In a new documentary entitled “Class of 92,” released tomorrow actually, and then out on DVD the day after tomorrow…former Manchester United star David Beckham reveals a graphic hazing story that you wouldn’t believe unless you heard it directly from David Beckham himself.
In his days with the United youth team, Becks was hazed by other footballers in a rather sexual way. He was forced to get himself off in front of his teammates while looking at a Clayton Blackmore calendar. This was the initiation process.
Yes, David Beckham claims he had to masturbate to a picture of a famous football player in front of his teammates. As part of a hazing ritual.
Quoting David Beckham in Class of ’92
It happened in 1991 — when Beckham was just 16 — and he says he had to stare at a photo of a famous Welsh soccer player named Clayton Blackmore and (more or less) masturbate in front of his teammates.
He said, “Everyone had an initiation that you had to go through on the youth team, that was one of the most uncomfortable ones.”
He added, “I was embarrassed when I was saying it on camera let alone talking about it more. But it’s something that we all had to go through. It was definitely something I wouldn’t like to go through again!”
Obviously, hazing is a big topic in sports news right now given what’s happened with Richie Incognito and Jonathan Martin.
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