A look at some of the wackiest athletes in sports history

Mike St. Jean

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George Morrison- NHL Player

When the NHL expanded from 6 to 12 teams for the 1967-68 hockey season, many players who had been previously forgotten were given the opportunity to pursue their dreams of becoming professional hockey players.

George Morrison was one such hopeful. Morrison, who joined Scotty Bowman’s St. Louis Blues in the 1970-71 season, quickly came to realize that living the Canadian dream was not all it was cracked up to be.

After spending the majority of a long road trip warming the bench, Morrison began to realize that the likelihood of seeing some ice-time was quickly evaporating. After two straight games without seeing as much as a single shift, Morrison found himself at the Los Angeles Forum in his all too familiar position.

Late in the game against the Kings, a hungry Morrison managed to coax an usher into buying him a hotdog with the promise that he would give him his stick when the contest was over. It was at that point that the Blues took a minor penalty, and sure enough, Bowman bellowed for Morrison to make his way onto the ice.

“What to do?” Morrison began. “As I leaped over the boards, I stuffed the hotdog down the cuff of my hockey glove. I didn’t know what else to do with it.”

Seconds later, while Morrison was trapped in his own end, he was hit in front of the net. His hidden snack managed to pop out of his glove and flew towards the net, where the goalie was left trying to turn it aside while the other players attempted to dodge flying condiments.

Needless to say, the already disfavoured Morrison became even less popular with coach Bowman after this incident.

“It was a long time before he played me again,” the player recalled with a grin.