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Poll: Which athlete wasted the most talent?

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by wickedwritah, Dec 29, 2006.

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Which stellar athlete wasted the most talent due to drugs, alcohol and/or thuggery?

  1. Mike Tyson

    15 vote(s)
    17.9%

  2. Darryl Strawberry

    9 vote(s)
    10.7%

  3. Doc Gooden

    28 vote(s)
    33.3%

  4. The 1986 NBA Draft drug babies (Bias, Bedford, Tarpley, Washburn, etc.)

    22 vote(s)
    26.2%

  5. George Rogers, the Heisman winner

    1 vote(s)
    1.2%

  6. Steve Howe

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  7. Other

    9 vote(s)
    10.7%
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  1. Bob Cook

    Bob Cook Active Member

    And William Bedford, who became know as Willie B., as in "Willie B. at practice?" "Willie B. at the game?" "Willie B. at his house?"
     
    Bob Cook, Dec 30, 2006
    #49
  2. wickedwritah

    wickedwritah Guest

    Good call on Allison. Didn't he get picked up by someone?

    And Mandarich's career was all because of drugs ('roids), not done in by drugs.

    Not at the top of the list, but up there certainly: Todd Marinovich.
     
    wickedwritah, Dec 30, 2006
    #50
  3. wickedwritah

    wickedwritah Guest

    Apparently the cops are trying to pick him up.
    http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/2006-12-28-allison-warrant_x.htm
     
    wickedwritah, Dec 30, 2006
    #51
  4. Oz

    Oz Well-Known Member

    I voted other for Len Bias.
     
    Oz, Dec 30, 2006
    #52
  5. sportschick

    sportschick Active Member

    Len Bias is on there as part of the 1986 drug babies.
     
    sportschick, Dec 30, 2006
    #53
  6. D-Backs Hack

    D-Backs Hack Guest

    I was watching the NFL Network special on the 1971 SB champion Cowboys while waiting for the Insight Bowl replay to come on. Bob Lilly said something to the effect of, "I played against Jim Brown and with Duane Thomas, and Thomas could have been just as great as Brown."

    Thomas hit his peak in that Super Bowl. He was out of football by 1975, at the age of 27.
     
    D-Backs Hack, Dec 30, 2006
    #54
  7. Oz

    Oz Well-Known Member

    Well hell, I was looking for the name "Len Bias." Scrolled down too quick I guess.
     
    Oz, Dec 30, 2006
    #55
  8. expendable

    expendable Well-Known Member

    Everyone in the over 30 league at the local High School gym on a Sunday afternoon. ;D


    Or so they say.
     
    expendable, Dec 30, 2006
    #56
  9. NoOneLikesUs

    NoOneLikesUs Active Member

    George Best. He's the international poster boy for wasted talent.
     
    NoOneLikesUs, Dec 30, 2006
    #57
  10. SportsGuyBCK

    SportsGuyBCK Active Member

    Chris Washburn ...
     
    SportsGuyBCK, Dec 30, 2006
    #58
  11. Upper Tupper

    Upper Tupper Member

    Any comments on Duane Thomas?
     
    Upper Tupper, Dec 30, 2006
    #59
  12. Trey Beamon

    Trey Beamon Active Member

    Darrell Russell

    Art Schlichter
     
    Trey Beamon, Dec 30, 2006
    #60
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