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Who were your favorite athletes with criminal records?

CoinstartledCoinstartled Posts: 10,135 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Gates Brown!

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  • BrickBrick Posts: 4,981 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Not my favorite but Ron Leflore came back from prison to play MLB. IIRC

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  • CoinstartledCoinstartled Posts: 10,135 ✭✭✭✭✭

    And Denny McLain did a couple stints after his baseball career ended.

  • doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 23,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nick Nolte is my favorite athlete.

  • hammer1hammer1 Posts: 3,874 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nowhere near my favorite. But he comes to mind for this thread.

    this guy had it all. WR for Cowboys and Rams. Married to Joey Heatherton (might be the sexiest chick going at that time).

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  • CoinstartledCoinstartled Posts: 10,135 ✭✭✭✭✭

    And we should add Pete Rose to the list.

  • doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 23,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I always enjoyed watching Michael Irvin play.

  • countdouglascountdouglas Posts: 2,437 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Top 5 favorites - Mike Tyson, Willie Mays Aikens, Darryl Strawberry, Lawrence Taylor, O.J. Simpson.

  • coolstanleycoolstanley Posts: 2,883 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Chris Evert

    Terry Bradshaw was AMAZING!!

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  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 33,984 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I would never call him a favorite, but the late Aaron Hernandez was an incredible tight end for the Patriots. He was a star when Gronkowski was just getting started and was overshadowing him.

    According to the experts, football brain injuries caused to him to kill somebody in an organized crime hit. That landed him in prison for life. Given the amount of money that he would have made in football, the whole thing was bizarre.

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  • ScoobyDoo2ScoobyDoo2 Posts: 839 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Lawrence Taylor and OJ

  • CoinstartledCoinstartled Posts: 10,135 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I recall Plaxico going to the slammer for shooting himself in the leg.

    That took some brains. Good receiver though.

  • TabeTabe Posts: 6,062 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @coolstanley said:
    Chris Evert

    She's got a criminal record? For what?

  • JRR300JRR300 Posts: 1,368 ✭✭✭✭

    OJ Simpson, such a talent.

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