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

[Cyclones]

Hockey - Doug Gilmour

Football - John Elway

Baseball - Kelly Gruber

Basketball - Magic Johnson

 

[Jayrod]

Ryne Sandberg

Darryl Strawberry

Michael Jordan

 

[Jaysus]

Mike Schmidt

 

[Guest]

Julius Erving

George Brett

Earl Campbell

 

[The Commish]

Barry Sanders

Ken Griffey Jr

Barry Larkin

 

[pats3in4]

Fred Lynn

Larry Bird

Steve Grogan

Cam Neely

 

[rockaction]

Hockey - Mike Bossy

Baseball - Fred Lynn

Soccer - Giorgio Chinaglia

Football - Mean Joe Greene

Basketball - Larry Bird

 

[rockaction]

Fred Lynn

Larry Bird

Steve Grogan

Cam Neely

 

[JohnnyU]

Football

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Until 1971 - Johnny Unitas, Mike Curtis, Ted Hendricks, Bubba Smith, Roy Jefferson, John Mackey, Rick Volk, Jerry Logan

Teenage years - Bert Jones, Lydell Mitchell, Roger Carr, Glenn Doughty, John Dutton, Fred Cook, Rosevelt Leaks, Ron Lee

Basketball

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NBA - 60s & 70s -Bill Russell, John Havlicek, Dave Cowens, Jo Jo White, Dan Issel (ABA and Nuggets)

80s - Larry Bird and Kevin McHale, Cedric "Cornbread" Maxwell (in my 20s)

College late 60s - Dan Issel

College in my teens - Jimmy Dan Conner, Kevin Grevey, Jack Givens, Rick Robey, Mike Phillips, Kyle Macy, Jay Shidler

Baseball

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late 60s and early 70s - Hank Aaron, Phil Niekro, Felipe Alou, Ron Reed, Dusty Baker, Bob Gibson, Lou Brock

70s and 80s - Dale Murphy, George Brett

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Man I have to mention Earl Campbell, he's really a big reason I became such a huge sports

They got robbed in the 1979 AFC Championship Game, terrible.

 

[renesauz]

Mike Schmidt

Loved Schmidt. Was at Veterans stadium the day they celebrated his 500th home run. He added two more that day.

 

[NREC34]

Man I have to mention Earl Campbell, he's really a big reason I became such a huge sports

They got robbed in the 1979 AFC Championship Game, terrible.

Nolan Ryan

Earl Campbell

#34s

 

[Raider Nation]

Man I have to mention Earl Campbell, he's really a big reason I became such a huge sports

They got robbed in the 1979 AFC Championship Game, terrible.

Nolan Ryan

Earl Campbell

#34s

Seems like Olajuwon is missing from that pattern.

 

[Jules Winnfield]

Ben Oglivie, Mike Bossy, Chuck Foreman

 

[Fariq]

Darryl Strawberry, Wesley Walker, Joe Klecko, Johnny Hector, Dwight Gooden

 

[FUBAR]

Grew up in the suburbs of Detroit.

Steve Yzerman, Sergei Fedorov, the Bruise Brothers (Probert and Kocur)

Barry Sanders

Alan Trammel and Lou Whitaker

Joe Dumars, Isiah Thomas, Spider, Bill Laimbeer, Dennis Rodman (before he left)

Outside of Mo-Town:

Nolan Ryan, Craig Biggio

Paul Coffey

Dara Torres

 

[jon_mx]

Early: Earl Cambell, Lynn Swan, Rickey Green, Johnny Bench

 

[jon_mx]

later: Billy Sims, Isiah Thomas, George Brett

 

[East Coast Bias]

Jose Canseco

Dominique Wilkins

 

[Rubi]

Baseball- Art Shamsky

Football- Jim Katkavage

 

[otello]

The Snake.

 

[steelerfan1]

Jack Lambert

Butch Hobson

Stan Jonathan

 

[Annyong]

Michael Jordan

Emmitt Smith and Neal Anderson

Ken Griffey Jr and Cal Ripken

Jeremy Roenick and Chris Chelios

Pamela Anderson and any Tool Time girl

Carmen Electra

Blossom

 

[djmich]

Mario Lemieux

Wally Joyner

Boomer Esiason

 

[Zegras11]

Kid

Jerry West

Nolan Ryan

Rogie Vachon

Adult

Teemu Selanne, JS Giguere, Getzlaf, Perry

David Eckstein

 

[brun]

When I was real young: Mickey Mantle

As a teen: Bobby Orr & Dan Gable

 

[jhib]

LT

Magic

 

[CurlyNight]

Wilt the stilt Chamberlain

Dr. J

Walt Frazier

Kareem Abdul Jabbar

 

[FootballDummy]

Earl Campbell and Barry Sanders were the two most fun football players to watch that I ever saw. Earl in a run for a touchdown with 3 guys hanging onto for the last 30 yards way. Sanders in a watch him run circles around entire defenses kind of way.

