Overweight Players

[Dashing Bob S]

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.

[BILLYHIBS]

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.

[tartanhibee]

Kris Boyd? Knows where the net is though

Christian Nade.

[Allant1981]

barry lavety always seemed rather chunky

[McSwanky]

Mark Yardley would be the name that would always spring to mind here. He's had a street named after him in Paisley - I'm sure there's a joke in there somewhere...

http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/...d_Love_Street/

[lyonhibs]

Mark Yardley: The Eponymous Lardarse

[Hermit Crab]

Phil Stamp.

Neville Southall

[hibsbollah]

Tomas Brolin. Not so much at the Euros when he knocked out England, but when he arrived at Leeds. **** knows what he'd been eating between times but he was borderline obese. And scored once or twice as well!

Here's a link to him getting 'fatty' abuse from the Leeds fans
https://youtu.be/YqjZkr5SaKY

[WeeRussell]

Stephen Dobbie
Paul Cairney
Gary O (2nd time round possibly)
David Murphy when he first came was perhaps in this category.
Grant Holt.

Most were decent players for us I might add

[Peevemor]

Our own Ally MacLeod wasn't the slimmest.

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[Libby Hibby]

Jan Molby

[ian cruise]

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Stephen Dobbie
Paul Cairney
Gary O (2nd time round possibly)
David Murphy when he first came was perhaps in this category.
Grant Holt.

Most were decent players for us I might add

Commons when he first arrived? Seem to remember him being on record as saying he was a bit like Hatton and when injured/not playing he found it really difficult to keep the weight off however he could shift it once he was training regularly again.

[Sauzee16]

Charlie Miller. Rooney at 16 at ER.

[hibspayne]

Can't believe nobody has mentioned Conrad Logan, when he came onto the pitch against Dundee Utd I honestly thought that was it I had seen it all in football now!!! Well the rest.....thats in the history books and hearts for ever :)

[Hi Heid Yin]

Big Mixu springs to mind.
Kris Boyd is carrying.

[Viva_Palmeiras]

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Mark Yardley would be the name that would always spring to mind here. He's had a street named after him in Paisley - I'm sure there's a joke in there somewhere...

http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/...d_Love_Street/

His brother - Richard - who’d be early-mid 50s had a trial for Hibs if memory serves me.

[-Jonesy-]

My mate always said Scott Allan was chubby the first time he was here

[overdrive]

We were having this discussion at work earlier. A colleague who is a Man Utd fan was talking about Luke Shaw's bust up with the Special One. My colleague thinks it is partly down to Luke Shaw being fat and overweight. I think the lower threshold of being 'fat and overweight' must be very low for Shaw to be classed as that.

[Waxy]

Barry White.

[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.

Ronaldo. (The real one.)

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[CLASS OF 72 -73]

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Stephen Dobbie
Paul Cairney
Gary O (2nd time round possibly)
David Murphy when he first came was perhaps in this category.
Grant Holt.

Most were decent players for us I might add

Paul Cairney was poor IMO example check him out against Falkirk semi final 2013 for all three goals shocking!

[Hibs1969]

Conrad Logan 👍🇳🇬

[snooky]

Basher (Hibs)

John Overton (Aston Villa) was cryptically overweight.

[Peevemor]

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Paul Cairney was poor IMO example check him out against Falkirk semi final 2013 for all three goals shocking!

When we had our "good run" under Butcher (4 wins & 4 draws in 9 games) a lot of it was down to Cairney wiining corners and free kicks around the box. Results suffered when Cairney got injured.

[WeeRussell]

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Commons when he first arrived? Seem to remember him being on record as saying he was a bit like Hatton and when injured/not playing he found it really difficult to keep the weight off however he could shift it once he was training regularly again.

Good shout - though I’d argue he never shifted it during his time with us haha!

[snooky]

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When we had our "good run" under Butcher (4 wins & 4 draws in 9 games) a lot of it was down to Cairney wiining corners and free kicks around the box. Results suffered when Cairney got injured.

I liked Cairney but he blew hot & cauld.

[Andy.1875]

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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.

George McCluskey , great player though.

[Greentinted]

Any room left for Mick Quinn and Neville Southall?

[Dashing Bob S]

In the sub genre of lardass hun, you had Kevin Drinkell and Mel Sterland.

[Jim44]

Nade? ........ no, he’s not a footballer.