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Need a reminder re: bar fights and who is the most feared player and why

Posted on 8/4/22 at 4:34 pm
Posted by Tiger1991
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Posted on 8/4/22 at 4:34 pm
Some guy from the 70’s? If so, what are the true stories on why him?
Posted by timlan2057
In the Shadow of Tiger Stadium
Member since Sep 2005
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Posted on 8/4/22 at 4:36 pm to
”Art Cantrelle is pure evil, formed of twisted blue steel and raised in the smoldering fires of hell.

‘When Cantrelle entered a bar, everyone knew him and they either left or all walked over to the other side of the room. That's how bad Art was.”
This post was edited on 8/8/22 at 12:28 am
Posted by RummelTiger
Texas
Member since Aug 2004
89980 posts
Posted on 8/4/22 at 4:38 pm to
Cantrelle.

My mom dated him at LSU - I've heard some interesting stories.
Posted by Amadeo
Member since Jan 2004
4826 posts
Posted on 8/4/22 at 4:40 pm to
Is this the thread where we all are suppose to pretend people like George Atiyeh, Greg Cook, Eric Andolsek, Alan Faneca wouldn't have b_tch slapped Art Cantrell in front of his girlfriend.
Posted by SalE
At the beach
Member since Jan 2020
2436 posts
Posted on 8/4/22 at 4:46 pm to
I remember it well...
Posted by NFLSU
Screwston, Texas
Member since Oct 2014
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Posted on 8/4/22 at 4:51 pm to
Rahim Alem.
Posted by bulldogger
New Orleans
Member since Mar 2010
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Posted on 8/4/22 at 5:01 pm to
But was Spencer Ware the 2nd kicker?
Posted by 13
Member since Apr 2006
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Posted on 8/4/22 at 5:05 pm to
Perry Riley could clean up a mess quick
Posted by Bill W Tiger
LSU Alumnus
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Posted on 8/4/22 at 5:11 pm to
Gerry Kent ... mid/late 60s DB from Murrah High School Jackson Miss. He was a tough dude!
Posted by Jax Teller
Member since Aug 2018
3935 posts
Posted on 8/4/22 at 5:15 pm to
Jordan Jefferson

Famously right before the 2011 season
This post was edited on 8/4/22 at 5:16 pm
Posted by Madking
Member since Apr 2016
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Posted on 8/4/22 at 5:51 pm to
Eric Edwards was no joke
Posted by TrueTigerTale
Zachary, La.
Member since Sep 2011
19318 posts
Posted on 8/4/22 at 5:58 pm to
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Need a reminder re: bar fights and who is the most feared player and why Posted on 8/4/22 at 4:34 pm
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Some guy from the 70’s? If so, what are the true stories on why him?


Kenny Obanion was the most feared in bar fights in the late 70's early 80s. There wasn't a single BR cop that didn't know Kenny Obanion. As a teenager, he would visit his uncle to weight lift together. They couldn't put enough weight on the bars when he squatted weights. He was finally shot and killed after an altercation with his stripper ex-girlfriend's new boyfriend, And if you talk about pure body strength, hard-to-beat former all-state wrestler, LSU running back and former NFL back Victor Jones. Former NFL players can attest to his strenght.
Posted by Tiger1988
Houston
Member since May 2016
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Posted on 8/4/22 at 7:02 pm to
I saw two fights that stood out during my time as a student and later on after while a friend and I met for a drink in the 80s at the Bengal.

The first was Art Cantrell. All I can say is believe what you want to believe but this was one bad arse guy. It wasn’t the fact that he was the biggest it wasn’t the fact that he was the strongest it was just the fact that that guy can flat out freaking brawl. And it was nothing that you were going to do except kill the bastard to get him to stop. He was a strong as an ox too.

The second was Michael Brooks. Michael Brooks was minding his own business and two guys messed with him at the Bengal. He took the two of them, who thought they were bad asses, and threw them through stalls. Then the bouncers came and try just up to them him and he threw down like rag dolls. These were not small guys. He walked out.

Michael Brooks was a mean SOB.
Posted by The Hurricane
Gulf of Mexico
Member since Aug 2011
7990 posts
Posted on 8/4/22 at 7:54 pm to
Heard stories of Robert Royal getting in a few fights at Bogies.
Posted by WisconsinTiger85
Wisconsin
Member since Oct 2017
1525 posts
Posted on 8/4/22 at 8:17 pm to
Doug Planchard
Posted by LSU_connoisseur
Louisiana
Member since Apr 2022
795 posts
Posted on 8/4/22 at 8:19 pm to
Nm
This post was edited on 8/5/22 at 10:35 pm
Posted by entmd2002
Lufkin, TX
Member since Dec 2010
185 posts
Posted on 8/4/22 at 8:25 pm to
Literally huge hands that were made of steel. And a mind to go with it
Posted by entmd2002
Lufkin, TX
Member since Dec 2010
185 posts
Posted on 8/4/22 at 8:29 pm to
The only Other guy could’ve been Nikki Hazard. Absolute whip arse bad arse
Posted by GarTiger
West Monroe
Member since Oct 2019
2293 posts
Posted on 8/4/22 at 8:43 pm to
Herman Johnson was the biggest baby born in La
Posted by LSU2107
Member since Mar 2004
245 posts
Posted on 8/5/22 at 4:58 am to
Tim pope or EJ Kuale woulda dominated that old man
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