Who was your favorite athlete growing up as a kid?

bluegrace

Well if there was one it had to be Ingemar Stenmark

dankind

Baseball = Dwight Evans

Nami

Stevie Y without a doubt....

BLACK35

Wendell Clark, he could fight, hit, and score

PRL1JAM

I was a Mike Tyson fan as well. I still vividly remember the night he got knocked out for the first time. It was my freshman year in high school and I went to a school dance that night. I set my VCR to record the fight, and I just expected it to be another tune-up for Mike. I came home that night and watched the fight. I was in complete shock watching Tyson get dropped for the very first time. I remember calling my grandparents of all people to tell them what happened. As a kid, I would watch a lot of Tyson's fights at my grandparent's house because they had HBO. I knew the night that he lost that they no longer had HBO. Because they were so familiar with Tyson, they were the first people I called to tell them about him getting KO'd. Tyson's first loss, Gibson's homerun with the Dodgers, and Magic's announcement are some of the bigger sports memories I have as a kid.

Red Mosquito75

Pele
Walter Payton
Ryne Sandberg
Magic Johnson

righteousbabe

Mario Lemieux

London Bridge

Bobby Orr
Jimmy Connors

Vitalogensia

righteousbabe wrote:

Mario Lemieux

:thumbup:

Indifference71

Michael Jordan, Ozzie Guillen, Frank Thomas, Jeremy Roenick

JonnyPistachio

I became a fan of Bill Buckner after 1986. I felt so bad for that guy.

SPEEDY MCCREADY

JonnyPistachio wrote:

I became a fan of Bill Buckner after 1986. I felt so bad for that guy.

Its a shame that Billy Buck will only be remembered for that error.
He was a hell of a ball player.
2700 career hits, won a batting title, played on bum legs.
Had he played on good legs, he just might have gotten to 3000 hits, and been a Hall Of Famer.
But he will always be remembered for that error.

MayDay10

Cory Snyder
Mike Foligno
Don Beebe
Alex English
Pat LaFontaine

guacamolejoe

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

JonnyPistachio wrote:

I became a fan of Bill Buckner after 1986. I felt so bad for that guy.

Its a shame that Billy Buck will only be remembered for that error.
He was a hell of a ball player.
2700 career hits, won a batting title, played on bum legs.
Had he played on good legs, he just might have gotten to 3000 hits, and been a Hall Of Famer.
But he will always be remembered for that error.

Shea Stadium felt like an earthquake was hitting it. I was right above the lower level which was suspended . Shit was bouncing a foot in the air during that last inning. Craziest moment at a stadium for me :crazy: .

My favorite athlete was Roger Staubach 8-)

SPEEDY MCCREADY

guacamolejoe wrote:

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

JonnyPistachio wrote:

I became a fan of Bill Buckner after 1986. I felt so bad for that guy.

Its a shame that Billy Buck will only be remembered for that error.
He was a hell of a ball player.
2700 career hits, won a batting title, played on bum legs.
Had he played on good legs, he just might have gotten to 3000 hits, and been a Hall Of Famer.
But he will always be remembered for that error.

Shea Stadium felt like an earthquake was hitting it. I was right above the lower level which was suspended . Shit was bouncing a foot in the air during that last inning. Craziest moment at a stadium for me :crazy: .

My favorite athlete was Roger Staubach 8-)

One of my favorites passed away last week.
Ken Norton.
Hell of a boxer.

EdsonNascimento

Walt "Clyde" Frazier

and

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So, my "10 Club" obsession started when I was born

And I'm not THAT old. To be honest they were just about retiring when I got to sport fandom consciousness (though I do remember as a 6 or so year old running around the house pretending I was the 2 of them depending on which ball I had).

I guess growing up, it would really be

Patrick Ewing
Dave Winfield
Patrick Roy/Chris Chelios
and

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SPEEDY MCCREADY

The entire Heavyweight Division back in the 70's

Ali
Frazier
Foreman
Norton
Lyle
Shavers
Young

Damned!

lukin2006

hockey, guy lafleur, larry robinson, wayne gretzky, patrick roy

baseball, jack morris, alan trammel,

football, tony dorsett, troy aikman, jason witten

dankind

Boxing = Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini

guacamolejoe

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

The entire Heavyweight Division back in the 70's

Ali
Frazier
Foreman
Norton
Lyle
Shavers
Young

Damned!

light weigh, welterweight, middleweight 70s - 80s

Roberto Doran ......favorite boxer .....before No Mas :fp:

Sugar Ray Lenard
Marvelous Marvin Hagler
Hit man Tommy Hearns