[mcnaulty21]

So, an injury in the NBA today led to a discussion between some buddies of mine about the worst sports injuries they've seen. Most of them ended up being soccer-related. What is the worst injury you've seen? I've got my money on Smith's leg/ankle against Liverpool last year.

[Teso Dos Bichos]

David Busst
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Busst

You don't see anything in the clip but it shows the immediate reaction from Schmeichel.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byOKCMQpxKo

http://www.wimp.com/breaks/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lXfs6JuVq8
or just for kicks...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFwDD1qabtc


Ewald Lienen

Malarchuk's slice, Theismann's break and McCallum's knee were bad.

EDIT: Alex Zanardi's crash was really bad as well. Lost both legs as a result (one above the knee and one below the knee).
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/mot...crash_ap/#null

[Catel]

I'm gonna sick !

[Teso Dos Bichos]

I looked all of that up while eating lunch.

[Jc18star]

Smiths was very bad, I did the same same exact thing to my leg/ankle in 2003 and it feels as bad as it looks but for pure horror, I also have to go with Busst. That is the worst break I have ever seen including Cisse's(the first one) Larrsons and Thiesman and all those were totally awful earth shattering injuries.

There was a guy for West Ham or Villa around 2000 that broke his leg in while colliding with a Keeper and it looked like his leg bent upwards with his toes near his kneecap.

The sliced open thigh is nasty, I have seen this pic a few times and it looks like a scene out of Hostel, it never gets easier it look at.

In terms of damage to a career Van Basten's ankle problem(s) ended the career of a player that could have been among the 5 best European players to ever touch a ball.

Del Piero's knee injury also destroyed his chances of being an all time great.

Last of all Ronaldo's two knee blowouts runied him his claim to being best player of his generation and also the potential to surpass Pele and/or Maradona as the best player ever.

Look on www.Break.com (no pun intended) they have tons of viral type videos and there is the one of Kickboxer breaking his leg while kicking an opponent, which is really bad and also a Pro Wrestler named Sid Vicious that does a Cisse type break coming off the top rope. The knee high patent leather wrestling boots add to the "folding up" of the leg effect.

[actusreus13]

Seriously, going through this thread makes me feel like I don't want to touch the ball ever again. Sick stuff.

[scottyD Man Utd redded]

As i learnt from my broken femur---- shit happens and theres nothing you can do about it. im about to go into surgery on mondy to get the pins taken out so wish me luck. sport=sport sport=fun sport=injuries. it happens. i feel sorry for that busst dude, he dived for the goal but his leg didnt agree. it can happen at any time in anyplace in anywhere.

[Martininho]

To share a couple of personal stories:

My first game as a pro (minor league, indoor). It's the inaugural game for this team, small venue, about 2,000 present, mostly kids 14 and under.

My teammate and an opponent go in strong for a 50-50 ball, about knee-level. There's no doubt that what happened next was unintentional. The opponent is there just an instant before my teammate, whose lower leg wraps itself around the opposite's calf. The leg just...explodes. Double compound fracture, the bottom part his tibia is protruding through his sock. He doesn't even scream, it's more of a whimper, and he goes almost immediately into convulsions. Players from both teams are crying, the crowd is dead silent. If our goalkeeper coach wasn't a doctor I think the kid might have died there. Worst thing I've ever witnessed.

The second worst was six years earlier, watching my own upper leg rotate 90 degrees counter-clockwise over my lower leg, while the leg backwards about 40 degrees over the knee. Obliterated what was left of an already damaged ACL (unknown at the time), took out the MCL, sheared off the top front of my tibia, pulverized the first 1/3 of the medial meniscus and spun the remainder off the bone (my surgeon told me post-op that he pulled the main fragment out without need of instruments). I was at a camp run by Hank Steinbrecher at the time. One of the coaches was Gregg Meyer(sp), then coach of the Naval Academy and, I believe, also a certified trainer. He told me later that evening that he was at least 50 yards away with his back turned, and knew what he was hearing before the screams. His was the only voice I could hear over the annoying screaming sounds that I shortly after realized were mine. All I can remember hearing at that moment was Meyer as he sprinted over, yelling "Don't F***ing MOVE!!!". As if.

[mabe_moncayo]

well... all injuries are a pain in the ass... i broke my femur, tibia and peron... my tibia was worst than david busst but mine was in a car accident... i believe the worst injuries are busst´s, larsson´s... those type of injuries cause you need a lot of rehab and it´s really difficult to be 100% in shape.........yet i also agree...game is game, i love the game...with injuries and all!

[The circle of life 0]

soccerword.com/index.php?blog=9
My first choice for looking up injuries!!!