Name your favorite sports stars as a kid (1 Viewer)

[JuniorNB]

In the three sports I was obsessed with as a third grader....

Football- Larry Czonka

Basketball- Earl "The Pearl" Monroe

Baseball- Reggie Jackson

 

[Worm]

Don Mattingly

 

[bicycle_seat_sniffer]

Football - Dan Fouts honorable mention - Billy Simms

Baseball - Kirk Gibson

Hockey - Steve yzerman

Basketball - Isiah Thomas

 

[honky kong]

Roger Staubach

 

[Capella]

Gary Carter

Dwight Gooden

Reggie Cobb

Mark Carrier (Bucs WR)

 

[Godsbrother]

When I was nine my favorite players were:

Baseball: Roberto Clemente

Football: Roy Jefferson

Boxing: Joe Frazier

 

[perry147]

Football - Howie Long

Baseball - DNW

Hockey - DNW

Basketball - DNW

 

[TheWalkmen]

Michael Jordan

Scottie Pippen

Mark Grace

Frank Thomas

Andre Dawson

 

[ScottNorwood]

Football- Bruce Smith

Basketball- John Starks

Baseball- Don Mattingly

Tennis- Ivan Lendl

 

[Steve in Minneapolis]

Football: Chuck Foreman, Fran Tarkenton

Hockey: Dino Cicarelli

Basketball: Larry Bird

 

[Borat]

Mike Greenwell, Bo Jackson, Cam Neely.

 

[GamerBoy61]

Brian Sipe

George Brett

 

[Nigel Tufnel]

Honus Wagner

 

[roadkill1292]

Brooks Robinson was God.

 

[Borat]

Honus Wagner

 

[Jaysus]

Mike Schmidt

 

[B Maverick]

here goes

MLB Kirk Gibson and Eric Davis

NFL Dan Fouts and Kellen Winslow (and the rest of the Chargers Offense)

NBA Larry Bird

NHL Wayne Gretzky

And the greatest of them all #18 Jurgen Klinsmann, German National Soccer Team Striker (and now coach)!

 

[honky kong]

Honus Wagner

Baseball card nerd?

 

[Mjolnirs]

football - Fran Tarkenton

boxing - Joe Frazier

Other than NFL and pro boxing I didn't follow any other pro sports. Of course we didn't have anything called ESPN back then either.

 

[GSteps]

Baseball - WIllie Horton, Willie Mayes

Football - Gayle Sayers, Bob Hayes, Lem Barney

Basketball - Wilt Chamberlain, Dave Bing

Hockey - Gordie Howe

Detroit native

 

[steviey]

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Also, Sweet Lou Whitaker.

 

[Nigel Tufnel]

Honus Wagner

Baseball card nerd?

Eh, maybe for a little while. More of just a nerd nerd.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Bird, then Jordan

Dorsett

Ozzie Smith

Mike Liut

 

[Osaurus]

Brian Bosworth

 

[Charlie Steiner]

Football: Jim Zorn

Basketball: Julius Erving

Baseball: 1975 Cincinatti Reds

 

[Genedoc]

baseball - Dale Murphy & Phil Niekro

hoops - Magic and Larry

NFL - Sweetness, Marino

 

[Christall]

Lisa Leslie

 

[IC Alkies]

Lynn Swann

Ralph Sampson

 

[mojotech]

Pete Rose and Terry Bradshaw

 

[Funkley]

Beisbol: Rod Carew, Reggie Jackson, Roy Smalley

Football: Roger Staubach, Tony Dorsett, Walter Payton, Chuck Foreman, Carl Eller

Basketball: Julius Erving, George Gervin, Moses Malone

Hockey: Bobby Smif

 

[ClickClack]

Gary Fencik and Walter Payton

I didn't have any other favorites but I can still remember the starting infield for the Dodgers when I was a kid...

Garvey, Lopes, Cey, Russel, Yeager

 

[Harrison Stevens]

RICKEY

MOTHER####ING

HENDERSON

 

[the rover]

Football: John Jefferson

Baseball: Derrel Thomas

Basketball: Lloyd Free

 

[Mentalwizard]

Joe Montana

Jerry Rice

Brent Jones

Roger Craig

John Taylor

Tom Rathman

Jose Canseco

Mark McGwire

 

[HERBERT THE HIPPO]

Ben Hur......

 

[Mentalwizard]

RICKEY

MOTHER####ING

HENDERSON

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Brooks Robinson was God.

I loved Brooks, but Paul Blair was my favorite Oriole of them all.

 

[Jethro Q. Walrustitty]

Isiah Thomas (probably the first athlete that made me go, "wow, that guy's swell")

Steve Alford

Mike Schmidt

Mike Bossy

Jack Morris

 

[dallas428]

football-tony dorsett

baseball-fred lynn

boxing-marvin hagler

 

[Osaurus]

Ben Hur......

 

[Harrison Stevens]

Isiah Thomas (probably the first athlete that made me go, "wow, that guy's swell")

Steve Alford

Mike Schmidt

Mike Bossy

Jack Morris

You grew up in New Yorktroitelphia too?

 

[cheeseypoof]

Baseball: Carlton Fisk, Willie Stargell

Basketball: Artis Gilmore, Pistol Pete Maravich

Football: A.J. Duhe, Earl Campbell

Hockey: Darryl Sittler, Andre 'Moose' Dupont

 

[Jethro Q. Walrustitty]

Isiah Thomas (probably the first athlete that made me go, "wow, that guy's swell")

Steve Alford

Mike Schmidt

Mike Bossy

Jack Morris

You grew up in New Yorktroitelphia too?

Yep, cept we called it Indiana.

 

[dickey moe]

Football -- Danny White

Basketball -- Dr. J

Baseball -- Steve Garvey

Decathlon -- Bruce Jenner

 

[posty]

Dale Murphy

Wayne Gretzky

Magic Johnson

Mike Smrek

Mark Roth

 

[jetpack]

Football: Franco Harris, Earl Campbell, Jack Deloplaine (favorite scrub)

Baseball: Willie Stargell, Omar Moreno, Ed Ott

Basketball: Reverend Grady Jackson, Pittsburgh Pisces

 

[bostonfred]

RICKEY

MOTHER####ING

HENDERSON

When asked, this was also Rickey Henderson's response.

 

[roadkill1292]

Brooks Robinson was God.

I loved Brooks, but Paul Blair was my favorite Oriole of them all.

Couldn't go wrong there, either. He was great fun to watch, too.

 

[Harrison Stevens]

RICKEY

MOTHER####ING

HENDERSON

When asked, this was also Rickey Henderson's response.

"Hey, I used to play with a guy that wore a helmet in the field."

 

[ahmngrn30]

John Jaha