 

[matuski]

Barry Sanders

Eric Davis

Tony Delk

Sean Kemp

 

[Green and Gold]

Steve Grogan

Larry Bird

Ray Borque

Wade Boggs

 

[Binky The Doormat]

Baseball: Pete Rose/Dave Conception

Basketball: Pete Maravich/Connie Hawkins

Football: Bart Starr/Fran Tarkenton/Pat Fisher

Golf: Jack Nicklaus/Johnny Miller/Tom Weiskopf

 

[BustedKnuckles]

Larry Bird and Marvelous Marvin Hagler

 

[Franknbeans]

Pittsburgh Steelers - Lynn Swann

Cincinnati Reds - Joe Morgan

Washington Bullets - Elvin Hayes

Boston Bruins - Rick Middleton

 

[tom22406]

Hockey:Scott Stevens

Football:Randy White

Baseball:George Brett

Basketball:George Gervin or Pistol Pete Maravich

 

[NREC34]

Man I have to mention Earl Campbell, he's really a big reason I became such a huge sports

They got robbed in the 1979 AFC Championship Game, terrible.

Nolan RyanEarl Campbell

#34s

Seems like Olajuwon is missing from that pattern.

Liked the sixers in basketball. I'd pick Dr J off their team from back then.

 

[Raider Nation]

Man I have to mention Earl Campbell, he's really a big reason I became such a huge sports

They got robbed in the 1979 AFC Championship Game, terrible.

Nolan RyanEarl Campbell

#34s

Seems like Olajuwon is missing from that pattern.

Liked the sixers in basketball. I'd pick Dr J off their team from back then.

Barkley was #34.

 

[Christo]

Larry Bird and Marvelous Marvin Hagler

I got to see him whip the #### our of Alan Minter in 1980 to win the WBC and WBA titles. There was almost a riot after it was over..

 

[Raider Nation]

Larry Bird and Marvelous Marvin Hagler

I got to see him whip the #### our of Alan Minter in 1980 to win the WBC and WBA titles. There was almost a riot after it was over..

I had no idea Larry Bird was a good fighter.

 

[gump]

Don Mattingly

Nice...went back to see how quickly he was mentioned...2nd post.

Donnie ####### Baseball

 

[The General]

Football: Everson Walls, Danny White, Tony Dorsett

Basketball: Pretty much any Indiana Hoosier, Larry Bird

Baseball: Dave Parker, George Foster, Dave Concepcion, Mario Soto

 

[BustedKnuckles]

Larry Bird and Marvelous Marvin Hagler

I got to see him whip the #### our of Alan Minter in 1980 to win the WBC and WBA titles. There was almost a riot after it was over..

I had no idea Larry Bird was a good fighter.

He had his moments

 

[The General]

Read back through after posting. Can't believe Dave Concepcion got other mentions. Big Red Machine!

 

[Binky The Doormat]

Read back through after posting. Can't believe Dave Concepcion got other mentions. Big Red Machine!

I played shortstop and loved the guy - there were some excellent shortstops with both glove and bat around his times and he was way underrated (plus I grew up with the Reds).

Ozzie Smith

Gary Templeton

Alan Trammel

Luis Aparicio

Robin Yount

Larry Bowa

Bert Campaneris

Jim Fregosi

 

[Mister CIA]

Baseball - Jim Rice, Nolan Ryan, and Dave Kingman.

Football - Tony Dorsett

Basketball - Bobby Jones ... The highlights are ridiculous

Boxing - Earnie Shavers ... Looking back, I'm kind of surprised he never killed anybody in the ring.

 

[Raider Nation]

I was in awe of Kingman. That 23-22 game in Wrigley sold me.

(#3 on the day at the 19:30 mark)

 

[General Tso]

Terry Bradshaw

Jack Lambert

Jim Rice

Butch Hobson

Muhammad Ali

Corny Thompson

 

[General Tso]

Read back through after posting. Can't believe Dave Concepcion got other mentions. Big Red Machine!

I was a Red Sox fan but I always had a secret love for the Big Red Machine. Loved the players and the uniforms. Great great dynasty.

 

[jon_mx]

I was in awe of Kingman. That

Kingman was always a beast at Wrigley. That is why they acquired him.

 

[Mister CIA]

Mark Roth