Rugby League footballers in Sydney regularly make the news for being boofheads or alcohol fuelled neanderthals, but the list of quotes below shows that lack of grey matter is not confined to one code or one country. Coaches and commentators are also not exempt.
It may be that sports persons are soft targets to ridicule for lack of education or sophistication, given that they spend their time, often since childhood, training rather than studying. The quotes below however are at a much more basic level.
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The 25 Most Stupid Footballers Quotes... In The World...Ever
25: "Leeds is a great club and it's been my home for years, even though I live in Middlesborough."
Jonathan Woodgate
