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Top 100 Oklahoma Embarrassments: 60-51

12:42 AM EDT on August 13, 2007

60. Mark Gastineau

In the 1980's, Ardmore native Mark Gastineau was one of the most feared pass rushers in the NFL. He surprised the football world by abruptly retiring in 1988, and eventually admitted he had done so to avoid steroid testing. He tried to resurrect his athletic career as a boxer, but that too ended in humiliation when it was revealed several of his opponents had been told to, and did, take dives. His ex-wife and estranged daughter eventually went on to star in the totally awesome show "Gastineau Girls" that was on the E! channel.