Sunday, June 7, 2009

sports oddities....


Saw ICP sign on smackdown and thought of the oddites. No, not really but why is there a ICP sign at wrestling shows anymore? Credit goes to this website for more names.
Tom Dempsey; NFl kicker born with out toes on right foot is tied for longest field goal in nfl with a 63 yarder.

Dummy Hoy; third deaf player in baseball credited with "causing the establishment of umpire signals for safe and out calls."

Curtis Pride:deaf

Three finger Mordecai Peter Centennial Brown:had 3 fingers


Pete Gray: had one arm

Jim Abbot:pitcher with a missing hand only one handed guy to throw no hitter

Tyrone Curtis "Muggsy" Bogues and Manute Bol: shortest and tallest players in NBA

Edward Carl "Eddie" Gaedel:was shortest player in MLB

Scott Schoeneweis: lost a ball to cancer
Antonio Alfonseca:has six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot a condition called polydactyly. nicknamed the El Pulpo ("The Octopus"), The Dragonslayer, and Six-Fingers.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

sweet! first off i totally had that Jim Abbott card. second the pic of Mugsy Bogues and Manute Bol owns! I used to have a Manute Bol lifesize poster on my door. Uh yeah.