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1. Billy Whitehurst

Widely regarded as one of the most brutal players of the 80’s and early 90’s Whitehurst was named by both Neil Ruddock and Vinnie Jones as the hardest man they had ever played against. Indeed it was also claimed that Whitehurst had beaten up Jones whilst team-mates at Sheffield United.

After a disappointing spell in his career Whitehurst joined Oxford where he was reported to have been supplementing his football earnings by competing in bare knuckle fights with local gypsies.