Scariest moments in sports history

duff88 · 12-10-2007, 12:46 AM

Inspired from the hockey-related thread on HFBoards:

What are the scariest moments in sports history?

My nomination, the Clint Malarchuk incident (Be advised, this is bloody so watch at your own risks):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dT4PenDwiPo

bhlloy · 12-10-2007, 12:51 AM

The only one I can think of off the top of my head that is worse than Marlachuk is Marc Vivien Foe collapsing and dying on the soccer field. You could tell from the other players reactions exactly what had happened and it was devastating.

Scariest I have ever seen in person was 6-7 years ago at Ninian Park when a young striker of ours called Gavin Gordon got kicked in the head by a defender and went into convulsions on the ground for ten seconds and then passed out. I thought he was dead, and the game was delayed for a half hour while they put the neck brace on, but turned out he was completely fine.

Swaggs · 12-10-2007, 01:08 AM

I was going to say Jason Kendall breaking his ankle, because that was a game I was watching live, but after seeing the Malarchuk video--there is not much of a contest. That is gruesome.

sabotai · 12-10-2007, 01:30 AM

I can't remember the guy's name, but someone was hit awhile back during an F1 race (I think it was F1) as he was running across the track. Not sure it counts as "scary", though, since he was pretty much dead instanty.

Tasan · 12-10-2007, 02:22 AM

Up until the moment I clicked that link, watching a young, promising Texas Rangers CF (Ruben Mateo) totally blow just about everything out in his right leg hitting first base wrong was the worst thing I'd ever seen in sports. Just running real hard to 1st and hit the bag completely wrong. He was having a pretty decent season and everything, and you just see his leg complete go wrong all at once. That Tampa Bay pitcher breaking his arm was pretty bad too, he just rares back, goes to throw and his arm suddenly has another elbow.

But that hockey clip, I had to turn it off. That was bad bad bad.

Atocep · 12-10-2007, 02:28 AM

The worst I've seen on live television are Robin Ventura breaking his leg sliding into home, Garrison Hearst breaking his leg just above the ankle and actually seeing the foot flop as he went to plant on it, and Napolean McCallum on MNF a few years ago.

McCallum: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVchNFaUiVc

SackAttack · 12-10-2007, 02:46 AM

I still cringe when I think about the Willis McGahee knee injury. I've seen stuff gorier than that, but nothing that ever made me wince quite like that.

Schmidty · 12-10-2007, 02:48 AM

I am not trying to be cool or tough, but that link didn't bother me. I'm not really creeped by blood at all.

Bones breaking, on the other hand, make me puke. I can't even watch a twisted ankle. I guess it's because I've broken so many bones, and torn so many ligaments. Ugh.

Vinatieri for Prez · 12-10-2007, 02:59 AM

A little follow up on Malarchuk from Wikipedia:

With pools of blood collecting on the ice, Malarchuk somehow left the ice under his own power with the assistance of his team's trainer, Jim Pizzutelli. Many spectators were physically sickened by the sight, with nine fainting and two suffering heart attacks while two teammates vomited on the ice. Local television cameras covering the game cut away from the sight of Malarchuk after realizing what had happened.

Malarchuk, meanwhile, had only two thoughts: He was going to die, and he had to do it the right way. "All I wanted to do was get off the ice", said Malarchuk. "My mother was watching the game on TV, and I didn't want her to see me die."

Malarchuk's life was saved by Jim Pizzutelli, the team's trainer and a former army medic who had served in Vietnam. He reached into Malarchuk's neck and pinched off the bleeding, not letting go until doctors arrived to begin suturing the wound. Still, Malarchuk came within minutes of becoming only the second on-ice fatality in NHL history (the first, and thus far only, was Bill Masterton).

Amazingly, after receiving in more than 300 stitches to close the wound, Malarchuk returned to practice four days later, having spent only one night in the hospital. And about a week after that, he was back between the pipes against the Quebec Nordiques. "Doctors told me to take the rest of the year off, but there was no way", Malarchuk said. "The longer you wait, the harder it's going to be. I play for keeps."

rowech · 12-10-2007, 05:51 AM

Krumrie's leg
Dravecky and Browning's broken arms
Propro? from Alabama a couple of years ago.

Dr. Sak · 12-10-2007, 06:46 AM

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Originally Posted by rowech

Propro? from Alabama a couple of years ago.

