Who Were Your Childhood Sports Heroes?

[The Blowhard]

I had a few:
Joe Namath: He defined "cool", and if not for his bad knees, he would have conquered the NFL and it's records. One of the best.
Willis Reed: "The Captain", the heart and soul of the Knicks. Smooth shot, could bang with the best of them(Chamberlain, Russell, Lanier, Unseld), would have eaten Patrick Ewing for lunch.
Finally, Mickey Mantle: Caught him at the end of his career(1965), but man, the bat would fly off his bat and what charisma! "The Mick" is my all time hero.

"It takes good taste to truly appreciate bad taste"-John Waters

[Captain Rooster]

Pat Lafontaine
Mike Bossy
Billy Smith
Jordan
The Heckler
Larry Bird


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[Zipgun]

Terry Bradshaw
Muhammad Ali
Pele
Reggie Jackson
Dr. J


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[The Blowhard]

You kids think Jordan could dunk? You should have seen "Dr. J", Julius Erving!
Go New York Nets!

"It takes good taste to truly appreciate bad taste"-John Waters

[irishkb]

let's see...
Ken O'Brian
Mookie Wilson
Gary Carter
Donny Baseball
there are others but can't think of them now....

Give me a cartoon and i am happy....

[dicAMan]

frank thomas
bo jackson
Billy Joe Robuduex
bobby orr(my mom dated his brother in high school)

[IkeaBoy]

I don't think I really had. never much of a sports fan.

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[The Blowhard]

I left off Eddie Giacomin, Clyde Frazier, Dick Butkus, Bobby Murcer, Ben Davidson, Steve Cauthen, Gerry Philbin,
Joe Klecko, Johnny Unitas and Pete Maravich, the greatest shooter EVER in the NBA!

"It takes good taste to truly appreciate bad taste"-John Waters

[MANdrew]

don mattingly
nolan ryan
phil simms
mark bavaro


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[Excomunicated Reeshy]

The Mick

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[Havenostaples]

Don Mattingly
Micheal Jordan
Al Toon
Joe Morris
Wayne Gretsky

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"She must have stolen the stars and set them in her eyes, she blinds me with a smile and everything is alright" (Bigwig)

[Angelo from da Bronx]

Michael Jordan
Muggsy Bogues
Kirk Gibson
and LT :(

edit - throw in Eric Davis (the baseball one), and Steve Sax.



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[Bron Yur Stomp]

Greg Nettles, Mr October, the whole lot of 78 yankees. BUt Thurman Munson was my favorite.

It's either I am tettering on the brink of eternal damnation or I am having alot of fun.
It you call depending on your god, gods, or lack there of a god.

[THERAVEN]

My list includes:
Tom Seaver and the Mets.
Lynn Swann and the Steelers.
And even though I will be the only person to know him
Bruce Boisclair-Mets
I don't know why, maybe because I had his autograph.
After all I was a kid.

[DarkHippie]

dave winfield, reggie jackson, don mattingly
freeman mcneil, marc gastenou(sp), rod strickland

I swear, it's not contagious!

[Havenostaples]

stephen (the touchdown maker) baker

Mark Bavarro

The Fridge

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"She must have stolen the stars and set them in her eyes, she blinds me with a smile and everything is alright" (Bigwig)

[Jennitalia]

Don Mattingly

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[Bron Yur Stomp]

marc gastenou(sp)????
Nothing personal, he was a great player, gotta love the ny sack exchange. But what a piece of shit of a man, Wife beating , trailor park trash.

It's either I am tettering on the brink of eternal damnation or I am having alot of fun.
It you call depending on your god, gods, or lack there of a god.

[FiveB247]

Donnie Baseball
Mark McGwire
Dominique Wilkins
Eric Dickerson
Steve Largent
Ray Bourque


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[Tall_James]

Denis Potvin, Ivan Putski, Harlem Globetrotters, Heckler, The Guy Falling Down The Ski Jump Ramp at the beginning of the Wide World Of Sports (aka The Agony of Defeat Guy), Evil Kneivel and this guy.... <img src=http://www.strengthtech.com/photos/weightp/alex/alex.jpg>

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The weather up here is fine. Thank you for asking.

