Your sports hero

[patsopinion]

so im watching field of dreams and the dads hero was shoeless jackson
and i love that movie

whoz your sports hero

as being a bay representitvie any and all of my heros have been destroyed
even jerry rice with his past few years of bouncing around the league to shitty teams was trampled

im going with mr bryant young
only 1 team his entire career
came back from career ending inury
made pro bowl after
stayed with the team (and the fans) through worst of times
stand up all pro guy


whoz ur sports hero?

[PapaBear]

Mine would have to be John Riggins or Greg Lemond.

[hedges]

The whole 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team. Mike Gartner/Dennis Maruk and Thurman Munson. And the original Hogs.

[joethebartender]

The '86 Giants. Especially Jim Burt and Leonard Marshall.

http://www.playitusa.com/nflhistory/images/358.jpg

Almost forgot this one: Terry Labonte, always a class act on the track.

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG00/3on1/tobaccoads/cigs/nascar2.jpg

[The_Showstopper]

for me theres only really one person that id consider my sports hero and thats this man
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Brett Favre.
Just to see someone with all hes acomplished still goin out there and having fun and still being very productive is amazing in its self but what really impress me is the fact that he puts him self out there for everyone weather it be good or bad in his life he doesnt put on a faceade its really refreshing

[sailor]

as a kid in the late 70s and early 80s i had two, who were as different from one another as you can imagine. the hick from french lick and the straw that stirs the drink:

http://images.art.com/images/-/Larry-Bird---Legend-in-Action--C10033486.jpeg

http://www.hormiga.org/fondosescritorio/wallpapers/Deporte/Baseball/Sluggers-050-Reggie-Jackson.jpg

[RAAMONE]

jerome bettis

[A.J.]

The reason I became a Red Sox fan even though I was raised as a Yankee fan. Copied his batting stance, used his glove, and wore #14.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v296/digital_derek/SawxBlog/ricejim78.jpg

[Bossanova]

Bobby Orr, the greates hockey player ever.

Ken Daneyko, the grittiest bastard alive

[Gvac]

Growing up a Big Red Machine fan in the 70's my heroes were Johnny Bench and Pete Rose.

In hockey, even though I was a Wings fan the guy I loved to watch play and patterned my style after was Bobby Nystrom of the New York Islanders. No wonder I was a second line winger my entire career.

[Fallon]

Ray Bourque.

My prized possession is a #7 Ray Bourque game used stick from 1988. The year he changed his number to 77.

[Tall_James]

Back in the day, it was Denis Potvin and Mike Bossy, Cleon Jones and Joe Namath. But nowadays...

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c51/anubis679/patriots/2005SISportsmanOfTheYearTomBrady.jpg

The Super Bowl Winning, Touchdown Slinging, Supermodel Swinging, All-American Boy!!!

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c174/cheeseeatingbird/brady.gif

[sailor]

if broadway joe was your hero, you're probably too old to have current heros.

[King Hippos Bandaid]

My sports heroes were Bill Buckner and Scott Norwood, without them, my childhood would sucked

[bigtim666]

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q104/BigGuy82/patr.jpg

[Tall_James]

if broadway joe was your hero, you're probably too old to have current heros.

I disagree. My 4 year old son idolizes Tom Brady. And for the joy he brings to my son, he is my hero as well.

Plus he's boning Gisele Bundchen for God's sake. How could he not be a hero?

[Snoogans]

Barry Bonds

[cougarjake13]

http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/TDPO/92124~Eli-Manning-Posters.jpg



http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/153/1000859~Eli-Manning-New-York-Giants-One-Giant-Step-Posters.jpg

[booster11373]

Rumble young man rumble

http://www.maniacworld.com/muhammad-ali-2.jpg


and Mr. October

http://www.newsday.com/media/photo/2007-07/31008612.jpg

[MHasegawa]

There's no "I" in team, Leon. Yeah they aint no "we" in it either!

http://graphics.boston.com/images/bostondirtdogs//2004/LM_bud.jpg



In all seriousness, Id have to choose Mark Messier.

http://pub.tv2.no/multimedia/na/archive/00207/Mark_Messier_207622c.jpg

[Fezticle98]

When I was a kid, Art Monk. Not a classier guy out there.

[PapaBear]

Rumble young man rumble

http://www.maniacworld.com/muhammad-ali-2.jpg





Damn. How did I forget him?

[Fezticle98]

Oh, and obviously before my time...Ted Williams. He was the fuckin man.

[bigredd]

Lou Gherig.

[Marc with a c]

as soon as i really started getting into baseball i fell in love with mr. rey ordonez and fashioned my play around him.

oops.

[ralphbxny]

For me as a young kid it was Reggie Jackson, Then it was Mark Messier. As I have gotten older I am it is Lou Gehrig...which might be why I donate alot of time to the ALS association.

[TheGameHHH]

Derek Jeter, Tom Brady, and Martin Brodeur

[Ritalin]

http://artfiles.art.com/images/-/Walter-Payton---Airbound-Photograph-C11666243.jpeg

[jauble]

twenty three - Ryne Sandberg

http://www.derekmiller.us/sandberg.gif

[underdog]

John Amaechi

[epo]

#19 on my scorecard, #1 in my heart:

http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/PHO/AAEK032~Robin-Yount-Looking-up-Posters.jpg

[Jujubees2]

http://static.baseballtoaster.com/blogs/cardboardgods/images/2007/Bill_Lee_77.jpg

While maybe Hero is too strong a word, I loved Bill Lee when I was a kid. I was devastated when the Red Sox traded him to Montreal for Stan Papi (Who the hell is Stan Papi?). Warren Zevon even wrote a song for him.


