Interesting list :

The Top Ten: Most Feared Sportsmen

http://www.theage.com.au/news/sport/the ... 63248.html

10. Bob Chitty

One of the central figures of the infamous 1945 "Bloodbath" grand final, Carlton’s Bob Chitty was know for his ferocity even in a footballing era where violence was the norm. Chitty captained the Blues in that game against South Melbourne, and showed great leadership in the biffo stakes — he was suspended for eight weeks for repeated misuse of fists and elbows, and was knocked out himself by Laurie Nash (he recovered to kick the sealing goal). Chitty’s toughness was legendary — he once played days after losing the top of a finger in an industrial accident at a munitions factory. Other bits of Chitty folklore include his 1951 cinematic turn as Ned Kelly, which prompted rival enforcer Jack Dyer to remark: "First time Chitty ever needed armour." There was also Dyer’s ever-so-laconic report of Chitty’s death in 1985, which Captain Blood reportedly called "a bit of bad luck for Bob".

also

3. Robert Muir

KNOWN throughout the football world as "Mad Dog", Robert Muir believes he may have been suspended for 194 matches during a career that carried him around Australia. It is certain that in his 68-game stint with St Kilda he was reported 13 times for 22 weeks on the sidelines. At 183 centimetres, Muir was not a huge man, but he was blessed with lightning reflexes and cursed with a hair-trigger temper. His most famous flare-ups include flattening Dennis Collins in 1978 and the 1984 match against Carlton where he got 12 weeks for a series of misdemeanours. Currently re-inventing himself as an umpire in the Ballarat league, Muir once said: "We had four or five different coaches, not one of those coaches told me to pull up. They let you go along, do your thing, help the side out because you probably terrify some other players and stop them playing good. But I was the one who copped all the suspensions

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"Carlton's most loyal, their bruised and battered egos now seemingly a bad dream, drank beers, murdered pies and cheered every time Judd touched the ball."

Funny stuff from Dyer, but it's a bit hard to share an in-joke with a dead man.

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29 different attributes,
And only 7 that you like;
20 ways to see the world,
Or 20 ways to start a fight.

Maybe they are sharing the joke over a heavenly lager now.

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"Hence you will not say that Greeks fight like heroes but that heroes fight like Greeks"?

Winston Churchill