No Guts, No Glory

Growing up in the 80′s allowed me to live through the glory years of the jheri curl. I witnessed the short ones, the afro ones, and the ones that sprawled down one’s back. With my own two eyes, I was able to see jheri curl juice on pillows, couches, towels, and even on the headrest of a Nissan Datsun. Clearly, the jheri curl has had a profound effect on me.

Much like my personal life, the jheri curl made it’s way to my sport watching life. And today, I would like to pay homage to the juiciest jheri curls in sports history.

NBA

Michael Cage – This man had a curl for the ages. Career wasn’t much, but his curl certainly was.

AC Green – I still remember AC and his curl flying up and down the court with the “Showtime” Lakers.

NFL

Eric Dickerson – Somehow he was able to get his curl to be a little looser than the normal cur . To this day, I’m still wondering how he got it like that.

Walter Payton – The curl held down by the headband is definitely the look I would’ve went with if I ever had a curl.

Deion Sanders – Has to be the most gangsta curl of them all. There was no need to try to duplicate it. You simply couldn’t.

MLB

Felix Jose – Just look how the sun sparkles on it. Now that, my friend is a curl.

Pedro Martinez – The Godfather of the jheri curl. While others abandon it, Pedro keeps it going.

Rickey Henderson – Greatest lead-off hitter of all time, and quite possibly the greatest lead-off hitter’s curl of all time.

George Bell – Bell always was sure to keep his curl nice and neat.

Pascual Perez – Perez had a curl that will live on in infamy. Just take a look at it. It speaks for itself.

Mel Hall – Here’s Mel sporting a little length to his curl. Juicy and long. Can’t beat that.

Boxing

Thomas Hearns and Sugar Ray Leonard – Epic battles between the two, both in the ring and in the word of jheri curls.

Wrestling

Slick – “The Doctor of Style” lived up to his name with one of the slickest jheri curls around.

Jimmy “Supafly” Snuka – Supafly’s curl was unparalleled in the wrestling world.

Bret Hart and Razor Ramon – I know some of you may think I’m reaching with this one, but c’mon. You have to agree that there’s some type of curl in their heads. Just look how juicy it is.

So all you jheri curl experts out there, who are we missing?

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