# Contact sport "big hit" thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 12, 2008, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contact-sport-big-hit-thread/463285 "2008-09-12T15:34:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contact-sport-big-hit-thread/463285/1 "2008-09-12T15:34:45Z")
A thread for “big hits” from any contact sport. No squabbling over American football vs. rugby etc. A few from rugby union: [Hernandez on Keogh. Warning: Frenchmen wearing weird pink shirts.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zerBWlzOb_A) [The Caveman for Sale](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnyipJmfsX8&feature=related) One from rugby league: [Warning: Loud music.](http://rugbydump.blogspot.com/2007/02/jerome-guisset-big-hit.html) One from American football: [Texas A+M huge hit](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpzKdSESmqc&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contact-sport-big-hit-thread/463285/2 "2008-09-12T16:00:13Z")
[Soccer](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIKdK-T-jZM&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contact-sport-big-hit-thread/463285/3 "2008-09-12T16:48:01Z")
[Cricket](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4u0Hb-GUec&feature=related) 😃 [sub]Kidding aside, this one is definitely the “biggest hit” I’ve seen in cricket[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contact-sport-big-hit-thread/463285/4 "2008-09-12T17:02:26Z")
[This is Phil Vickery in action v France (Rugby union)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGpgZv61Jss&feature=related) [And Jonny Wilkinson](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tAi0nnz2Bo&feature=related) [But this one (by Josh Leswey) meant that Rogers never surfed again :eek:](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZPZLnA_HWc&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contact-sport-big-hit-thread/463285/5 "2008-09-12T17:09:11Z")
Here are some of my favourite hockey hits: [Wendel Clark on Bruce Bell](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGRheKlGbq0) [Scott Stevens deserves a full top ten](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7U7jUbKQYdw&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![5-HT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/f19dbf/32.png) [@5-HT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5-HT)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contact-sport-big-hit-thread/463285/6 "2008-09-12T21:15:12Z")
NHL I think this qualifies as a hit [Aaron Downey](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PlNzARV0XM) ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contact-sport-big-hit-thread/463285/7 "2008-09-12T21:36:27Z")
> [@5-HT](#): > > NHL > > I think this qualifies as a hit > > [Aaron Downey](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PlNzARV0XM) I knew what that link was before I clicked on it. Good stuff there. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contact-sport-big-hit-thread/463285/8 "2008-09-12T21:40:03Z")
> [@Duke](#): > > [Cricket](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4u0Hb-GUec&feature=related) 😃 > > [sub]Kidding aside, this one is definitely the “biggest hit” I’ve seen in cricket[/sub] Wow, that was an amazing six. Here’s another, slightly less orthodox, big hit from cricket. (Warning: NSFW) http: [//www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLt4wTtOQPo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLt4wTtOQPo) ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contact-sport-big-hit-thread/463285/9 "2008-09-12T21:56:51Z")
One of my favorite big hits does not seem to be available anywhere on the web. It was a 2002 NFL games between the Denver Broncos and the Baltimore Ravens. Baltimore was leading comfortably, but Denver had a shot at a long field goal right at the end of the first half. The field goal missed, and Ravens defender Chris McAlister caught the ball 8 yards deep in the end zone. He hesitated a moment, and then ran it out. A Denver player was rushing in to try and make a play on McAlister, when Ray Lewis came out of nowhere and absolutely crushed him. It was a huge hit. McAlister ran 108 yards for a touchdown in what was, at the time, the longest play in NFL history. ---
**Author:** ![Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bottle_of_Smoke)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contact-sport-big-hit-thread/463285/10 "2008-09-12T22:13:52Z")
NFL [Reggie Bush pasted](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6ZOK8okDRA&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![Dosipede](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dosipede](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dosipede)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contact-sport-big-hit-thread/463285/11 "2008-09-13T00:19:46Z")
College: Marcus Riley [knocks](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc2RqGAh5NQ) Colt Brennan out cold. NFL: I’m a Denver fan, but [Benjamin Watson](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VKUSgHPm4E) kicks ass (it helps the Broncs won that one). What’s amazing about that play isn’t the hit itself, although it was decent, it’s the effort involved in making the hit possible at all. ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contact-sport-big-hit-thread/463285/12 "2008-09-13T01:42:35Z")
