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1943 VFL season

In the spiteful round 1 match between Essendon and South Melbourne, a vicious brawl broke out in the last quarter when South Melbourne's Jack "Basher" Williams felled Ted Leehane (apparently in a square-off retribution for Leehane's similar action against Williams in the 1942 Preliminary Final) which involved a dozen players, team officials, trainers, fans, and police.

Andrey Savelyev

Savelyev is a grand master at Tai Kwon Do and the brawl had to be broken up by other lawmakers.

Big Ron Manager

Some scenes caused quite a stir in Peterborough when the show was aired, including a dressing room brawl between Mark Arber and Paul Carden and Bleasdale rowing with youngsters Sean St Ledger and Danny Crow.

Bob Zmuda

Zmuda created the "Tony Clifton" makeup for the film, and made a brief appearance portraying comedian Jack Burns, one of the producers, who gets into a brawl on stage during one of Kaufman's appearances on the 1980-82 ABC Fridays.

Brandon Laird

In December 2009 Laird and his brother were arrested following a drunken brawl at US Airways Center during a Phoenix SunsBoston Celtics game.

Brawl in the Family

"Brawl in the Family" features British actor and theater director Delroy Lindo as Gabriel, the social worker.

Chick Tricker

A longtime member of the Eastmans, Tricker had made a name for himself as a well known Bowery and Park Row saloonkeeper who first came to prominence in a brawl against "Eat 'Em Up" Jack McManus, a former prizefighter and Bowery bouncer at McGurk's Suicide Hall. After insulting several dance hall girls as the Paul Kelly's club New Brighton, McManus confronted Tricker at Third Avenue and Jones Street and shot him in the leg.

Comparisons between the National Football League and NCAA football

In the 1983 season, a Jets game against the Los Angeles Rams featured an 85-yard touchdown run by rookie Eric Dickerson, as well as a brawl between Rams offensive tackle Jackie Slater and Jets defensive end Mark Gastineau when Slater blindsided Gastineau after the Jet performed his infamous "Sack Dance" over fallen Rams quarterback Vince Ferragamo.

Curtis Lemansky

The episode saw Lem and patrol Officer Danielle Sofer moonlighting as security at a local night club where two rappers and their gang-related entourages engage in a brawl.

Diana Hart

The angle culminated with an in-ring promo on an episode Monday Night Raw where Diana slapped Michaels, leading to a brawl between Michaels and Bulldog.

Each Dawn I Die

Each Dawn I Die is a 1939 gangster film featuring James Cagney and George Raft in their only movie together as leads, although Raft had made an unbilled appearance in a 1932 Cagney vehicle called Taxi! in which he won a dance contest against Cagney, after which he and Cagney brawl.

Fleur Beale

A mass brawl/fight scene ensues as the Elders (leaders of the faith) beat Daniel black and blue (literally).

Floresville, Texas

Portions of the 1980s movie The Big Brawl with Jackie Chan were filmed in Floresville's downtown area.

Fred Rutley

Both Arthur Coghlan and Stan Thomas of Geelong were suspended for the remainder of 1925 and all of 1926, but the league tribunal, headed by League President Sir Walter Baldwin Spencer, found that Rutley was responsible for starting the brawl and suspended him for life.

HC Vityaz

Darcy Verot had instigated the brawl after three minutes of play when he shot the puck at an Avangard player.

Jason Love

In the 2004 AFL Cairns Grand Final, Love, the coach of the North Cairns Tigers, instigated a wild and violent bench-clearing brawl that involved his players, fans and team officials.

Jason Varitek

During a nationally televised game on July 24, 2004, Varitek shoved his glove into the face of the Yankees' Alex Rodriguez after Rodriguez was hit by a pitch and gestured towards pitcher Bronson Arroyo, causing a bench-clearing brawl.

Joe Amorosino

His 2003 interview with P. J. Stock received national attention when what was supposed to be an instructional story on fighting in the National Hockey League resulted in an unplanned brawl between Amorosino and Stock.

John Ziegler, Jr.

Another Bruin, Mike Milbury, who had actually reached the visitors locker room when his teammates started going into the stands, raced back to join his colleagues in the brawl.

Knoxville Speed

Many die-hard fans, players and broadcasters remember the fierce bench-clearing brawl between the Speed and Asheville Smoke in January 2001.

Li Tixiang

On 7 September, the club was involved in a brawl during a match with Young Lions at Jalan Besar Stadium.

