Overweight Players

[hibsbollah]

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SJMs erse must weigh a bit.

[Baader]

John Clark Dundee Utd. John Parkin. Ade Akinfenwa, will tell you it's all muscle but he is still massive for a footballer...

[Famous Fiver]

Akinfenwa's book is a good read.

Impressive man.

[snooky]

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Joe Harper on his debut for HIBS at Brockville leaving a slimmer by far in comparison slimline duo on the bench in Alan Gordon and Jimmy Orourke. An absolute disgrace and the beginning of the end.

I was at that Brockville game and if my memory serves me well (which it often doesn't these days) Gordon was on the bench and Jimmy played alongside The Lard at the start of the game. Alan Gordon says on a Hibs DVD that he and Jimmy were on the bench but I'm 90% sure he's mistaken.
Before the game I can remember wondering who Ned would drop to make room for Harper. I thought it would be O'Rourke but I was wrong, it was Tosh.

[Greenfly]

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Andy Ritchie. Maybe the Morton hoops made it worse?

The ridiculous bubble perm made it worse still - he was well overweight sometimes but a real class act. Neville Southall was a bit of a rotund figure but still did the biz. Maradona, Ronaldo and Gaza are other spherically challenged chaps who would still have got a game or two for our development side. And don't forget the legendary Fatty Foulkes (not him - the real one) all 24 stones of whom was playing for Sheffield Utd the 2nd last time we won the Scottish Cup ... and no, I wasn't there.

[BILLYHIBS]

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I was at that Brockville game and if my memory serves me well (which it often doesn't these days) Gordon was on the bench and Jimmy played alongside The Lard at the start of the game. Alan Gordon says on a Hibs DVD that he and Jimmy were on the bench but I'm 90% sure he's mistaken.
Before the game I can remember wondering who Ned would drop to make room for Harper. I thought it would be O'Rourke but I was wrong, it was Tosh.

I bow to your superior knowledge the HIBS team that day on 9/2/74 was Mcarthur brownlie Schaedler Stanton Black Blackley Edwards Orourke Harper Cropley and Duncan attendance 12500
Gordon on the bench the game ended 0-0
I remember thinking at the time that Harper was even fatter than ORourke who was a stocky small well built bloke but of course a HIBS legend in my eyes!

[Austinho]

Wayne Shaw, the roly poly goalie who was banned for eating a pie during a game for Sutton United against Arsenal. 8/1 with the bookies that he’d devour one, and he duly obliged.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/40607213

[HoboHarry]

Mrs Hobo looks a bit like Joe Harper in stature - does that count?

[hibbydoug]

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Can think of quite a few porkers. Not so much in this day and age but when I started watching football as kid in the late 70’s every team seemed to have a chunky chap in the line up.

Mark McGhee..

He's fat
He's round
He's worth a million pound
Mark McGhee, Mark McGhee,

.. they sang

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[LustForLeith]

I know Mark Yardley well and he's an absolute gent. Might be carrying a few extra pounds but got paid to play football for living which I reckon most of the folk on here would love to do.

[Northernhibee]

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Wayne Shaw, the roly poly goalie who was banned for eating a pie during a game for Sutton United against Arsenal. 8/1 with the bookies that he’d devour one, and he duly obliged.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/40607213

I thought their reaction to the incident was shameful. Happy to take the piss out of his weight but when he returned the laugh at their literal expense they cried about it. Bullies - couldn't take what they were dishing out.

[WeeRussell]

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Glad you said most.
Remind yourself of how good Cairney was check his contribution on youtube for all three Falkirk goals in the 2013 SC semi.

I was mostly thinking of Holt when I put most ;)

[spike220]

Another Conrad Logan thread. He is favourite overweight player.