Prothro

WSUCougar · 12-10-2007, 08:08 AM

Got to be Malarchuk, but I'm surprised we're this far into the thread with no mention of Theismann.

Neon_Chaos · 12-10-2007, 08:19 AM

Not exactly sports... but a very gruesome sight in Sports Entertainment back in good old WCW when Sycho Sid Vicious broke his leg in half after trying to hit Scott Steiner with a big boot off the top rope.

Like said above, watch at your own risk.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQ_RR9WjUlI

Logan · 12-10-2007, 08:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Vinatieri for Prez

Malarchuk returned to practice four days later, having spent only one night in the hospital. And about a week after that, he was back between the pipes against the Quebec Nordiques.[/i]

Of course he was...he's a hockey player.

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Originally Posted by WSUCougar

Got to be Malarchuk, but I'm surprised we're this far into the thread with no mention of Theismann.

When I think "scary" I think of times when someone's life is in danger. I was at the game when Dennis Byrd of the Jets got paralyzed -- that was pretty damn scary.

Butter · 12-10-2007, 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by sabotai

I can't remember the guy's name, but someone was hit awhile back during an F1 race (I think it was F1) as he was running across the track. Not sure it counts as "scary", though, since he was pretty much dead instanty.

Along similar lines, there was an IndyCar guy who I can't remember... he was hit, his car flipped airborne and completely disintegrated as it hit the fence in the air. There was pretty much no doubt he was going to be dead instantly when the safety crew got there. Can't remember who that was exactly, but it was horrible.

Neon_Chaos · 12-10-2007, 08:41 AM

Also...

Formula One's Ayrton Senna's death, when he crashed into the concrete wall at Imola in 1994.

molson · 12-10-2007, 08:57 AM

Ya, there's nothing really scary about broken bones, no matter how gruesome.

I have a different angle on it - I remember falling asleep once during a MNF game in, I believe, 2002. I woke up, groggy, and the first thing I heard was Al Michaels saying that a foreign substance had been sprayed on the field, and all the players had fled one of the sidelines. Of course, that just turned out to be security being a little too liberal with pepper spray in breaking up a fight in the stands, but for a few seconds there, I had thought there had been a terrorist attack.

Bearcat729 · 12-10-2007, 10:06 AM

Joe Montana getting hit so hard that he went into seizures on the field was the scariest thing I can think of.

Rizon · 12-10-2007, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by rowech

Krumrie's leg
Dravecky and Browning's broken arms
Propro? from Alabama a couple of years ago.

Dravecky's arm breaking was the worst thing I've seen (on TV).

Toddzilla · 12-10-2007, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by duff88

Inspired from the hockey-related thread on HFBoards:

What are the scariest moments in sports history?

My nomination, the Clint Malarchuk incident (Be advised, this is bloody so watch at your own risks):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dT4PenDwiPo

Before I even opened the thread, this was exactly what I was going to mention. I remember watching it at college with a bunch of other hockey goons and thinking - "Holy Shit, we're watching a man die on the ice..."

spleen1015 · 12-10-2007, 10:40 AM

Mine would have to be the day Dale Earnhardt died.

After crashes like that, they always show the driver getting out of the car, etc. When they didn't, I thought he was hurt pretty bad. When they showed Jr. running off of pit road, I knew it was going to be bad news.

cartman · 12-10-2007, 11:06 AM

Munich Olympics?

Maple Leafs · 12-10-2007, 11:07 AM

This thread should really be titled "Scariest moments in sports history besides Clint Malarchuk", because that one may never be topped.

Some other bad ones from hockey, all of whom wound up being (relatively) OK:

- Trent McCleary of the Habs taking a slapshot directly to the throat. It was clear pretty much right away that he couldn't breathe at all. He jumped up immediately and sprinted off the ice and down the tunnel, clutching at his throat with trainers chasing him. This one didn't have the gore factor, but it actually came close to Malurchuk in the sense that you were thinking "that guy is about to die".

- Chris Pronger taking a slapshot to the chest, getting up and skating a few steps, then collapsing. Mark my words, a slapshot directly to the heart will kill a hockey player some day.

