A Brief History Of Sport’s Most Unsporting Moments
Australian Rules Football: Tony Lockett Flattens Opponent’s Nose
In his heyday, the man affectionately known as Plugger was no stranger to rough play, as the video of some of his greatest hits shows. However, it was a 1994 incident in which he played for St. Kilda against his Sydney was most controversial. Opinions were divided as to whether the sickening clash that left Sydney Swans defender Peter Caven with a flattened nose and shattered cheekbone was intentional. Check out the incident at 1:11 and 2:09 in the video below.
Aftermath: While some members of the public held divided opinions, the Australian Football League tribunal did not. Tony Lockett would later go on to become better known for his football skills as opposed to his rough play and become one of the most famous members of the Sydney Swans team. Lockett remains ashamed of the incident and of his football career, preferring to remember himself as “a thug who could play a bit.”
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Perhaps you should review what the term “clock-wise” means.
Rolling a cricket ball is worse than biting someone’s ear off?? Granted I know next to nothing of the English sport – but c’mon.
The sports were not in any particular order, of course I would rather have a ball rolled to me than my ear bitten off, but the rolled ball created a hell of a stink as it was seen as a cowardly play. It cast the Australian team in a bad light for many years after, even the Australian players on the field thought it was a gutless move.
How can they leave off Woody Hayes coming from the sideline to level an opposing player running for a touchdown??
I’m only a mere mortal, but that incident just might make the next list.
Two comments: ON Kermit Washington, I saw that game and did not then and still do not believe it was bad sportsmanship. You have skirmish going on adrenaline is high and a player from the opposite team is running at you. I dont know about anyone else but I think if you put yourself in the same shoes you are going to protect yourself and while some do it by running some tend to throw out a fist or kick.
Mike Tyson: During and after the first fight Tyson was complaining of headbutts from Holyfield, a number or other fighters also stepped forward and stated the same, Holyfield tends to lead and hit with his head. During the second fight Tyson again was complaining of headbutts. Holyfield is at least 6 inches taller than tyson why is his head hitting tyson on the forehead. bad sportsmanship on tyson but should also have been on Holyfield
Hmmm…like the list but if you’re going to call out dopers how about Roger Clemens ongoing boorish and deceitful behavior and taking the sportsworld and Congress for idiots with his own brand of sophistry. Also, throw in his bat throwing incident in the World Series and a professional philistine is complete.