Scariest sports fan Halloween costumes

Supposedly, this is a German fan named Didi Senft. However, this is the Tour de France, so this very well could be the real Prince of Darkness. Is he there to tempt riders into taking EPO and blood doping? Will he trade you a yellow jacket for your soul? Note there’s no accompanying angel to steer riders into clean living and responsible helmet use. After all, a devil’s advocate in Le Tour is more properly known as a “domestique.”

Dressing as the Hanson Brothers, the deranged brothers from “Slap Shot,” is a hugely popular thing for fans to do at NHL arenas near Halloween. They like to drink, they like to fight, and they like to yell really loudly — is this much different from going as “hockey fan” for Halloween?

It‘s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s a bunch of guys in a pub throwing darts! Their Kryptonite? Sobriety checkpoints. Although have you seen "Dr. Who"? Changing into costume in a phone booth is much, much classier in England.

The Black Hole is the section of the Oakland Coliseum, soon to go the way of the planet Alderaan when the Raiders relocate to Las Vegas. Here is another photo of Darth shaking hands with the NFL’s closest thing to Emperor Palpatine, the late Al Davis, whose body was ravaged after lightning attacks on Lane Kiffin and Mike Shanahan, and Jon Gruden — pretty much any coach he ever employed. Darth Raider is powerful, often using the Force to direct projectiles to the head of a referee or choke out an unruly Chargers fan from afar in the Black Hole. Unfortunately, like the Death Star, the Raiders often have one tragic vulnerability — and it’s usually the owner.

This fan celebrates one of the most tragic moments in fictional Miami Dolphins history: when kicker Ray Finkle missed a field goal to cost his team the Super Bowl. Later in the game, this fan kidnapped a fan dressed as a dolphin before a fan dressed as Jim Carrey stopped him.

Sure, a wrestler is tough and a witch is wicked, but there’s nothing more bone-chilling than dressing as one of the worst things that can ever happen to your franchise: Jay Cutler becomes your quarterback. There’s no way to vaccinate against that kind of nightmare.

We wanted to showcase cheerleader costumes that weren’t blatantly sexual. However, if you’re performing for a bunch of Green Bay Packers fans, this is about as sexy as a Halloween costume gets. If there were cheerleaders next to her dressed as a cheese curd or a can of Old Milwaukee, this gallery would be marked NSFW in the state of Wisconsin.

This Houston fan is dressed as former Texans quarterback David Carr, the year after he set the NFL record for most sacks in a season. The mask captures the moment in Week 10 when Carr realized that tackle Tony Boselli was never coming back from injury and that his best receiver was Jabar Gaffney. Then he got sacked again, and all his skin fell off.

This image is from a Halloween game in Kansas City, but it serves as a harbinger for the death of pro football in San Diego. The costume is a pretty bare-bones operation, but then again, so were the Chargers for many years. It’s also possible that this is a real Chargers fan, and this is what watching Norv Turner does to you.

This is a thoroughly confused fan. He’s wearing a Michael Crabtree 49ers jersey, a demon mask and a Packers-style cheesehead. We are pondering what to make of it — Cheesy Crab, or is he the ghost of a Cheddar Bay biscuit?

We’re not totally convinced these are Halloween costumes. They may be actual priests who had way too much fun on Bourbon Street and got creative with their vestments. Honestly, we think they’re probably big fans of the Cardinals.

Is this the reason Andy Dalton and Marvin Lewis always lose in the first round? Is there a curse on this franchise? Makes sense, because “Vontaze Burfict” sound like the magic words to complete a spell. She’s definitely the one who turned Akili Smith into a newt. (He got better.)

Normally cheerleaders go for racy costumes, but this Oakland cheerleader went the scary route. Whether you’re a college assistant coach, a government official or just an ordinary Raiders fan, the Federal Bureau of Investigation is scarier than any monster or mythical creature.

This fan clearly follows the first rule of Halloween: Nothing completes a classic costume like labeling exactly what it is on the front. Maybe you thought he was a large metal can or a low-tech robot? Nope, BEER KEG. He does lose points for not calling himself the “Music City Beer-Acle.”

We like to imagine these fans yelling at management: “We had a perennial playoff team with Steve McNair at quarterback! You maniacs! And you blew it up! You damn, dirty ownership! Damn you all to hell!”

Although this Philly fan was mocking Lewis, he couldn’t resist bragging about the Eagles’ record with Terrell Owens in 2004. They were 6-0 overall! They’d go 13-1 with T.O. before he got injured in Week 15, not to return again until the Super Bowl, where the Eagles dropped to 13-2 with Owens by losing to the Patriots. To their credit, not a single Eagle was investigated for homicide during Super Bowl week!

Much like the Frankenstein’s monster of the story, many Bills teams are patched together from the corpses of other football teams. They spend their existence in the lonely, frozen wasteland of Orchard Park, N.Y., hoping to one day find a partner or a competent quarterback. Frankenstein, the bride and Bills coaches all have the same No. 1 fear: getting fired.

These fans dressed up as KISS for a Jazz game, a tradition started by Hall of Fame point guard John Stockton, who arrived at all playoff games dressed as the Starchild. He rarely got support from the rest of the team, since Karl Malone had disowned the band once Peter Criss left. However, Greg Ostertag did wear a homemade Catman outfit before Game 3 of the 1997 NBA Finals. If this look catches on in Salt Lake City, they’re gonna have to change the team name to the Utah ROCK.

These Hokies fans illustrate the regional differences that formed our nation. Here the patriots are applauding the western Virginians, who defeated the Mercantilist puritans of Boston College. The social and economic differences are profound, though in this case Virginia’s main advantages are recruitment and special teams play.

What are the elements that go into being Russian? Military uniform, dour expression and hatred of the (1980) Miracle on Ice. This Dallas Stars fan nailed it.

As a Brooklyn Dodgers fan who was frozen in ice at the end of World War II, Captain America likely would have embraced the New York Mets. They’re the local team! Plus they’ve got a pitcher nicknamed “Thor,” ownership has weird, shady investments like Tony Stark, and someone on the team gets injured every five minutes. If Terry Collins was missing an eye, you could barely tell the difference. Sadly, the Mets didn’t pull this series out, and currently they’re headed for an organizational Civil War.

This fan trick-or-treats really well for most of the houses, but then he totally falls apart at the end of the night. He falls down, triggers sprinklers and keeps losing his candy at crucial moments to better, more talented costumes. This year, let’s hope there is another expensive costume to pair with him — but one who will share the candy corn.

It was surprisingly easy to find these fans.

Not only did Paul Pierce dress as Rick James for a Clippers game on Halloween, but he also wore the costume on the bench — thus qualifying as a fan. He was out with an injury, probably due to the violent assault he suffered when Eddie and Charlie Murphy stomped him for ruining their couch. Regardless, this is the kind of costume you don’t bring home to mother.

Actor David Arquette sure has the Halloween spirit! Except this is a photo from mid-November. This is a normal, non-holiday basketball game outfit for Mr. Arquette and a good indication of where that “Scream” money went: wigs and bathrobes.