- Bryan Marchment being checked into the penatly box door and going into convulsions, made worse by him swallowing his mouth guard and choking on it.

johnnyshaka · 12-10-2007, 11:30 AM

I remember this like it was yesterday...I was 17 playing rep baseball when a fly ball was hit into shallow CF. I was playing 2nd base and noticed that my SS had a better jump on the ball so I headed for the bag to cover up. Well, you guys can imagine what happens next...the CF and SS collide both going full speed. Gear went flying every which way and both were out cold. The CF looked like he got the worst of if as he was bleeding from several places on his face. Luckily there was an ambulance on site because there was a BMX track right next to the diamond and there were races going on all day so paramedics were on scene within minutes. Neither kid was conscious when they left the scene about 20 minutes after the collision initially happened. Being so young and having never seen anything like that before I had no idea what to think and honestly thought at least one, if not both, weren't going to make it. Turns out the CF, who we all thought was in worse shape, ended up with a broken nose and a concussion and the SS ended up having an emergency appendectomy and a pretty severe concussion.

Obviously nowhere near as dramatic as seeing puddles of blood on national TV but when two of your friends are bleeding and motionless on a ball diamond time damn near stands still. I don't ever want to experience that ever again.

duff88 · 12-10-2007, 11:41 AM

Another hockey nomination would be Jiri Fisher of the Detroit Red Wings collapsing on the bench:

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=kUU4-JKfB_o

Logan · 12-10-2007, 12:05 PM

Can't believe I forgot Bryan Berard taking a stick to the eye...terrifying. You knew having that much blood come directly out of the eye just was not good.

DeToxRox · 12-10-2007, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by duff88

Another hockey nomination would be Jiri Fisher of the Detroit Red Wings collapsing on the bench:

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=kUU4-JKfB_o

Ditto. That was unreal.

DeToxRox · 12-10-2007, 12:08 PM

If you consider wrestling a sport, Owen Hart dying. Even though they didn't show it, the whole aspect of it was unreal.

molson · 12-10-2007, 12:26 PM

What I've learned in this thread is that hockey is clearly the scariest sport.

Toddzilla · 12-10-2007, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by molson

What I've learned in this thread is that hockey is clearly the scariest sport.

+1

Don't hear much about scary moments in bowling...

FrogMan · 12-10-2007, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Logan

Can't believe I forgot Bryan Berard taking a stick to the eye...terrifying. You knew having that much blood come directly out of the eye just was not good.

Malarchuk would be my first but after reading that eye thing for Berard, I thought I'd remembered that Borje Salming had a pretty bad one. After some googling, there a list of the most gruesome hockey injuries over at
http://www.thestar.com/printArticle/271006

The list in a nutshell:

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Clint Malarchuk's jugular vein cut by a skate (1989): It was both sickening and ghastly and 18 years later, it's difficult to believe that the Sabres' netminder survived to work today as the goaltending coach for the Columbus Blue Jackets.
A collision with Blues winger Steve Tuttle left Malarchuk kneeling on the ice, the blood squirting from his neck. Buffalo trainer Jim Pizzutelli scrambled on to the ice and put pressure on the wound to keep Malarchuk alive. "Somewhere I had heard that you only have a few minutes to live if (the jugular) ever gets cut," said Malarchuk, who required 300 stitches. "I thought, `I have a lot of repenting to do in the next three minutes.' I thought I was going to die." How horrifying was it? Seven fans fainted and two suffered heart attacks.

Borje Salming's face stepped on (1986): During a game at Detroit, the Maple Leafs defenceman lay on the ice during a goalmouth scramble. Wings' forward Gerard Gallant was pushed backwards and accidentally stepped on Salming, cutting him on the right side of his face. It took about 250 stitches to close the wound. "He looked like a softball after the game," said teammate Steve Thomas.

Ted Green clubbed by Wayne Maki (1969): During an exhibition game at Ottawa, Boston's Green and Maki of St. Louis got into an ugly stick-swinging exchange. As Green skated away to the penalty box, Maki connected with a blow to Green's head, breaking the Bruin player's skull and causing him to suffer partial paralysis. Green missed the entire season but returned the NHL in 1970, playing with a metal plate inserted in his head.

Ace Bailey ambushed by Eddie Shore (1933): Bruins defenceman Shore reacted angrily after he was hit by Toronto's Red Horner and went looking for revenge. Shore slammed Bailey down with a vicious hit from behind and the Maple Leafs' head, according to reports, smacked the ice "like a watermelon hitting pavement." Bailey suffered a fractured skull and newspapers prepared obits, the injury was that severe. Though Bailey survived, his career was over.

