- Published in The Athletes
Derek Vinyard
A controversial candidate for many obvious reasons, Derek Vinyard (Edward Norton) was the main protagonist in American History X, a film about a neo-Nazi who repented while in prison. One of the more pivotal scenes was when Vinyard led his team white supremacists to victory over a group of African Americans on a playground basketball court. It was a scene we loved and detested at the same time, but it was one of the better cinematic triumphs of the sport seen on the silver screen. Too bad that triumph was a little too much “Triumph of the Will”