Fat Players

[Dashing Bob S]

We’ve had a few porkers. George McCluskey and Barry Lavety went through pie stand loitering phases.

[Firestarter]

Eduardo (The Tank) Hurtado was just fat. So wasn't shefki kiwi.

[Unseen work]

Paul Cairney

[Salt N Sauzee]

Holt

[Peevemor]

Ally Mcleod wasn't the slimmest...

[jgl07]

Mickey Quinn of Newcastle and Coventry was a bot of porker. He was top scorer in the EPL for a spell after joining Coventry and his supporters went to matches with cushions inside their shirts as a celebration.

The fattest player I can recall was Alex Dawson of Preston (previously at Manchester United).

[seanshow]

Goalies - Conrad 'Big boned legend' Logan,
'Only Two Andy Gorams' although he was fine at the time.

[southern hibby]

Slightly of topic, but not the fattest but broadest player I've ever seen across the shoulders in a professional games was FC Leige right back, when they played us in Europe, absolutely enormous.

GGTTH

[surreyhibbie]

At the risk of upsetting Doddie by mentioning the name -

"wee fat Joe" Harper

[GloryGlory]

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At the risk of upsetting Doddie by mentioning the name -

"wee fat Joe" Harper

I remember the Hibs crowd would break out into a spontaneous rendition of "Roll out the Barrel" whenever he got stripped as a substitute.

[proud_and_green]

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I remember the Hibs crowd would break out into a spontaneous rendition of "Roll out the Barrel" whenever he got stripped as a substitute.

Harper's a barrel, Harper's a barrel of @#?+E....

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[HoboHarry]

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Harper's a barrel, Harper's a barrel of @#?+E....

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You one of Doddie's groupie's?

[SouthMoroccoStu]

Mixu

Or was he solid? Sturdy?

[O'Rourke3]

Joe McBride Senior and Stevie Cowan spring to mind in the anti svelte category.....

[Pretty Boy]

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Mixu

Or was he solid? Sturdy?

Mixu was a big unit but he was very fit. He always came near the top of the fitness tests that the squad underwent at the time. I used to see him running round Holyrood Park in the evening and he used to fly along.

Not Hibs related but in his later career Mark Yardley was huge.

[Mr White]

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Not Hibs related but in his later career Mark Yardley was huge.

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[Nakedmanoncrack]

Look at a team group from the 70s, any team, there are loads of players who would be considered rotund now.
It was possible to play at the top level even if far from being in perfect condition - provided you had the skill, the modern player is much more athletic.

[Carheenlea]

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Look at a team group from the 70s, any team, there are loads of players who would be considered rotund now.
It was possible to play at the top level even if far from being in perfect condition - provided you had the skill, the modern player is much more athletic.

Posted this one from Scottish Football Yesteryear page on the pictures thread - the physical shape of professional footballers has changed considerably!

[calumhibee1]

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Look at a team group from the 70s, any team, there are loads of players who would be considered rotund now.
It was possible to play at the top level even if far from being in perfect condition - provided you had the skill, the modern player is much more athletic.

Agreed. Which is exactly why teams nowadays would romp past the sides of yesteryear. I was at the Captains Supper the other week and the quality of football on the highlights from the ‘72 final was so poor looking at it now in comparison to today’s football.

[SkintHibby]

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Thats hilarious! Mark was at school with me and for a big (in more ways than one) Jambo, he was decent lad. The thing I found strange was, there were far better players than him at school yet he was the only one that made the senior game.

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At the risk of upsetting Doddie by mentioning the name -

"wee fat Joe" Harper

When I saw that Bob had put up the thread I was about to nominate Lardass, but I'm content to second the motion.

A finer candidate for radical liposuction than Harper I have never seen.

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Mixu



Or was he solid? Sturdy?

Mixu wasn't fat - built like a T-34 tank he was. Sorry, IS.

[Bostonhibby]

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When I saw that Bob had put up the thread I was about to nominate Lardass, but I'm content to second the motion.

A finer candidate for radical liposuction than Harper I have never seen.



Mixu wasn't fat - built like a T-34 tank he was. Sorry, IS.

We used to sing

He's fat, he's round, he's put on another pound... ..

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[Hibbyradge]

Wasn't Mabossa a bit on the large side?

[mondacabbage]

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Wasn't Mabossa a bit on the large side?

Richie?

[essexhibee]

[snooky]

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The crowd look as if they've just came straight from an Orange Walk.

[scoopyboy]

The best fat Scottish player I can remember is Bobby Murdoch.

Lisbon Lion and Scottish Internationalist.

Got really big when he moved to Middlesborough.

In modern times Steven Dobbie was huge one time at the start of a season.

[IlDiavola]

Maradona

The original Ronaldo

That Welsh Everton goalie (Southall?)

[jgl07]

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Maradona

The original Ronaldo

That Welsh Everton goalie (Southall?)

Neville Southall was pictured on TV a couple of weeks back. He is enormous now.

He was always thick set but muscular but he must have really piled on the pounds since then.

[sambajustice]

Nade - 10 men couldn't carry him!