The nasty elbow-throwing softball catcher wasn't even the dirtiest sport play in recent memory

Yesterday, we brought you a story about a high school softball catcher who threw a couple elbows and somehow wasn't ejected. That got us thinking about other dirty plays in sports from the past year so we've put together a list of dirty plays that took place in the last year and were probably worse than that softball catcher.

Texas A&M defensive end Qualen Cunningham goes for the cheap shop on Mississippi State QB Dak Prescott.

Andre Deveaux's awful slash on Per Helmersson in a playoff game in Sweden's second division league.

And of course, the first basketball player to make the elbow drop popular this year. Seton Hall's Sterling Gibbs gives a helpless Villanova player the people's elbow for seemingly no reason.

Just remember, keep it clean when you play sports. There's no need for these kinds of plays under any circumstances.