Top 11 dumbest things done by athletes off the pitch

#2 Burress shoots his own leg

Burress shot himself accidentally on his right thigh

There is no dearth of athletes in sports who have a penchant for hooliganism and violence, and former NFL Player Plaxico Burress is a good example of that. He suffered an accidental, self-inflicted gunshot to his right thigh at a nightclub in New York.

The Glock pistol that Burress used was in the pocket of his jeans and when he was allegedly reaching for his gun, the player pushed the trigger by mistake, and the gun fired. Burress had to be immediately taken to a hospital following the accident.

Two days after the incident, the athlete had to turn himself in to face charges of criminal possession of a handgun. Even the New York City Police learned about it only after seeing the news on television.