Rocket Richard clobbers Hal Laycoe (1955): During a late-season game, the Montreal legend is highsticked by Boston's Laycoe, opening a cut. Incensed by the sight of his own blood, the story goes, Richard went after Laycoe, highsticking him in the shoulders and face. When his stick was taken away, Richard grabbed another and broke it, depending on the account, over Laycoe's back, shoulders or head. Richard also punched a linesman and was suspended for the post-season, causing Montreal fans to riot.

Marty McSorley clubs Donald Brashear (2000): Boston's McSorley stalks Vancouver's Brashear up the ice, trying to engage him in fisticuffs. McSorley takes a two-handed swing at the Canuck with his stick and wallops him on the side of the head. Brashear collapses unconscious. McSorley was found guilty of assault with a weapon but didn't serve jail time.

Jiri Fischer's cardiac arrest (2005): The drama played out in front of a full house at Joe Louis Arena as the Detroit defenceman's heart ceased beating on the bench and he began shaking uncontrollably before keeling over. Fans watched as doctor's pumped his chest. A defibrillator was used to shock Fischer's heart back to a regular rhythm. The emotion of the moment caused the game to be cancelled.

Todd Bertuzzi sucker punches Steve Moore (2004): Vancouver's Bertuzzi approaches Moore from behind and blindsides him with a punch to the head. Moore goes down – with Bertuzzi riding him to the ice – and suffers a broken neck. In court, Bertuzzi pleads guilty to assault causing bodily harm and receives a conditional discharge.

Bryan Berard blinded by errant stick (2000): It was instantly obvious something horrible had happened. When then-Senators forward Marian Hossa swung wildly at a bounding puck and missed, his stick came up into the right eye of Berard. The blood began to pool moments after the Toronto defenceman hit the ice. Berard lost vision in his eye but continues his comeback with the Islanders.

Bryan Marchment goes into seizure on ice (1997): With sickening force, Bryan Marchment's head slammed into the open penalty box door during a playoff game at Dallas. He suffered a concussion and his body went into convulsions as he lay on the ice. Marchment made a full recovery.

Pic of Salming after 250 stitches...

DeToxRox · 12-10-2007, 12:41 PM

Another scary hockey moment is obivously Steve Moore being taken out by Bertuzzi and when that kid from Boston got paralyzed his first shift playing college puck

Logan · 12-10-2007, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by DeToxRox

Another scary hockey moment is obivously Steve Moore being taken out by Bertuzzi and when that kid from Boston got paralyzed his first shift playing college puck

Travis Roy I believe is his name. Yeah, that was awful.

Back in 1997, I was at a preseason Rangers - Leafs game where I had the fortune of sitting about 3 rows off the ice (since it was preseason and not many people went). At one point, about 10 feet away from me, Ryan Vandenbussche of the Rangers and Nick Kypreos of the Leafs fought. Vandenbussche was a goon, Kypreos a fighter too but a little more well-rounded of a player. It was your typical fight, some punches landing with a lot of grabbing. All of a sudden, while the two guys were grappling, Vandenbussche unleashed a huge left that caught Kypreos square on the jaw, knocking him unconscious before he hit the ice face-first, where he landed and blood started pouring out of his mouth. My first thought was that he killed him; there was very little doubt in my mind. He was out for awhile but eventually came to, and then never played again.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=1QHaTxgvTn8

molson · 12-10-2007, 01:06 PM

"Still, Malarchuk came within minutes of becoming only the second on-ice fatality in NHL history (the first, and thus far only, was Bill Masterton)"

After Reading this thread, this is pretty amazing - that there's been only one one-ice fatality.

Maple Leafs · 12-10-2007, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Logan

Can't believe I forgot Bryan Berard taking a stick to the eye...terrifying. You knew having that much blood come directly out of the eye just was not good.

I was at that game. Not fun. I remember hearing Ottawa fans booing when they announced Hossa's high-sticking minor, and thinking "what planet are these guys on?"

Another bad hockey one: Kevin Stevens in game seven against the Islanders in 1993.

Radii · 12-10-2007, 01:36 PM

Before most of our time(insert Bucc joke here), but the first thing I thought of as a non hockey fan:

http://www.dodgerblues.com/images/roseboro-marichal.jpg

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Juan Marichal, the San Francisco Giants pitcher, came up to bat in the third inning of a game at Candlestick Park. Marichal had hit a Dodger player earlier and a peeved Roseboro had been firing Sandy Koufax's pitches back to him just inches from Marichal's ear as he took his turn at bat.

