Quote ="knockersbumpMKII"Excellent selections there.
Mick Harrison was probably the hardest/toughest going from reputation alone that I heard from old uns who watched the game during the 40s/50s/60s & 70s ( I only started going in '78 as a 9 yr old so don't really remember too much from my first couple of seasons)
I wouldn't say Paul Woods was an out an out hardman, he was just a violent head case.
Rose always had that air of a man not to be messed with, Skerret was just tough but to me never was the type to dish it out I thought.
Crusher Cleal I would have put down just on the fact he looked intimidating
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A story I was told and have no reason to doubt (from a family member) about Mick Harrison.
Hull were away to Warrington (Old Wilderspool Ground), now for those who remember, the changing rooms were under the stand that the supporters used to sit and at the end of the game spit on us (if we were lucky) as we left, well at the back of that stand was the coach/car park.
Well on this particular day, as Mick got off the bus and was walking behind said stand he had to pass the Home changing rooms, these had small high up slotted windows (frosted mind) that opened outward and as Mick was passing under one of them he heard a voice inside say, what we have to do in this game lads, is take out Harrison, if someone can sort him out early, this game should be ours....what did Mick do....He walked staight into their changing room, dropped his kit bag and said, "why wait for the game, lets sort it out now" and proceded to beat £uck out of three of them before he was dragged out by some of his team mates who'd heard the comotion.
It goes without saying FC won the game that day and by all account Mick had a good game as well....lol
The thing is, from what i've heard, Warrington at the time had some very hard men of their own which only goes to show how tough Mick Harrison was.
AFAIK he died in a forklift accident on the docks.
Anyone got any other similar stories/memoirs????...pre 1978 that is as that's as far as i can go back.
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