http://www.life.com/images/logo.png http://www.life.com/image/first/in-gallery/22959/streakers-through-the-years http://www.life.com/image/56656549 Australian stockbroker Michael O'Brien sprints across the field in the altogether during a rugby match at England's Twickenham Stadium. Sparked by a $25 bet, O'Brien's seemingly innocent act launched a phenomenon that (happily) remains with us today.]]> 56656549 Mon, 22 Apr 1974 03:00:00 EDT Australian stockbroker Michael O'Brien sprints across the field in the altogether during a rugby match at England's Twickenham Stadium. Sparked by a $25 bet, O'Brien's seemingly innocent act launched a phenomenon that (happily) remains with us today.]]> Keystone 2009 gettyImages.com http://www.life.com/image/55383239 An activist makes a persuasive argument for a healthy lifestyle during a 2005 London cricket match. ]]> 55383239 Mon, 12 Sep 2005 03:00:00 EDT An activist makes a persuasive argument for a healthy lifestyle during a 2005 London cricket match. ]]> Hamish Blair 2009 gettyImages.com http://www.life.com/image/78664937 ]]> 78664937 Fri, 28 Dec 2007 03:00:00 EST ]]> AFP 2009 gettyImages.com http://www.life.com/image/52127649 A connoisseur of the male form, Liz Taylor shows enthusiastic appreciation of streaker Robert Opel as he interrupts her presentation of the Best Picture Oscar at the 1974 Annual Academy Awards. ]]> 52127649 Tue, 02 Apr 1974 03:00:00 EDT A connoisseur of the male form, Liz Taylor shows enthusiastic appreciation of streaker Robert Opel as he interrupts her presentation of the Best Picture Oscar at the 1974 Annual Academy Awards. ]]> Hulton Archive 2009 gettyImages.com http://www.life.com/image/80423719 ]]> 80423719 Sat, 29 Mar 2008 03:00:00 EDT ]]> AFP 2009 gettyImages.com http://www.life.com/image/80098262 Australia's Andrew Symonds takes offense at a streaker interrupting a cricket match -- and lets him know.]]> 80098262 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 03:00:00 EST Australia's Andrew Symonds takes offense at a streaker interrupting a cricket match -- and lets him know.]]> GREG WOOD 2009 gettyImages.com http://www.life.com/image/51977784 ]]> 51977784 Sun, 07 Jul 1996 03:00:00 EDT ]]> J L GAUTREAU 2009 gettyImages.com http://www.life.com/image/82079931 ]]> 82079931 Sun, 27 Jul 2008 03:00:00 EDT ]]> AFP 2009 gettyImages.com http://www.life.com/image/1244495 A bit underdressed for cricket, a young woman receives a male escort from a 1995 Manchester match. ]]> 1244495 Sat, 29 Jul 1995 03:00:00 EDT A bit underdressed for cricket, a young woman receives a male escort from a 1995 Manchester match. ]]> Adrian Murrell 2009 gettyImages.com http://www.life.com/image/1232469 A naked man seems to suggest that John Daly, who just won a 1995 British Open playoff at St. Andrews, hasn't quite yet finished the round. ]]> 1232469 Sun, 23 Jul 1995 03:00:00 EDT A naked man seems to suggest that John Daly, who just won a 1995 British Open playoff at St. Andrews, hasn't quite yet finished the round. ]]> David Cannon 2009 gettyImages.com http://www.life.com/image/77542025 ]]> 77542025 Sun, 28 Oct 2007 03:00:00 EDT ]]> ADRIAN DENNIS 2009 gettyImages.com http://www.life.com/image/984657 A triumphant streaker celebrates with the crowd on the 18th hole of the final round of the 2001 Benson & Hedges International Open in Great Britain. ]]> 984657 Sat, 12 May 2001 03:00:00 EDT A triumphant streaker celebrates with the crowd on the 18th hole of the final round of the 2001 Benson & Hedges International Open in Great Britain. ]]> Andrew Redington 2009 gettyImages.com http://www.life.com/image/1596808 A committed fan expresses his loyalties -- and his opinion of Wayne Rooney -- in true body language at a soccer game in Liverpool, England. ]]> 1596808 Sat, 02 Nov 2002 03:00:00 EST A committed fan expresses his loyalties -- and his opinion of Wayne Rooney -- in true body language at a soccer game in Liverpool, England. ]]> Gary M. Prior 2009 gettyImages.com http://www.life.com/image/71981514 ]]> 71981514 Sun, 24 Sep 2006 03:00:00 EDT ]]> Scott Halleran 2009 gettyImages.com http://www.life.com/image/50920708 Score! A naked man sails through the goalposts at a 2004 Rugby Match in Warrington, England. ]]> 50920708 Sun, 25 Apr 2004 03:00:00 EDT Score! A naked man sails through the goalposts at a 2004 Rugby Match in Warrington, England. ]]> Alex Livesey 2009 gettyImages.com http://www.life.com/image/55714231 Michael Campbell's caddy tries to keep his game face on as a bare-chested woman bounces by during the final of the 2005 HSBC World Match Play Championship in Surrey, England. ]]> 55714231 Sun, 18 Sep 2005 03:00:00 EDT Michael Campbell's caddy tries to keep his game face on as a bare-chested woman bounces by during the final of the 2005 HSBC World Match Play Championship in Surrey, England. ]]> Andrew Redington 2009 gettyImages.com http://www.life.com/image/2678246 Giving new meaning to the term "bareback," a naked man wows the crowd at an international horse show in 1976. ]]> 2678246 Wed, 27 Oct 1976 03:00:00 EDT Giving new meaning to the term "bareback," a naked man wows the crowd at an international horse show in 1976. ]]> Hulton Archive 2009 gettyImages.com http://www.life.com/image/56928165 Even though rubber poultry covers him where it counts, this streaker is anything but chicken as he livens up the the U.S. and Great Britain curling match at the 2006 Turin Olympic Games. ]]> 56928165 Fri, 24 Feb 2006 03:00:00 EST Even though rubber poultry covers him where it counts, this streaker is anything but chicken as he livens up the the U.S. and Great Britain curling match at the 2006 Turin Olympic Games. ]]> Clive Rose 2009 gettyImages.com http://www.life.com/image/53158340 (Note the cell phone. Classy!)]]