Marichal turned around to tell Roseboro to stop and Roseboro stood up and took off his mask. Marichal saw this as a threat and immediately hit the catcher over the head with the bat twice, opening a 2-inch gash in Roseboro's head. With blood gushing down Roseboro's face, the two teams—already heated rivals battling for the NL pennant—brawled for 14 minutes.

Neon_Chaos · 12-10-2007, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by DeToxRox

If you consider wrestling a sport, Owen Hart dying. Even though they didn't show it, the whole aspect of it was unreal.

RIP Owen.

sabotai · 12-10-2007, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by sabotai

I can't remember the guy's name, but someone was hit awhile back during an F1 race (I think it was F1) as he was running across the track. Not sure it counts as "scary", though, since he was pretty much dead instanty.

Looked it up. It was the South Africa GP in '77. Tom Pryce was the guy who was hit.

cartman · 12-10-2007, 03:06 PM

In F1, there is always the crash of David Williamson at the Dutch Grand Prix. He suffered a tire failure and his car ended upside down, then caught on fire. One of the other racers, David Purley, stopped and tried to get the car flipped over so Williamson could get out. Williamson was conscious during the time, but they couldn't get the car flipped over and he burned to death.

Critch · 12-10-2007, 03:07 PM

Just to break the monotony of endless hockey scaries, I've got a volleyball story.

When I was at school we were forced to play volleyball, some kid was messing about and tried to slide down one of the poles holding up the net. He forgot there was a hook to tie the bottom of the net to. The hook ripped his nuts wide open, there was blood, screaming, and a fair bit of laughing too. He was led out to be stiched up, holding his nuts in and crying.

duff88 · 12-10-2007, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Critch

Just to break the monotony of endless hockey scaries, I've got a volleyball story.

When I was at school we were forced to play volleyball, some kid was messing about and tried to slide down one of the poles holding up the net. He forgot there was a hook to tie the bottom of the net to. The hook ripped his nuts wide open, there was blood, screaming, and a fair bit of laughing too. He was led out to be stiched up, holding his nuts in and crying.

I don't mind seeing broken bones

I'm not grossed out by blood flowing from someone's throat

But this, this...

Radii · 12-10-2007, 03:28 PM

DUDE. Critch that was totally unnecessary dear lord.

Dr. Sak · 12-10-2007, 03:46 PM

In high school our offensive lineman were taught that if a defensive lineman jumps and puts his hands up, to hit him in the nuts. Well first day of camp, the defensive end jumps up...the LT hits him square in the nuts. Well he hit him in such a way that his balls go back up inside him. He had to go to the hospital so the doctor could get his balls to "drop" again.

MikeVic · 12-10-2007, 03:53 PM

I'm never coming back to this thread.

Passacaglia · 12-10-2007, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by cartman

Munich Olympics?

My thought was Munich, or that Pistons-Pacers game a while back.

Maple Leafs · 12-10-2007, 04:11 PM

Just once I'd like to have a nice thread without bsak coming in to talk about touching other guys' balls.

JS19 · 12-10-2007, 04:53 PM

I remember watching Beltran and Cameron collide in CF. It was a real scary site to watch live, as they pretty much went head first into each other, turned out not to be too serious, in respect to the other incidents mentioned.

EDIT: After watching the video again, i take back the "pretty much", that was a full blown head to head collision.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dzXt1C2M5Y

NevStar · 12-10-2007, 05:53 PM

In case you LIKE looking at this stuff:

hxxp://www.askmen.com/sports/fitness_top_ten_100/133_fitness_list.html (ads possibly NSFW)

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/si_...-injuries.html

Besides Malarchuk, Allan Ray's looked pretty bad... amazing he never had any damage.

molson · 12-10-2007, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Passacaglia

My thought was Munich, or that Pistons-Pacers game a while back.

Ya, I forgot about that one - I somehow caught the Piston/Pacers thing live (and I hardly ever watch NBA games), and it was pretty terrifying. I was almost waiting for one of those fans to pull out a gun and start shooting.

korme · 12-10-2007, 06:21 PM

Damian Jackson and Johnny Damon were pretty solid crashes as well.
Worst thing I've seen live is McGahee in the championship game.

