GHL Characters

One of the most enjoyable aspects of the league has been the characters that evolved from the game-created drafts. Most of this started with one particular GM when he created a storyline out of a terrible player he decided to draft for the pure humor of it. Click the players' names below to view the full stories that made them GHL icons.

Svatoslav "Poppy" Popowniak
Poppy was probably the 1st really funnny character created in the league. Jim Robinson (Jimbo) saw the guy in the draft and came up with an entire back-story that many of us followed for several seasons. This was the inspiration for the next few characters that came through the league.

Jamie Wilsons
Wilsons was the creation of Jimbo and Neddy though I think it was mostly Jimbo. A gangster and gangsta rapper who was the only player in league history with a 100 POT - but his CON was pretty terrible.

Bohumil Kuban
Kuban wasn't documented in quite the way other characters were. He was drafted by the Rangers who, in the GHL, always had a penchant for overselling their players. Kuban had very good offensive attributes and a high CON but was in and out of the doghouse constantly for not being one of the league's top scorers. The hype around him led other GMs to offer suggestions that the relationship between Kuban and the GM was more than simply professional and sometimes sexual. Many threads had allusions to Kuban's gender confusion and love of the night life as well.

Larry "F-Bomb" Forelli
F-Bomb was drafted by the Rangers because he was a goon/enforcer with a name you could just picture and being someone who'd drop a ton of F-Bombs. Not only did he have some storylines, he also became a user and blogger on the GHL message boards.

Ivan Bonk
Bonk was drafted by Detroit - probably because the CSB ranked him where he'd be selected when Flavio said "I'll just take the next highest guy in the CSB rankings". Much like Popowniak, he had terrible attributes. His CON was in the 20s and his POT was in the 40s. And he had a name that made you think he could be just a bit off. Like Forelli, he eventually became a user on the GHL message boards.