Which Boston athlete has suffered the most in his career?

[Roy Hobbs]

Ted Williams is, hands down, the most talented player in Boston to never win a ring in his career.  I'm not sure how much that personally pained him, but I always got the impression that he didn't enjoy playing here as much as I would have liked him to.

[crownsy]

Ted Williams is, hands down, the most talented player in Boston to never win a ring in his career.  I'm not sure how much that personally pained him, but I always got the impression that he didn't enjoy playing here as much as I would have liked him to.

yea, I can't think of anyone else who out does teddy.

[zerophase]

bill russell suffered the most mentally through discrimination, but pierce suffered more physically through his stabbing.

The situations of Russell and Pierce are night and day different.  There's been a ton of athletes who have been in bar altercations in this city (Bird, Neely, Hart Lee Dykes, Mo Vaughn, etc). 

When I think of suffering, I think of on field failures, greatness not realized for a myriad of reasons, lack of fan support, etc... 

well suffering is a very broad term, which can be interpreted differently.

[Redz]

Jeff Reardon has had some pretty hellish moments since retiring.  Las t I knew he had it under control.

[nickagneta]

Darryl Stingley.

[Redz]

Darryl Stingley.

 

[iowa plowboy]

Buckner.

[Potapenko Boxout]

Mark Bellhorn

- who should have been MVP of the 04 World Series

[SShoreFan 2.0]

Darryl Stingley.

 

  

yup, this is the one.  bleah

[Nerf DPOY]

Hard to disagree with most of the nominations mentioned, all with unique cross's to bear. Just as an honorable mention, I'll throw Rich Gedman out there. I went to a handful of games as a kid in the late '80's, and I can't recall an at bat Geddy had where he wasn't booed unmercifully.

Also, though I don't completely understand what exactly happened, but Jimmy Piersall had a nervous breakdown one season in the 50's.

But yeah, it's hard to argue with Stingley.

[ConnerHenry]

Not to take anything away from Daryl Stingley, who suffered tremendously but was able to work through his paralysis and become a community leader, Normand Leveille was not only left physically destroyed by his headfirst crash into the boards, but was destroyed mentally as well.

I remember seeing him at a Bruins game a few years back and was heartbroken at his condition.

[SShoreFan 2.0]

Not to take anything away from Daryl Stingley, who suffered tremendously but was able to work through his paralysis and become a community leader, Normand Leveille was not only left physically destroyed by his headfirst crash into the boards, but was destroyed mentally as well.

I remember seeing him at a Bruins game a few years back and was heartbroken at his condition.

Here's a nice article from earlier this year about Norm.

http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey/bruins/articles/2008/01/11/feeling_at_home_in_boston_leveille_celebrates/


along the same lines, high schooler Darryl Williams and BU hockey player Travis Roy were also paralyzed, sadly enough Williams was struck down by a bullet while practicing for his high school team.

[ConnerHenry]

Not to take anything away from Daryl Stingley, who suffered tremendously but was able to work through his paralysis and become a community leader, Normand Leveille was not only left physically destroyed by his headfirst crash into the boards, but was destroyed mentally as well.

I remember seeing him at a Bruins game a few years back and was heartbroken at his condition.

Here's a nice article from earlier this year about Norm.

http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey/bruins/articles/2008/01/11/feeling_at_home_in_boston_leveille_celebrates/


along the same lines, high schooler Darryl Williams and BU hockey player Travis Roy were also paralyzed, sadly enough Williams was struck down by a bullet while practicing for his high school team.

Nice find --- TP for you

[johnnymost]

Carl Yastremski had it pretty bad for a while. They booed him mercilessly for a while. Paul Pierce certainly has suffered thru some of the worst professional games I've seen, for a very long time.