Who was the hardest player youve seen, Albion or otherwise?

[Jim D]

Dave Turner. I loved it when he used to slide both the ball and the winger off the pitch and dump them on the cinder track - even into the advertising boards on occasions. And it was all perfectly fair.

 

[Giraffe]

Paul Clarke or Hans Kraay. With an outside punt for Jimmy Case.

 

[sams dad]

Dave Turner. I loved it when he used to slide both the ball and the winger off the pitch and dump them on the cinder track - even into the advertising boards on occasions. And it was all perfectly fair.

Indeed , one of Dave Turner's sliding tackles was alone worth the price of admission.Though I'm not sure he was quite as "hard" as Paul Clark.

 

[Storer68]

Cullip
El Abd

 

[Stinkers Bridge]

Mick Harford

 

[Brighton Breezy]

Mick Harford or Julian Dicks.

 

[chez]

For The Albion its a toss up between Andy Kennedy, Doug Rougvie & Jimmy Case for me.

 

[glasfryn]

Paul Clarke

 

[strings]

Maybe not the hardest, but the most reckless:

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

Nobby & Tank (Clarke) for the Albion.

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

The name was Lil (short for Pasquale) Fucillo and although he did break his leg a second time, it wasn't Paul Clark wot done it. I remember the sound of the crack echoing around the Goldstone vividly. It wasn't a foul though - a (ahem) cracking tackle.

But as others have pointed out, Clark wasn't the original Tank, Ian Goodwin and Des Tennant were ahead of him (possibly even more ).

I'd find it hard to quarrel with Clark as the hardest Albion footballer. He was as tough as nails but no clogger. Some of these posts have confused being hard with being dirty but the two are not quite the same. Goikoetxea, for example, was a thug who should not have been allowed near a football ground.

Are you sure it wasn't Clark who broke his leg the second time during a reserve match and it was his first game back from the first break?

 

[dan-reilly-1991]

Lorik Cana and Lee Cattermole!

 

[rcf0712]

Just a few years before my time, those were the days though...Maybe fitter and quicker and more quality these days, but take me back to 1 sub and a mans game anyday.

jumpers for goalposts, Mum calling you in for your tea, happy days....

 

[rcf0712]

I'd go along with Tank for us, but the 70's really was the era of the hard man - Kevin Beattie, Alan Hunter, Tommy Smith, Norman Hunter, Jackie Charlton and the list goes on and on....

 

[The Uninvited Guest]

Dirtiest Albion player for me was Alan Young. Used to enjoy stamping on opposing players heads.
Think the club ditched him PDQ.

 

[Gwylan]

Are you sure it wasn't Clark who broke his leg the second time during a reserve match and it was his first game back from the first break?

According to Wikipedia, not always the most reliable source I know, he broke his leg a second time in a youth match.
Lil Fuccillo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

Hmmm for the Albion I always thought Stuart Tuck had something about him, not dirty just hard.

Also on the otherwise note I would say Terry Hurlock

 

[Storer68]

None of those mentioned are in the same street as Dave Mackay ex Spurs followed by Norman Hunter.

and my favourite

 

[Storer68]

The third one is Ron "Chopper" Harris of Chelsea.

you didn't get a nickname like "Chopper" inthe 1960s because you were popular with the ladeeze

 

[The Uninvited Guest]

Nobby Stiles kicked a few by chance more than by judgement due to poor eyesight