[The Blowhard]

And even though I will be the only person to know him
Bruce Boisclair-Mets


I remember him, along with:
George Theodore
Bill Sudakis
Don Hahn
Dave Schneck
and the rest of the awful Mets of that time. And I'm a Yankee fan! LOL

"It takes good taste to truly appreciate bad taste"-John Waters

[HordeKing1]

Sports "hero?"

Being able to catch a ball does not make one a hero.

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[Havenostaples]

To a kid, your favorite athelete catching a ball or winning a game is a hero, and I think thats a good thing in most respects.

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"She must have stolen the stars and set them in her eyes, she blinds me with a smile and everything is alright" (Bigwig)

[Ralphy Ramone]

I shook Mickey Mantle's hand (in the original Yankee Stadium).Holy Cow!


"can't walk and chew out a rhythmn at the same time"

[CYYYFYYY]

Jim McMahon
Tommy John
Rickey Henderson
Kevin Mchale..........


David the Franchize
Everyone Loves CYYYFYYY

[FUNKMAN]

Was a Viking fan at one time,
do you remember Chuck Foreman, #44. He had some great spin moves...

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[GvacNoMore]

I was (and still am) a HUGE Cincinnati Reds fan, and the days of "The Big Red Machine" always bring a smile to my lips. My room was full of posters of Pete Rose, Johnny Bench, Joe Morgan, Tony Perez, George Foster, Ken Griffey (Sr.), Dave Concepcion, and my favorite...Cesar Geronimo.

What a team!

Me like Fat Guy
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Thanks, Rooster!

[NewYorkDragons80]

Charles Barkley
Jim Abbott
Pierre Turgeon (Even though I hat him now


"THOSE BASTARDS"
-Norman Schwarzkopf

"May God bless us in this trial, comfort us, strengthen our resolve, and make our justice as terrible and certain as His."
-Senator John McCain

"Neitzche is dead"
-God

[jafter]

Old school Knicks of the 70's
Frazier, Reed, Debuscher (sp), Bradley.

Mets same time Seaver, Mays, Staub, and Harrison.

Big Red machine awesome time.

Joe Frazier

Islanders drive for five. Bossy, Gilles, Nystrom, Potvin,and Billy Smith.

and of course Dr. J.


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[Snackboy]

Lawrence Taylor


Time to make the donuts!

[The Blowhard]

Sports "hero?"

Being able to catch a ball does not make one a hero.




Gosh Horde King, no heroes, no faith, just science? What a miserable childhood, except for the chemistry set! ;)

"It takes good taste to truly appreciate bad taste"-John Waters

[WhackBagKid]

Lenny Dykstra- Baseball
Pete Peters- Hockey
Al Toon- Football
Shawn Kemp- Basketball

[THERAVEN]

I remember him, along with:
George Theodore
Bill Sudakis
Don Hahn
Dave Schneck
and the rest of the awful Mets of that time. And I'm a Yankee fan! LOL


Are we nostalgic or just old??
Being a Yankee fan, you must remember Oscar Gamble...LOL

[TooCute]

John Vanbiesbrouck


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[Jackie Sloan]

Red Grange, Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Knute Rockne...oh wait...that was before the reincarnation...hey heck, can you save some for me?

I oughtta know betta but it just ain't my fault...love ta hear my baby when she baaaby talk

[The Blowhard]

HARTHORNE WINGO!

"It takes good taste to truly appreciate bad taste"-John Waters

[Leadbottom]

Joe Montana

[spoon]

Patrick Roy
Dan Fouts
Ray Bourque
Gyll Byrd (spelling ?)
Ronnie Lott
Wes Chandler & Charlie Joiner
Damaso Garcia
Dave Steib
Paul Molitor


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Nothing...i have nothing!

