Who is the toughest player you've ever seen in sports?

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   EJ Lambertposted 11 years ago

   Who is the toughest player you've ever seen in sports?
   
   Every sport requires a certain toughness and then there are players who take it to the extreme at time.  In your mind, who is the toughest?

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   residentstoneposted 11 years ago

   Say what you will about the man, but he was once the greatest in the world. Mike Tyson! Was a beast in his prime. Scary man.
   
   Anderson" The Spider" Silva, brazilian MMA fighter in UFC. Simply devastating.
   
   Everyone on the Oakland Raiders in the 70's.
   
   SO many more........

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      EJ Lambertposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      I'd say anybody who survived those Raiders in the 70s deserves a spot on this list.

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      residentstoneposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      For sure, they were a nasty bunch. Cant believe I forgot my man George St.Pierre another MMA guy. Such a complete badass!

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      EJ Lambertposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      For a long time too.  That is the impressive part.

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   CyclingFitnessposted 11 years ago

   Stuart Pearce- ('Psycho'). He tried to run off a broken leg and was as tough a left back as you'll find in football (soccer). He never flinched in a tackle and anyone who played against him knew they'd been in a game.
   
   He made the footballers of today who do a triple summersault at the slightest of contact seem like cheats.

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      EJ Lambertposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      I'm not a soccer fan and even I've heard stories about him.  Tough S.O.B.

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      CyclingFitnessposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      There's some great youtube coverage of some of his worst tackles- real leg breakers!

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      EJ Lambertposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Yikes.  Sounds like a modern day Ty Cobb.

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   EricDockettposted 11 years ago

   Ronnie Lott, DB for the San Francisco 49ers among other teams.  As hard a hitter as there's ever been in the NFL.
   
   He had the tip of a finger crushed at the end of a season, and when it looked like it might not heal up in time for the next season he just had it amputated rather than miss any games.
   
   Meh . . . fingers. You always have nine more.

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      EJ Lambertposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      He always was a gamer.  Proved he was tough on every hit and separated those who weren't tough on the other side from those who were.

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   Thief12posted 11 years ago

   Luol Deng, quality player, plays both good defense and offense, lots of playing time. Not necessarily the toughest, but it's the first that came to mind.

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      EJ Lambertposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Played the seasons with a torn up wrist.  I'd say that qualifies.  What sidelined him last season was some sort of nasty flu that put him in the hospital.

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   AkaashPrasadposted 11 years ago

   Andre Miller, the NBA player who played the 7 full seasons without bumps, bruises, or colds. He played 632 consecutive games and was suspended for the next match as he hit Blake Griffin.

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