Bizarre Athlete Injuries

RAMMSTEIN

Registered Trader
Joined
May 18, 2004
Messages
4,430
Reaction score
0
Location
Grapevine TX
Because of the Plaxico Burress self inflicted gun shot, this list was compiled. I am only sharing this, I did not write it.

Clint Barmes: The Rockies infielder fell and broke his collarbone while carrying a package of deer meat into his house that he received from teammate Todd Helton.

Wade Boggs: The former Boston Red Sox star once injured his back while putting on a pair of cowboy boots.

Kim Clijsters: The tennis player tripped over her dog while playing soccer and injured her tailbone.

Adam Eaton: The San Diego pitcher took a trip to the emergency room in 2001 after he stabbed himself in the stomach with a knife while trying to unwrap a DVD.

Chris Hanson: While playing with the Jacksonville Jaguars, punter Chris Hanson suffered a freak ax injury. Coach Jack Del Rio put a tree stump and an ax in the team's locker room to demonstrate his mantra -- "Keep chopping wood." One day Hanson lost control while trying to whack the log, resulting in a deep gash in his non-kicking leg.

Glenallen Hill: The former outfielder once fell out of bed and crashed into a glass table after having a nightmare that he was covered in spiders.

Kevin Mitchell: The MLB player has had a couple of bizarre injuries. He once strained a muscle while vomiting, and then in another incident, he chipped his tooth on a doughnut that he left defrosting in the microwave too long.

John Smoltz: The pitcher burned his chest while ironing a shirt. The catch? He was allegedly wearing the shirt while he was ironing it.

Steve Sparks: The right-handed pitcher dislocated his shoulder while attempting to a rip a phonebook in half, a stunt he had once seen during a motivational speaking seminar.

Sam Torrance: At the 1993 Ryder Cup, the Scottish golfer -- who had a problem with sleepwalking -- left his bed and tackled a tree, which he thought was an intruder. He suffered a broken toe in the incident.

Joel Zumaya: The relief pitcher suffered from inflammation in his arm, which caused him to miss three games of the 2006 American League Championship Series, because of playing too much "Guitar Hero."
 
I was thinking the same thing. Also, the Smoltz thing can't be true, can it?

Done it myself...can be true :) Although, I didn't burn myself. Let this be a lesson, don't be drunk while getting ready to go out :)

Didn't Brent Sopel hurt himself picking up a potato chip or something like that.
 
Done it myself...can be true :) Although, I didn't burn myself. Let this be a lesson, don't be drunk while getting ready to go out :)

Didn't Brent Sopel hurt himself picking up a potato chip or something like that.

I stand corrected.
 
A pitcher for the Dodgers in the early 90's went on the DL because he broke his wife's china teacup and when he tried to superglue it together, he glued his fingers together. When he separated the fingers, it tore the skin on his index finger and he couldnt pitch. I believe it was officially listed as "a blister."
 
I forget who it was specifically, but wasn't there a quarterback in the NFL who celebrated a touchdown by slamming his head against a concrete wall and giving himself a concussion. He was still wearing his helmet, but still.....
 
I forget who it was specifically, but wasn't there a quarterback in the NFL who celebrated a touchdown by slamming his head against a concrete wall and giving himself a concussion. He was still wearing his helmet, but still.....

Gus Frerrotte, current QB for the Vikings.
 
when i was 8 i went to a tigers game, i got my glove autographed by a few players.

last year i looked them up to see how they were doign (i'm not a big baseball guy)

one guy apparently a few years ago was doing okay, he was invited to swing a squid around on the ice at a red wings game, and dislocaed his shoulder, or tore ligaments, something along those lines. and according to wikapedia he has just been below average ever since.

i cant even recall his name.
 
Also, I can't recall who it was, but a few years back after the Twins won the AL Central, a player tore some ligaments in his knee while performing a slip'n'slide during the post-game celebration.
 
St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Vince Coleman injured his knee when he was run over by the animated field tarp apparatus before the 1985 World Series.

Sacramento Kings rookie Lionel Simmons missed some games during the 1991 season when he developed tendinitis in his right wrist from playing too many video games, primarily the Nintendo GameBoy.

Ken Griffey Jr. once missed a game for the Mariners when he pinched himself with his protective cup.

Colorado's Larry Walker separated his shoulder while fishing.

Soccer player David Seaman once broke a bone reaching for his TV remote


Soccer player Milan Rapaic once missed the start of Hajduk Split's season after sticking his boarding-pass in his eye at the airport.

Indonesian star Mistar, 25, was tragically killed by a herd of pigs that invaded his team's training pitch before a Cup fixture in 1995.
 
David James the England Goalkeeper (soccer) missed a game due to having spent the previous day playing his PS1 while sat on the floor cross legged! Led to very bad pins and needles and he ended up getting fined for not playing (£15,000) I believe.
 
David James the England Goalkeeper (soccer) missed a game due to having spent the previous day playing his PS1 while sat on the floor cross legged! Led to very bad pins and needles and he ended up getting fined for not playing (£15,000) I believe.

He plays for portsmouth and England, he probably had £15,000 in his wallet when they fined him lol.
 

Forum statistics

Threads
389,486
Messages
2,232,991
Members
4,146
Latest member
E_Thom_Tech
Back
Top