 And now Wally Pipp is a verb used in sports for when someone gets hurt and another player plays in their place but is just so good the hurt player never gets his spot back. We call that, you just got Wally Pipped. Kurt Warner Wally Pipped Trent Green. Trent Green got hurt. Kurt Warner started that year and went on to a Hall of Fame career. Lou Gehrig Wally Pipped Wally Pipped.