Name a random athlete and something you remember them by

[Royale with Cheese]

26 minutes ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

John Olerud always wore a batting helmet in the field. 
 

 

Its because he had a brain hemorrhage in college.  

[BillsPride12]

While he was a phenomenal player and did a lot more noteworthy things in his career than this whenever I think of Reggie Miller the first thing that always comes to my mind is him chirping Spike Lee.  Man sports just seemed more fun back then

 

 

[Another Fan]

Derrick Coleman- perhaps he's worthy of his own thread.  Many may recall him during his time at Syracuse.

 

I know he was looked as this lazy and great underachiever.  But watching some old highlights recently of him when he played for the Nets he still seemed a solid player for a few years there 

[Another Fan]

Enrico Ciccone the hockey player.  I thought he might be related to Madonna the pop star....  they have the same last name.  

 

I remember him as well he was a pretty big dude that got in some altercations in his day.  

 

Funny to look him up today and he's a liberal politician today in Quebec.  

[ExiledInIllinois]

This guy.  Kicker for Bills in 1976.  From Belgium 🇧🇪 went to Syracuse:

Was the first Bills player to wear #5.

[ExiledInIllinois]

EDIT:  That's wrong! Booth Lusteg, kicker, wore #5 for Bills in 1966.  AFL...

 

 

 

Actually, he wore #49... Pro-FootballRefetence.com may be wrong?

Edited 6 hours ago by ExiledInIllinois

[Mike in Horseheads]

On 4/15/2025 at 9:05 PM, Another Fan said:

Derrick Coleman- perhaps he's worthy of his own thread.  Many may recall him during his time at Syracuse.

 

I know he was looked as this lazy and great underachiever.  But watching some old highlights recently of him when he played for the Nets he still seemed a solid player for a few years there 

He was a malcontent with the Nets.  He coined the phrase "Well whoop-de-damn-do" :

 

 

[That's No Moon]

Ricky Watters first game as an Eagle was terrible and he followed it up with his infamous "For who? For what?" quote in the postgame press conference.