12-10-2007, 12:51 AM	#2
bhlloy Coordinator Join Date: Nov 2003	The only one I can think of off the top of my head that is worse than Marlachuk is Marc Vivien Foe collapsing and dying on the soccer field. You could tell from the other players reactions exactly what had happened and it was devastating. Scariest I have ever seen in person was 6-7 years ago at Ninian Park when a young striker of ours called Gavin Gordon got kicked in the head by a defender and went into convulsions on the ground for ten seconds and then passed out. I thought he was dead, and the game was delayed for a half hour while they put the neck brace on, but turned out he was completely fine. Last edited by bhlloy : 12-10-2007 at 12:52 AM.

12-10-2007, 01:08 AM	#3
Swaggs Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000	I was going to say Jason Kendall breaking his ankle, because that was a game I was watching live, but after seeing the Malarchuk video--there is not much of a contest. That is gruesome. __________________ DOWN WITH HATTRICK!!! The RWBL Are you reading In The Bleachers?

12-10-2007, 02:22 AM	#5
Tasan College Starter Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Houston, or there about	Up until the moment I clicked that link, watching a young, promising Texas Rangers CF (Ruben Mateo) totally blow just about everything out in his right leg hitting first base wrong was the worst thing I'd ever seen in sports. Just running real hard to 1st and hit the bag completely wrong. He was having a pretty decent season and everything, and you just see his leg complete go wrong all at once. That Tampa Bay pitcher breaking his arm was pretty bad too, he just rares back, goes to throw and his arm suddenly has another elbow. But that hockey clip, I had to turn it off. That was bad bad bad. __________________ 2011 Golden Scribes winner for best Interactive Dynasty Last edited by Tasan : 12-10-2007 at 02:30 AM.

12-10-2007, 02:59 AM	#9
Vinatieri for Prez College Starter Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Seattle	A little follow up on Malarchuk from Wikipedia: With pools of blood collecting on the ice, Malarchuk somehow left the ice under his own power with the assistance of his team's trainer, Jim Pizzutelli. Many spectators were physically sickened by the sight, with nine fainting and two suffering heart attacks while two teammates vomited on the ice. Local television cameras covering the game cut away from the sight of Malarchuk after realizing what had happened. Malarchuk, meanwhile, had only two thoughts: He was going to die, and he had to do it the right way. "All I wanted to do was get off the ice", said Malarchuk. "My mother was watching the game on TV, and I didn't want her to see me die." Malarchuk's life was saved by Jim Pizzutelli, the team's trainer and a former army medic who had served in Vietnam. He reached into Malarchuk's neck and pinched off the bleeding, not letting go until doctors arrived to begin suturing the wound. Still, Malarchuk came within minutes of becoming only the second on-ice fatality in NHL history (the first, and thus far only, was Bill Masterton). Amazingly, after receiving in more than 300 stitches to close the wound, Malarchuk returned to practice four days later, having spent only one night in the hospital. And about a week after that, he was back between the pipes against the Quebec Nordiques. "Doctors told me to take the rest of the year off, but there was no way", Malarchuk said. "The longer you wait, the harder it's going to be. I play for keeps." Last edited by Vinatieri for Prez : 12-10-2007 at 03:01 AM.

12-10-2007, 08:08 AM	#12
WSUCougar Rider Of Rohan Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Port Angeles, WA or Helm's Deep	Got to be Malarchuk, but I'm surprised we're this far into the thread with no mention of Theismann. __________________ It's not the years...it's the mileage.

12-10-2007, 01:30 AM	#4
sabotai General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Satellite of Love	I can't remember the guy's name, but someone was hit awhile back during an F1 race (I think it was F1) as he was running across the track. Not sure it counts as "scary", though, since he was pretty much dead instanty.

12-10-2007, 02:28 AM	#6
Atocep Coordinator Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Puyallup, WA	The worst I've seen on live television are Robin Ventura breaking his leg sliding into home, Garrison Hearst breaking his leg just above the ankle and actually seeing the foot flop as he went to plant on it, and Napolean McCallum on MNF a few years ago. McCallum: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVchNFaUiVc

12-10-2007, 02:46 AM	#7
SackAttack Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Green Bay, WI	I still cringe when I think about the Willis McGahee knee injury. I've seen stuff gorier than that, but nothing that ever made me wince quite like that.

