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Sportsmen whose careers are mainly remembered for 1 moment of failure
Sportsmen whose careers are mainly remembered for 1 moment of failure
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Hanse Cronje
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ive heard that cricket thing before, but never remember his name. andy lloyd huh?
thats probably why he never played again, the selectors couldnt remember his name. i bet he'd have got selected more often if he was called cuthburt umbongo-drake the third. |
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tony meo is best known for the song snooker loopy.
does that count as a failure? |
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Perhaps my favourite... Angel Valodia Matos
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Andres Escobar
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ah forget this one...
Lindsay Jacob Ellis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quQODOvrWMs  |
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that was for Olympic Gold
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http://www.foxsports.com.au/olympic-games/video-news-limited-journalist-paul-kent-reflects-on-the-infamous-lay-down-sally-incident-in-athens/story-fn5k3iok-1226442397943#.Uf6rBhG9KSM
Aussie choker lay down sally. |
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anyone remember glenn moody
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''Although never likely to win the tournament, Moody was still a surprise hit with the Lakeside fans. Entering the stage to the strains of Bronski Beat's camp disco song 'Hit That Perfect Beat' whilst wobbling his skinny legs. Moody caused an instant reaction. His skinny frame, crooked teeth and permanent grin, provided one of the most surreal and entertaining moments in sport.''
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he liked a little drinkypoohs before he did battle
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he won me a nice few quid
 His opponent De Ruiter was suffering from vertigo. Was my biggest ever darts bet and I only realised what he was like when he took to the stage. Managed to pick the only possible opponent capable of losing De Ruiter |
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he took a set off webster in the next round,webster couldn't quite grasp how bad he was
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De Ruiter hadn't won a match for 6 months beforehand
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JUST WATCHED THAT LINDSAY JACOB ELLIS..........SHE SHOULD HOOK UP WITH JEAN VAN DE VELDE........THATS A SHOCKER
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRDzUQVhCkc
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Now the curse has been lifted, Red Sox Nation has more or less forgiven him, but he still deserves to be high on this list. Bill Buckner.
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Across the pond, look up the story of the Stanford Band
Barely remembered compared to Doug Sanders, but Hale Irwin air-putted an inch tap-in at the Open and I think only just lost eventually, Can't remember much else about it and love the rivetting ESPN doct. on the spectator guy, who caught the baseball, above the fielder |
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I saw the thread title and thought two things - both already mentioned. Van Der Velde and Starkey. Even if you think Starkey is unduly tarnished, it's undeniably what he's most famous for.
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Fenway 04 Aug 13 20:58
Now the curse has been lifted, Red Sox Nation has more or less forgiven him, but he still deserves to be high on this list. Bill Buckner. Definitely worth a mention but I think it's the Sox of a different hue who claim the title of baseball's most famous losers. Poppydog. 04 Aug 13 21:10 and love the rivetting ESPN doct. on the spectator guy, who caught the baseball, above the fielder That is a cracking documentary. Steve Bartman was the guy's name. The other Chicago team may have more notoriety than the Cubs, but few can match their historical losingness - 1908 and counting! |
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I assume you refer to the 1919 World Series, so I see your point Mikael D'Haguenet, but I was concentrating on the point of the thread, people who are principally remembered for one moment of failure. Buckner let what would have been the final out through his legs, and the rest is history. The Scandal involved not so much failure, but connivence to lose by a group of players.
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The bloke from Zaire who thought Brazil's free kick needed to go back a yard ....or 80.
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Boris Onishchenko
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Tommy Toes 04 Aug 13 18:10
Ilunga Mwepu The daddy of them all! |
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Anthony Fleet
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Kendo Nagasaki
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gonna be controversial and throw in Steve Harmison
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Nathan Graham - cost Bradford Bulls the Challenge Cup in 1996
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'Catching Hell' for anyone interested. Bartman AND Buckner!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPRdb-1fDdk |
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Allan Donald
Lance Klusener Herschelle Gibbs amazingly in the same game of cricket |
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^ actually no it wasn't
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Just looking at that Bartman thing , but need someone to explain what a 'foul ball' is to comprehend the significance
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Ordinarily, it's just a strike against the batter, Tobes, unless it's caught. Bartman did nothing wrong.
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The fielder is allowed to legitimately catch the ball, even if he goes into the crowd to do so. It's not like a cricketer catching a ball over the boundary. So had Moises Alou, the fielder who was thwarted, had a free go at the ball, he would have caught it easily and the Cubs would have been four 'outs' away from the World Series. Bartman's interference led to the Marlins getting another chance, which they took as it became a massive inning (I think that there were 8 runs). The Cubs lost the game and the decider the next day. They have not been close to the playoffs since and their last World Series win remains 105 years ago.
Must be 10 years ago now. Crikey. |
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I see, thanks guys.
Looking up Bartman seems he has turned down six figure sums to appear in Ads etc and never talks about it all  |
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Fen explained it better! When I say he did nothing wrong, I just mean he tried to catch a ball headed for the stands, same as virtually everybody seated around him. The Cubs were still winning 3-0, still only needed five outs, and still only have themselves to blame for giving up the 8 runs Fen mentions!
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Trevor Chappell, the under armed bowl against New Zealand.
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04 Aug 13 18:54 Would Greville Starkey's career be mainly remembered for giving Dancing Brave - incredible though he was - a tad too much to do? He gets mentioned a lot more in the land of the cockneys, fack all to do with Dancing Brave |