Lee was one of the game’s few counterculture symbols: he talked to animals, championed environmental causes, practiced yoga, ate health foods, sprinkled marijuana on his buckwheat pancakes (an indiscretion for which he was fined $250 by Commissioner Bowie Kuhn), pondered Einstein and Vonnegut, quoted from Mao, and studied Eastern philosophers and mystics. It was in this context that former Red Sox teammate John Kennedy first dubbed him "Spaceman," a nickname writers thereafter used as shorthand to describe his free spirit. At first irritated by the appellation (preferring to be known as "Earth Man"), Lee would eventually approve of the "Spaceman" moniker. "I realized that it’s the ultimate compliment," he remarked. "Everybody thinks they’re earthlings but in actuality we’re only here for a brief moment, and the cinder that we’re on is moving as Spaceship Earth, so we’re all space travelers."

From http://www.baseballreliquary.org/lee.htm

[drjoek]

http://www.opengroup.com/sports/images/(SC)Joe_Namath_Photo.jpg
Joe Willie Namath who by the way just got his degree from the University of Alabama just like he promised his daughter he would.
and the Captain
Thurman Munson
http://sportsposterwarehouse.com/warehouse/munsonsepia03pf-1.jpg

[Earlshog]

Mark Chumura

[Soupy_Dreck]

John Amaechi

all i can say is ....


wow...

never in a million years saw that one coming...

:clap:

[JesterOfSadness]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v432/Jesterofsadness/300px-Patrick_Roy_1999.jpg
Patrick Roy

[IMSlacker]

http://cache.eb.com/eb/image?id=95591&rendTypeId=4

[Snoogans]

as much as it pains Knicks fans, it really was Michael Jordan. In fact, I don't know too many people my age who like basketball who wouldn't say Jordan.

[BoondockSaint]

It was Gooden when I was a kid.

http://img.timeinc.net/time/magazine/archive/covers/1986/1101860407_400.jpg

But after he got busted for coke I never really had a sports hero.

[Snoogans]

http://www.garbage-time.com/files/page0_blog_entry40_40.jpg

[mdr55]

http://www.arthurshall.com/images/custom_images/wrestling_savage.jpg

[hedges]

I gotta add to my list Goose Gossage, Craig Nettles, Elvin Hayes, and Wes Unseld.

[BMoses]

http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:rAXZ1YXEsqBDtM:http://images.art.com/images/products/regular/10086000/10086210.jpg

[Fallon]

http://www.garbage-time.com/files/page0_blog_entry40_40.jpg

http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/8927/dawsoncryingba2.jpg

[Tenbatsuzen]

Messier has already been mention, as has Namath.

So I'll go with someone else:

Football is all about heart. Putting your body on the line. Making it count. This guy pushed, and pushed, and pushed, and he made it. An inspiration.

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e152/latinmagic151/WayneChrebet.jpg

His last play is what he did his entire career. Made a shoestring catch on third and long.

And of course:

http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/9418/jetephu008008derekjeterdg6.jpg

and...

http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/5454/79014a5f10rx6.jpg

and

http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/522/graves14cd204lz7.jpg

[Chip196]

For me it was Chico!

http://www.through-the-eyes.com/chico/images/resch_action_nj.jpg

[Dougie Brootal]

http://csswrestling.free.fr/Champions/History/Photo_euro/OwenHart.jpg

[Snoogans]

For me it was Chico!

http://www.through-the-eyes.com/chico/images/resch_action_nj.jpg

you're kidding, right?

[Chip196]

you're kidding, right?

Absolutely not ... we had season tickets when I was a kid .... I was a Goalie and played on a terrible team so I guess I identified with him somehow. I also thought "he must be the nicest guy in all of sports" because he would throw the practice pucks in to the crowd after every pre-game warm up. When I was 8 that was the greatest thing ever.

My first baseball hero was Steve Sax and Football was Bernie Kozar .... so I guess I chose less than iconic players for some reason.

[Snoogans]

Absolutely not ... we had season tickets when I was a kid .... I was a Goalie and played on a terrible team so I guess I identified with him somehow. I also thought "he must be the nicest guy in all of sports" because he would throw the practice pucks in to the crowd after every pre-game warm up. When I was 8 that was the greatest thing ever.

My first baseball hero was Steve Sax and Football was Bernie Kozar .... so I guess I chose less than iconic players for some reason.

ah, that makes more sense now. Cause I KNOW it couldn't have been for his ability, either on the ice or his awful commentary

[Chip196]

ah, that makes more sense now. Cause I KNOW it couldn't have been for his ability, either on the ice or his awful commentary

oh come on :smile: ... he was above average in net, even if only slightly ... I think he even won a Jennings trophy once. I cannot however, defend his post-playing career.

[BeerBandit]

ah, that makes more sense now. Cause I KNOW it couldn't have been for his ability, either on the ice or his awful commentary

I didn't even know he did commentary. I usually catch a glimpse of that rug of his during pregame and my entire nervous system shuts down from shock.

[hexy68]

Ron Hextall...the ultimate Flyer...Great goalie, transformed the position and took no shit from anyone!

[mendyweiss]

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l29/Bostnfn/KranepoolEd2.jpg
Mediocrity is very underrated

[BeerBandit]

I never really had a "sports hero." As Jeff Pearlman wrote, the Mets of the 80's were the "Bad Guys" so there wasn't much to look up too. But if I had to pick somebody I guess...
http://users.aol.com/spotty3/private/mookie1.jpg
Mookie Wilson.
He gave me my childhood nickname (not my board name however. I do somewhat regret not using my actual nickname as my nickname) which has lasted to today, and since I was the smallest kid in Little League I always wore #1. So I wanted to play like Mookie. Scrappy, speedy, and with no power what so ever.