12-10-2007, 02:48 AM	#8
Schmidty Coordinator Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Early, TX	I am not trying to be cool or tough, but that link didn't bother me. I'm not really creeped by blood at all. Bones breaking, on the other hand, make me puke. I can't even watch a twisted ankle. I guess it's because I've broken so many bones, and torn so many ligaments. Ugh.

12-10-2007, 05:51 AM	#10
rowech Pro Starter Join Date: Feb 2006	Krumrie's leg Dravecky and Browning's broken arms Propro? from Alabama a couple of years ago.

12-10-2007, 08:19 AM	#13
Neon_Chaos Pro Starter Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Parañaque, Philippines	Not exactly sports... but a very gruesome sight in Sports Entertainment back in good old WCW when Sycho Sid Vicious broke his leg in half after trying to hit Scott Steiner with a big boot off the top rope. Like said above, watch at your own risk. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQ_RR9WjUlI __________________ Come and see.

12-10-2007, 08:41 AM	#16
Neon_Chaos Pro Starter Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Parañaque, Philippines	Also... Formula One's Ayrton Senna's death, when he crashed into the concrete wall at Imola in 1994. __________________ Come and see.

12-10-2007, 08:57 AM	#17
molson General Manager Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: The Mountains	Ya, there's nothing really scary about broken bones, no matter how gruesome. I have a different angle on it - I remember falling asleep once during a MNF game in, I believe, 2002. I woke up, groggy, and the first thing I heard was Al Michaels saying that a foreign substance had been sprayed on the field, and all the players had fled one of the sidelines. Of course, that just turned out to be security being a little too liberal with pepper spray in breaking up a fight in the stands, but for a few seconds there, I had thought there had been a terrorist attack.

12-10-2007, 10:06 AM	#18
Bearcat729 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio	Joe Montana getting hit so hard that he went into seizures on the field was the scariest thing I can think of. __________________ Bearcat729 on XBox Live and PSN

12-10-2007, 10:40 AM	#21
spleen1015 Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2003	Mine would have to be the day Dale Earnhardt died. After crashes like that, they always show the driver getting out of the car, etc. When they didn't, I thought he was hurt pretty bad. When they showed Jr. running off of pit road, I knew it was going to be bad news.

12-10-2007, 11:06 AM	#22
cartman Death Herald Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas	Munich Olympics? __________________ Thinkin' of a master plan 'Cuz ain't nuthin' but sweat inside my hand So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent So I dig deeper but still comin' up with lint

12-10-2007, 11:07 AM	#23
Maple Leafs Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2002	This thread should really be titled "Scariest moments in sports history besides Clint Malarchuk", because that one may never be topped. Some other bad ones from hockey, all of whom wound up being (relatively) OK: - Trent McCleary of the Habs taking a slapshot directly to the throat. It was clear pretty much right away that he couldn't breathe at all. He jumped up immediately and sprinted off the ice and down the tunnel, clutching at his throat with trainers chasing him. This one didn't have the gore factor, but it actually came close to Malurchuk in the sense that you were thinking "that guy is about to die". - Chris Pronger taking a slapshot to the chest, getting up and skating a few steps, then collapsing. Mark my words, a slapshot directly to the heart will kill a hockey player some day. - Bryan Marchment being checked into the penatly box door and going into convulsions, made worse by him swallowing his mouth guard and choking on it. __________________ Down Goes Brown: Toronto Maple Leafs Humor and Analysis

12-10-2007, 11:30 AM	#24
johnnyshaka College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Edmonton, AB	I remember this like it was yesterday...I was 17 playing rep baseball when a fly ball was hit into shallow CF. I was playing 2nd base and noticed that my SS had a better jump on the ball so I headed for the bag to cover up. Well, you guys can imagine what happens next...the CF and SS collide both going full speed. Gear went flying every which way and both were out cold. The CF looked like he got the worst of if as he was bleeding from several places on his face. Luckily there was an ambulance on site because there was a BMX track right next to the diamond and there were races going on all day so paramedics were on scene within minutes. Neither kid was conscious when they left the scene about 20 minutes after the collision initially happened. Being so young and having never seen anything like that before I had no idea what to think and honestly thought at least one, if not both, weren't going to make it. Turns out the CF, who we all thought was in worse shape, ended up with a broken nose and a concussion and the SS ended up having an emergency appendectomy and a pretty severe concussion. Obviously nowhere near as dramatic as seeing puddles of blood on national TV but when two of your friends are bleeding and motionless on a ball diamond time damn near stands still. I don't ever want to experience that ever again.

