Who is your biggest sports-related one hit wonder?

I have a good friend that I ran with during The Bird's reign at the top of baseball. We went and saw many if not most of his starts at Tiger Stadium. My buddy was a very solid high school pitcher and had some pretty good seasons in the Federal League. He has coached on and off for years and is passionate in the extreme about pitching. He loved The Bird. He can go on and on and on about pitching in general and the way Bird pitched in particular.

He's between jobs in the middle to late 80's and decides he wants to meet The Bird. He can't get a return call to arrange an appointment, so he jumps in his car and drives to Northwhateveritis Mass. He walks onto Bird's woodlot/landscaping/stoneyard/dumpsite, approaches The Bird and says he wants to take him to lunch and talk pitching. Bird tells him sorry, I can't go today, but I can tomorrow. So my buddy waits.

They go to some burger bar and stay a couple hours talking pitching. The best part is that at the end of their date, they get into an argument over who's buying. Bird wants the check. He's sincerely touched that this guy has driven all the way from Lexington and then waits a day just to talk with him about keeping the ball down. My buddy says no. He wants the check and he wants it autographed, Bird says, I'll only autograph it if I pay it.

Bird paid the check. My friend still has it. He'll still get a little choked up talking about Mark Fidrych. Me too ... lightly. That was just a great summer for having fun.

That was exactly my first thought too!!

I was going to post Christian Okoye, but this is probably a better pick.

Did he play football? I just knew him as the inventor of everyone's favorite dance of the era - the Ickey Shuffle. 

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If you, you know, dismiss the whole Heisman Trophy thing. (I get your point, I would just factor in his college production as part of this exercise.)

his name came to my mind as well, it was awesome to see him get that superbowl MVP

He was always a great kick returner (even in the NFL) and his college career excludes him from the list

How excited I was after watching the McGuffie mixtape and seeing Sam do a front flip over a dude during Army AA game practice.

Flutie Flakes attest to his lasting impact on the breakfast industry.

Flutie is a poor choice. First, he was winning the Heisman even without the Hail Mary. Second, he was a brilliant QB in the CFL for years despite not getting a fair shake in the NFL. Third, he did finally catch on with the Bills late in his career and was briefly a phenomenon before the coach outthought himself and tried to make Rob Johnson work. 

I wouldn’t count Tebow. Say what you will about Tebow--I think I still have PTSD from hearing Tebow’s name on ESPN back in the day--but he had a pretty consistent college career after he won the Heisman--and Florida was in the national title hunt in his junior and senior years.  

I would definitely say professional Tebow. He was absolutely a dominant force in college. He had that one season where the rest of the Bronco's roster carried him to a playoff spot but that was really the end of his success.

Im honestly not sure why were still hearing his name. What other complete bust of a pro has the media continued to follow for years and years after their failed career? Manziel for a year or two but theyve been showing Tebow minor league baseball highlights forever. Is it simply because hes a pious white guy?

Bust

Yep came here to post this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDJK-3HRAyI

And he shuffled his feet, so he could have been called for a travel.  He got lucky, very lucky.

My blood pressure rose just by seeing his name and thinking of that game. And to think, for as long as the Tigers have been in existence they have never had one “Perfect Game”. 

Baseball's only 28 out perfect game!

A lot of people say that about Maris, but he was a 4x all-star and won the MVP award the year before he hit 61. So he was a great player, just not hall of fame.