Top 05 Dumbest Sports Injuries

Top 05 Dumbest Sports Injuries 

5. Vince Coleman

  During pregame warmups before Game 4 of the 1985 National League Championship Series, the speedy Coleman suffered a freak injury when a tarp-roller caught his leg. He would be trapped for a good 30 seconds before suffering knee and leg injuries that would sideline him for the rest of the preseason. Coleman would suffer another dumb sports-related injury in his career — not as a victim, but more as a cause — when he injured pitcher Dwight Gooden by swinging a golf club in the team's clubhouse as a member of the New York Mets. In 1993.

  4. Tony Allen

  Basketball players love to show off. We all know that. But someone, somewhere had to tell Allen, the Boston Celtics point guard, that there is a time and a place for everything. In January 2007, Allen was on the court in the final minutes of a blowout loss to the Indiana Pacers in Boston. The referee blew his whistle and Allen went to the hoop for an impressive dunk. Of course, when he went down after his pointless basket, he landed awkwardly and blew out both the ACL and MCL in his knee. wow Fortunately for him, it wasn't a career-ending injury, as Allen moved on for the Celtics in 2007-08 — officially allowing us all to point and laugh at the sheer stupidity of his pointless display. machismo.

  3. To Joel Zuma

  As a rookie in 2006, Detroit Tigers pitcher Zumaya set the league on fire with the amazing and consistent velocity of his fastball. However, he would miss three games during the American League Championship Series due to inflammation in his arm. Makes sense considering how hard he throws it, right? True, he was not offended only for this reason. No, the real cause of the injury, it later turned out, was an overdose of the video game Guitar Hero. While the team wanted Zumaya to hang on, and he was good in the World Series, the fact is that this genius risked his team's playoff success so he could sneak in a little extra PlayStation time. Still, who's to say we wouldn't do the same? After all, Guitar Hero is a pretty kickass game.

  2. Gus Frerotte

  In 1997, Frerotte was the starting quarterback for the Washington Redskins and was fresh off a Pro Bowl season. Washington was 6–5 heading into Sunday Night's game against the New York Giants on November 23, and Frerotte scored the game's first touchdown on a one-yard run in the second quarter. So how did he celebrate? Hitting his head against the cushioned cement wall behind the end zone. He left the game after a self-inflicted injury and was replaced by backup Jeff Hostetler. The game ended in a 7-7 tie, and depending on who you ask, Frerotte either suffered a concussion or bowed out as a result of the incident. I don't remember exactly, and I'm sure Gus doesn't either.

  1. Bill Grammatica

  When your only claim to fame as a professional athlete is a serious self-injury style, you're pretty much locked in to a list like this. Such is the case with former Arizona Cardinals quarterback Bill Gramatica, who hit a 42-yard field goal in the first half against the New York Giants on December 15, 2001. Grammar was so happy with this achievement that he started jumping up and down inexplicably with joy, promptly tearing his ACL in the process. It was all like a Monty Python routine, with bewildered and bewildered football fans wondering what this little half-pint kicker was doing at home. This is without a doubt the dumbest sports injury of all time, bar none.

  There are literally dozens and dozens of worthy candidates for this list, like Padres pitcher Adam Eaton accidentally stabbing himself while trying to open a DVD, Jaguars shortstop Chris Hanson cutting his leg with an ax used. Spain goalkeeper Santiago Canizares has missed two World Cups after throwing a post-shave bottle at his leg and severing a tendon. What dumb injury do you like?