Top Head-Butts Of All Time

On the heels of my last post, I've put together my personal list of the top head-butts of all time. Here they are (please know that they were deliberated over, and much thought was put into their selection):

5. Dennis Rodman head-butts the ref - The Worm head-butts referee Ted Bernhardt during a game against the Nets in 1997, and is subsequently ejected. Rodman rips off his Bulls jersey, knocks over a cooler and trots to the locker room.

4. Jockey Paul O'Neill head-butts his own horse - see previous post.

3. Evander Holyfield head-butts Mike Tyson - though referee (and future wannabe Wapner) Mills Lane says the butt was accidental, Tyson reacts to it by biting a chunk out of Holyfield's ear.

2. Zinedine Zidane of France head-butts Italy's Marco Materazzi in the 2006 World Cup final - possibly the coolest, most gutturally experiential head-butt of all time (you either loved it, or were apalled by it)

1. Gus Frerotte head-butts a concrete wall - After tossing a touchdown pass in a home game against the New York Giants, Frerotte (then of the Washington Redskins) got so excited that after congratulating his teammates, he proceeded to head butt the stadium wall. Frerotte had gotten caught up in the excitement of the moment and also thought that it would be safe, since the wall appeared to be padded. Unfortantely, the wall consisted of reinforced concrete backed up by only a half inch of foam. He ended up in the hospital after suffering spasms at halftime (he was eventually diagnosed with a concussion).