12-10-2007, 11:41 AM	#25
duff88 College Prospect Join Date: Aug 2005	Another hockey nomination would be Jiri Fisher of the Detroit Red Wings collapsing on the bench: http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=kUU4-JKfB_o

12-10-2007, 12:05 PM	#26
Logan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: NYC	Can't believe I forgot Bryan Berard taking a stick to the eye...terrifying. You knew having that much blood come directly out of the eye just was not good.

12-10-2007, 12:08 PM	#28
DeToxRox Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Michigan	If you consider wrestling a sport, Owen Hart dying. Even though they didn't show it, the whole aspect of it was unreal.

12-10-2007, 12:26 PM	#29
molson General Manager Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: The Mountains	What I've learned in this thread is that hockey is clearly the scariest sport.

12-10-2007, 12:41 PM	#32
DeToxRox Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Michigan	Another scary hockey moment is obivously Steve Moore being taken out by Bertuzzi and when that kid from Boston got paralyzed his first shift playing college puck

12-10-2007, 01:06 PM	#34
molson General Manager Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: The Mountains	"Still, Malarchuk came within minutes of becoming only the second on-ice fatality in NHL history (the first, and thus far only, was Bill Masterton)" After Reading this thread, this is pretty amazing - that there's been only one one-ice fatality.

12-10-2007, 03:06 PM	#39
cartman Death Herald Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas	In F1, there is always the crash of David Williamson at the Dutch Grand Prix. He suffered a tire failure and his car ended upside down, then caught on fire. One of the other racers, David Purley, stopped and tried to get the car flipped over so Williamson could get out. Williamson was conscious during the time, but they couldn't get the car flipped over and he burned to death. __________________ Thinkin' of a master plan 'Cuz ain't nuthin' but sweat inside my hand So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent So I dig deeper but still comin' up with lint

12-10-2007, 03:07 PM	#40
Critch lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Herndon, VA	Just to break the monotony of endless hockey scaries, I've got a volleyball story. When I was at school we were forced to play volleyball, some kid was messing about and tried to slide down one of the poles holding up the net. He forgot there was a hook to tie the bottom of the net to. The hook ripped his nuts wide open, there was blood, screaming, and a fair bit of laughing too. He was led out to be stiched up, holding his nuts in and crying.

12-10-2007, 03:28 PM	#42
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	DUDE. Critch that was totally unnecessary dear lord.

12-10-2007, 03:46 PM	#43
Dr. Sak Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Stuck in Yinzerville, PA	In high school our offensive lineman were taught that if a defensive lineman jumps and puts his hands up, to hit him in the nuts. Well first day of camp, the defensive end jumps up...the LT hits him square in the nuts. Well he hit him in such a way that his balls go back up inside him. He had to go to the hospital so the doctor could get his balls to "drop" again.

12-10-2007, 03:53 PM	#44
MikeVic Head Coach Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Hometown of Canada	I'm never coming back to this thread.

12-10-2007, 04:11 PM	#46
Maple Leafs Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2002	Just once I'd like to have a nice thread without bsak coming in to talk about touching other guys' balls. __________________ Down Goes Brown: Toronto Maple Leafs Humor and Analysis

12-10-2007, 04:53 PM	#47
JS19 College Prospect Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: NY	I remember watching Beltran and Cameron collide in CF. It was a real scary site to watch live, as they pretty much went head first into each other, turned out not to be too serious, in respect to the other incidents mentioned. EDIT: After watching the video again, i take back the "pretty much", that was a full blown head to head collision. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dzXt1C2M5Y Last edited by JS19 : 12-10-2007 at 04:59 PM. Reason: h

12-10-2007, 05:53 PM	#48
NevStar High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Raleigh, NC	In case you LIKE looking at this stuff: hxxp://www.askmen.com/sports/fitness_top_ten_100/133_fitness_list.html (ads possibly NSFW) http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/si_...-injuries.html Besides Malarchuk, Allan Ray's looked pretty bad... amazing he never had any damage. __________________ I can't think of a clever signature.

12-10-2007, 06:21 PM	#50
korme Go Reds Join Date: May 2001 Location: Bloodbuzz Ohio	Damian Jackson and Johnny Damon were pretty solid crashes as well. Worst thing I've seen live is McGahee in the championship game.

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