Here’s a few from the Detroit Red Wings. [A Niklas Kronwall compilation.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rKP-ueUBrg) My favorite. [Hasek flips Gaborik](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5u0khFnHUg). And [some](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jg5edB2mCuQ) [Vladimir](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qRtGKnKbXU) [Konstantinov](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO1uhorF5LA). ---
**Author:** ![5-HT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/f19dbf/32.png) [@5-HT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5-HT)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contact-sport-big-hit-thread/463285/13 "2008-09-13T02:48:55Z")
> [@Harborwolf](#): > > Here’s a few from the Detroit Red Wings. > > [A Niklas Kronwall compilation.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rKP-ueUBrg) > > My favorite. [Hasek flips Gaborik](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5u0khFnHUg). > > And [some](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jg5edB2mCuQ) [Vladimir](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qRtGKnKbXU) [Konstantinov](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO1uhorF5LA). wearing a kronwall jersey right now:) ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contact-sport-big-hit-thread/463285/14 "2008-09-13T03:17:55Z")
Sumo. September 2007, Day 12. Ama vs Goeido Goeido (in purple\*) was a lower-ranked wrestler who’d managed to rack up an impressive string of wins, and Ama (in black) decided he wanted to welcome the new kid to the big leagues. The result was a ending technique hardly ever seen in sumo, simply due to the laws of physics. Note that Goeido weighs over 300 pounds. [Okuri-tsuri-otoshi](http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=EPO39qtj1Vk) (quote from the commentator during the replay: “he’s not supposed to be gripping _there_”) [Someone also did a humorous re-make of the bout](http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=73f0_izSNHg&feature=related). I liked the earthquake alert at the end. \*the belts colors don’t indicate rank, they’re just personal preference. ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contact-sport-big-hit-thread/463285/15 "2008-09-13T03:38:58Z")
A couple of hits from my Kentucky Wildcats: [Dicky Lyons decleats an LSU DB while throwing a block last season.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8wpLrIoECU) [Myron Pryor teaches a Georgia receiver to be careful going over the middle.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoOxP8plpoA) ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contact-sport-big-hit-thread/463285/16 "2008-09-13T16:54:35Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > Wow, that was an amazing six. > > Here’s another, slightly less orthodox, big hit from cricket. > > (Warning: NSFW) > > http: [//www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLt4wTtOQPo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLt4wTtOQPo) My word, but there’s some depressingly ignorant shit in YouTube comments, isn’t there? ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contact-sport-big-hit-thread/463285/17 "2008-09-13T18:20:28Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > My word, but there’s some depressingly ignorant shit in YouTube comments, isn’t there? I hadn’t looked until you pointed it out, but you’re certainly right. Although one of the reasons i hadn’t looked is that YouTube comments generally seem to attract some of the more moronic contributors on the internet. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contact-sport-big-hit-thread/463285/18 "2008-09-13T19:40:33Z")
My favorite from football…Steve Largent retaliates from a cheap hit earlier in the season. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0un51WFVrUI) ---
**Author:** ![5-HT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/f19dbf/32.png) [@5-HT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5-HT)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contact-sport-big-hit-thread/463285/19 "2008-09-13T20:43:40Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > I hadn’t looked until you pointed it out, but you’re certainly right. > > Although one of the reasons i hadn’t looked is that YouTube comments generally seem to attract some of the more moronic contributors on the internet. The youtube comment section is one of the worst places on the internet. “Have you been banned from every message board you’ve ever posted on? Well, have we got the place for you!” ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contact-sport-big-hit-thread/463285/20 "2008-09-13T21:14:03Z")
> [@5-HT](#): > > NHL > > I think this qualifies as a hit > > [Aaron Downey](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PlNzARV0XM) I was at that game. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contact-sport-big-hit-thread/463285.md?page=2)