 

[LongHopCassidy]

Do we vote for our favourite scumbag, or the scummiest scumbag?

John Terry (football, racist and wife-knobber)

Your fave. The one you love to hate. Profane monologues justifying your decision are welcome.

 

[sledger]

Chris Benoit and OJ Simpson

 

[Jarquis]

Marlon King
Ron Artest
Mike Tyson
Eddie Johnson
Tony Ayala

 

[sledger]

Ashley Cole

 

[flibbertyjibber]

John Terry
Ashley Cole
Steven Gerrard
Jason Livingston
Lance Armstrong

 

[fredfertang]

I nominate Robin Friday to not be included

 

[wpdavid]

I nominate Robin Friday to not be included

Had you heard that someone's making a film about Robin Friday? One of the people involved was being interviewed on Five Live this morning.

 

[wpdavid]

Avery Brundage should be well up anyone's list. Makes Sepp Blatter look like a paragon of right-thinking virtue: anti-semite, racist, sympathetic towards Nazi Germany and Apartheid era SA, etc, etc

Avery Brundage - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Also happy to add my vote to Lance Armstrong and Roy Keane.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Ben Elias.

 

[uvelocity]

blood feud declared

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Who was that footballer that went down clutching his face like he'd been shot when someone kicked the ball into his knee?

Was it Rivaldo? It was a Brazilian against Turkey at a World Cup.

Anyway, I nominate the Brazilian in question.

 

[fredfertang]

Had you heard that someone's making a film about Robin Friday? One of the people involved was being interviewed on Five Live this morning.

No I hadn't - that would certainly seal his fame/infamy!