[spoon]

How can I forget the whole reason I got into hockey.....The Whole Dam 1980 US Olympic Hockey Team when I was just a wee tot of 5!

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Nothing...i have nothing!

[The Blowhard]

I liked Pele, I saw him play with The Cosmos.

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"Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else."

[Mettelhead]

When I was a little kid there wa nobody bigger than REGGIE JACKSON. He*was* New York. He had his own cady bar for christ sakes! When I was 8 years old he came to my baseball camp. I almost shit myself when I met him.

Later on it was Don Mattingly. He was the entire package. He played hard everyday and was a leader for his team. He's also the last Yankee Captain that they had, 7 years later.

[sexy bastard]

nolan ryan
joe montana
pete rose


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the epitome of masculinity (yeah right)

[Garrett Garrison]

I loved Richard Petty!

[The Blowhard]

Angel Cordero Jr.
Nothing like a teen making bets!

A DINGO ATE MY SIG PIC!

[A.J.]

For baseball, Jim Rice of the Boston Red Sox.

He's the reason I became a Sox fan. When I was in Little League I had a Jim Rice glove and wore number 14. I played outfield so I tried to be a great hitter and fielder like him.

For basketball, Kevin McHale. Bird was the star but McHale was gawky yet still did the job down low.

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[nellie]

david cone
john franco

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"my guardian is the planet of silence, soldier of death and rebirth, sailor saturn."

official member of "the coven"

[Michael Fury]

Larry Robinson of the Habs
Clark Gillies of the Isles
Dr J. & Mo Cheeks
Joe Morgan of the Big Red Machine days.





"I'm really concerned, doctor. You don't think it could be...(lowers voice)...drugs, do you?"

[Now Im Starvin]

The Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders.

"I never give'm hell. I just tell the truth and they think it's hell."

[stump12]

ray bourque
rick middleton
pete peters
all the celtics in there glory years
wade boggs
roger clemens
irving fryer


gone postal!
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Thanks Fallon.

[The Blowhard]

Topped. Play ball!

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[Crippler]

My first sports memory was of Graig Nettles' impersonation of Brooks Robinson in the World Series...I wore #9 on every baseball jersey I ever owned until a certain first baseman made me switch to #23.

At the same time as Mattingly, I was a huge fan of Kirby Puckett. I was short, fat, & had a really good tan, so for a few years "Kirby" was even my nickname.

For football, I was a Bears fan, & how could you not love Sweetness?! But I was also a Giants fan, and white, & was never going to be a runningback, so I latched onto Mark Bavaro. My career as a Tight End only lasted a year, but midget football didn't care what # you wore, so I wore #89 at Left Guard for the next three years.

Until last week's Sports Illustrated came out, I felt really good about the fine, upstanding citizens that I had chosen to idolize in my sporting youth (damn you, Kirby!).

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[RF Godfather]

Darryl Strawberry and Doc Gooden

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[Wormwood]

John Vanbiesbrouck
Wayne Gretzky


Conscience is the inner voice which warns us that someone may be looking.
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[high fly]

Sonny Jurgensen
Bart Starr
Joe Namath
Dick Butkus
Pat Fischer
Jerry West
Walt Frazier
Pete Maravich
Muhammed Ali
Bob Gibson
Willie Mays


" and they ask me why I drink"

[KCfromDC]

Gary Carter, and the whole '86 Mets team.


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[walking joint]

Mike Bossy was my favorite athlete when i was young. the glory days of the Islanders.

[stickyfingers]

dominique wilkins
nolan ryan-partly b/c i have his rookie card in mint condition beckett rated 9
walter payton
walter ray williams (the best in two sports)





"lemme tell ya sumpin" -CW

[SuperClerk]

-Don Mattingly
-Gary Carter
-Keith Hernandez

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[pennington]

As a child, Mickey Mantle. And having read his autobiography, I'm a fan of his as an adult too. Man, that guy could drink, and can you imagine what he left out of the autobiography because it was too embarrising?

[Dewey]

Smokin' Joe Frazier.

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