Nominations for the "Toughest SOB who ever lived" (1 Viewer)

[Tom Servo]

Mentioned above, and I agree - needs to be on any list.  Also agree that the book was fantastic.

That's more of why I started this thread.  Guys who's stories are nearly beyond comprehension of what they went through.  Zamp's story is like that.  So is Glass' (attacked by bear and ended up finding maggots to eat away the dead/gangrene flesh), and Ralston's (who lets be serious, the guy cut off his own arm to free himself).  Also read about some of the early expeditions to the north or south pole and what those SOBs lived through. 

 

[captain_amazing]

I know there are probably a million examples like this and that this is not nearly up for "nomination," but it's toughness like this in sports that's pretty awesome to watch, and this was one of the first things I thought of.  Breaking your leg and staying on the ice and still being effective positionally on the kill for nearly a minute is nuts.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Bolo

 

[Righetti]

Big John

Every mornin' at the mine you could see him arrive
He stood six foot six and weighed two forty five
Kinda broad at the shoulder and narrow at the hip
And everybody knew ya didn't give no lip to big John
(Big John, big John) big bad John (big John)

Nobody seemed to know where John called home
He just drifted into town and stayed all alone
He didn't say much, kinda quiet and shy
And if you spoke at all, you just said hi to Big John

Somebody said he came from New Orleans
Where he got in a fight over a Cajun Queen
And a crashin' blow from a huge right hand
Sent a Louisiana fellow to the promised land, big John
(Big John, big John) big bad John (big John)

Then came the day at the bottom of the mine
When a timber cracked and men started cryin'
Miners were prayin' and hearts beat fast
And everybody thought that they'd breathed their last, 'cept John

Through the dust and the smoke of this man-made hell
Walked a giant of a man that the miners knew well
Grabbed a saggin' timber, gave out with a groan
And like a giant oak tree he just stood there alone, big John
(Big John, big John) big bad John (big John)

And with all of his strength he gave a mighty shove
Then a miner yelled out, there's a light up above
And twenty men scrambled from a would-be grave
Now there's only one left down there to save, big John

With jacks and timbers they started back down
Then came that rumble way down in the ground
And then smoke and gas belched out of that mine
Everybody knew it was the end of the line for big John
(Big John, big John) big bad John (big John)

Now they never reopened that worthless pit
They just placed a marble stand in front of it
These few words are written on that stand
At the bottom of this mine lies a big, big man, big John
(Big John, big John) big bad John (big John)

Stud 

 

[Zegras11]

Richard Simmons

 

[mquinnjr]

Bill Braskyyyyyyy

 

[Aerial Assault]

Anyone slogging through an MOP or GG post

 

[mquinnjr]

Anyone slogging through an MOP or GG post

Brevity also not datonn's thing.

 

[Loan Sharks]

Al Bundy

 

[ghostguy123]

Glass Joe

 

[Rogi]

Lester Tenney. His book is "My Hitch in Hell".

 

[Monty Burns]

Peter Francisco: http://www.historynet.com/peter-francisco-american-revolutionary-war-hero.htm

 

[AnonymousBob]

http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-soldiers-who-were-more-badass-than-rambo-without-guns/