Lucidor

He is remembered for his burlesque poetry that is seen as foreshadowing that of Johan Runius and, especially, Carl Michael Bellman, and for his dramatic death in a tumultuous brawl at the Fimmelstången tavern in Gamla stan in Stockholm.

Matthew Butcher

On the evening of February 4, 2008, Matthew Butcher and several other police officers intervened in a pub brawl at the Old Bailey tavern in Joondalup, Perth, opposite the Joondalup police station.

Melee

For example, the Australian Football League has an official melee rule which is used to fine players involved in large on-field brawls, regardless of whether or not they throw punches.

Mike Polchlopek

Capitalizing on Gunn's impressive Brawl for All showing, the WWF held a Brawl for All match between Gunn and heavyweight boxer Eric "Butterbean" Esch at WrestleMania XV.

Mikhail Anisin

In November 2013, Anisin got into a drunken brawl with teammate Serhiy Varlamov while in Ufa, the day prior to a game against Salavat Yulaev.

MTV Movie Awards Reloaded

In place of the "Burly Brawl" music during the fight scene with the clones, this parody uses the song "Rock Your Body".

Nick D'Arcy

On 31 March 2008, D'Arcy was charged with assault after a brawl with former Commonwealth Games triple gold medalist Simon Cowley on the night of D'Arcy's naming in the Australian Olympic team.

Ōoka clan

The clan’s fortunes went into eclipse when Ōoka Tadashina (1667–1710) so displeased Shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi that he was exiled to Hachijojima and Ōoka Tadafusa (1650–1696) was forced to commit seppuku for killing a retainer of the Shimazu clan in a brawl.

Oxford's Men

Oxford's players almost immediately got involved in a brawl with some Inns of Court students while playing at The Theatre in Shoreditch, and several members were thrown into gaol, but they were out and on the road by early June.

Pro Wrestling USA

Despite this move being unsuccessful, McMahon was also able to air the historic "War to Settle the Score" and "Brawl to End it All" wrestling cards on MTV; in addition, McMahon also still had the most recognized wrestler in the industry, Hulk Hogan.

Queenie Watts

She appeared in the 1966 film version of Alfie, singing "Goodbye, Dolly Gray" in a memorable, riotous bar-room brawl sequence.

Ray Krebbs

In 1998 Ray makes a shock return (with dyed brown hair) in War of the Ewings when, out of nowhere, he helps Bobby and Sue Ellen in a barroom brawl.

Rockstar Spud

Spud had made a return appearance announced by TNA President Dixie Carter as the new Chief Of Staff as a heel lackey, Later on in the night, he hosted an in-ring Thanksgiving dinner with the entire heel roster only to be interrupted by Kurt Angle and the faces of TNA which ended in a brawl.

RQW Cruiserweight Championship

The first-ever champion, Bubblegum won a nine man elimination match at Summer Brawl 2006 in Horndean, Portsmouth to become #1 contender for the title.

Secondotto, Marquess of Montferrat

He died at Langhirano in the vicinity of Parma in obscure circumstances: he may simply have been the loser in a brawl (he was famously ill-tempered and violent), or he may have been assassinated by an agent of the Visconti.

Shadows in Bronze

Arriving in Crotone, Falco is almost immediately caught up in a brawl in the marketplace, being rescued by Laesus, a ship's captain, with whom Falco then shares a meal at the mansio.

Shane Schofield

Arriving at Lake Powell, Schofield and Book II survive the brawl and hide underwater while the Reccondos and Botha are killed and 7th Squadron seizes Kevin.

The Bridges at Toko-Ri

The reunion is interrupted when Gamidge comes to Brubaker asking his help in bailing Forney out of the guardhouse after a brawl.

The Warriors: Street Brawl

The Warriors: Street Brawl is a beat 'em up scroller video game created by CXTM. It was released on the Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, and Xbox Live Arcade in Summer 2009. It is based on the 1979 movie The Warriors, which in turn is based on the 1965 novel of the same name written by Sol Yurick.

Timewyrm: Genesys

Gilgamesh attracts unwanted attention, and to avoid a brawl, Ace sings "The Wild Rover" to entertain the crowd.

Vila Nova Futebol Clube

During a game on May 1, 2011 at the Serra Dourada, both teams were involved in a mass brawl on and off the pitch after the Campeonato Goiano semifinal.

Violet Palmer

The officiating crew, which also consisted of Dick Bavetta and Robbie Robinson, ejected all 10 players who were on the court when the brawl broke out.


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