> 53158340 Tue, 28 Jun 2005 03:00:00 EDT (Note the cell phone. Classy!)]]> WILLIAM WEST 2009 gettyImages.com http://www.life.com/image/81857222 ]]> 81857222 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:00:00 EDT ]]> JOEL SAGET 2009 gettyImages.com http://www.life.com/image/90363101 ]]> 90363101 Sat, 05 Sep 2009 03:00:00 EDT ]]> Jonathan Ferrey 2009 gettyImages.com http://www.life.com/image/76965306 Poor number 23 has no idea what's coming (and neither do we, frankly) during the 2007 Rugby World Cup in Montpellier, France. ]]> 76965306 Sun, 23 Sep 2007 03:00:00 EDT Poor number 23 has no idea what's coming (and neither do we, frankly) during the 2007 Rugby World Cup in Montpellier, France. ]]> Richard Heathcote 2009 gettyImages.com http://www.life.com/image/88499444 ]]> 88499444 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 03:00:00 EDT ]]> AFP 2009 gettyImages.com http://www.life.com/image/2637462 Beware the sticky wicket! A streaker vaults over the stumps in mid-play at Lord's cricket ground in London. ]]> 2637462 Fri, 01 Aug 1975 03:00:00 EDT Beware the sticky wicket! A streaker vaults over the stumps in mid-play at Lord's cricket ground in London. ]]> Evening Standard 2009 gettyImages.com http://www.life.com/image/55926823 ]]> 55926823 Sat, 15 Oct 2005 03:00:00 EDT ]]> GREG WOOD 2009 gettyImages.com http://www.life.com/image/922581 ]]> 922581 Sun, 07 Jul 2002 03:00:00 EDT ]]> Mike Hewitt 2009 gettyImages.com http://www.life.com/image/922620 WIMBLEDON - July 7: A male streaker runs onto Centre Court as Lleyton Hewitt of Australia plays David Nalbandian of Argentina during the Mens Singles Final at the All England Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis Club, Wimbledon, England, on July 7, 2002. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)]]> 922620 Sun, 07 Jul 2002 03:00:00 EDT WIMBLEDON - July 7: A male streaker runs onto Centre Court as Lleyton Hewitt of Australia plays David Nalbandian of Argentina during the Mens Singles Final at the All England Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis Club, Wimbledon, England, on July 7, 2002. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)]]> Clive Brunskill 2009 gettyImages.com http://www.life.com/image/2637652 MIAMI - OCTOBER 23: An unidentified streaker runs across the outfield following the end of the seventh inning during game five of the Major League Baseball World Series between the New York Yankees and Florida Marlins on October 23, 2003 at . (Photo by Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images)]]> 2637652 Thu, 23 Oct 2003 03:00:00 EDT MIAMI - OCTOBER 23: An unidentified streaker runs across the outfield following the end of the seventh inning during game five of the Major League Baseball World Series between the New York Yankees and Florida Marlins on October 23, 2003 at . (Photo by Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images)]]> Jed Jacobsohn 2009 gettyImages.com http://www.life.com/image/2427054 ]]> 2427054 Sun, 24 Aug 2003 03:00:00 EDT ]]> NICOLAS ASFOURI 2009 gettyImages.com http://www.life.com/image/3287683 A policeman helps protect the modesty of a streaker he has just arrested in Cheltenham, England, 1981.]]> 3287683 Tue, 24 Mar 1981 03:00:00 EST A policeman helps protect the modesty of a streaker he has just arrested in Cheltenham, England, 1981.]]> Keystone 2009 gettyImages.com http://www.life.com/image/80127009 ]]> 80127009 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 03:00:00 EST ]]> GREG WOOD 2009 gettyImages.com http://www.life.com/image/79813253 A brave lad puts his naked self and his hopes for any future children in the path of a rugby player advancing at full speed during a 2008 match in Bristol, England. ]]> 79813253 Sun, 17 Feb 2008 03:00:00 EST A brave lad puts his naked self and his hopes for any future children in the path of a rugby player advancing at full speed during a 2008 match in Bristol, England. ]]> David Rogers 2009 gettyImages.com http://www.life.com/image/82147621 A gymnastic streaker sticks an especially tough move -- the inverted Monty -- at a 2008 cricket match between England and South Africa. ]]> 82147621 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 03:00:00 EDT A gymnastic streaker sticks an especially tough move -- the inverted Monty -- at a 2008 cricket match between England and South Africa. ]]> Richard Heathcote 2009 gettyImages.com http://www.life.com/image/922584 ]]> 922584 Sun, 07 Jul 2002 03:00:00 EDT ]]> Mike Hewitt 2009 gettyImages.com