Who was your favorite athlete growing up as a kid?

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  • Spankey's Popp
    Spankey's Popp Posts: 262
    Go Beavers wrote:
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    This.

    Even named my son after him. Payton Robert Smith. :D

    Growing up in Chicago, Jordan was high up there too.
    Hey, hey. My, my. Rock and roll can never die.

    "Why go home? I am home! And I gotta tell you, it feels FUCKIN GREAT to be here. You may experience this yourself but, if you were born in Chicago, you're always from Chicago. And even if you don't live in Chicago, Chicago will always live in you."-Ed
  • carolinabeerguy
    carolinabeerguy Kernersville, NC Posts: 2,516
    Roger Clemens. Can I have a do-over of my childhood?
    I wish I was as fortunate, as fortunate as me.
  • PureandEasy
    PureandEasy Posts: 5,818
    I'm a baseball and hockey fan the most so, there were a lot of them over the years

    Pete Rose
    Dwight Evans
    Fred Lynn

    Cam Neely
    Craig Janney
    Phil Esposito

    I go way back, I was raised a Red Sox/Bruins fan, went to my first baseball game at Fenway when I was 7, and I was hooked
    Don't come closer or I'll have to go
  • cubBEE_girl
    cubBEE_girl Waiting for next year... Posts: 3,367
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    i love the packers. :|
    I lost a bet...
  • he.who.forgets
    he.who.forgets Posts: 4,593
    Baseball: Don Mattingly, Dale Murphy, Bo Jackson, Ricky Henderson, Mark Grace, Tom Glavine
    Football: Emmett Smith, Dan Marino
    Basketball: Jordan, Magic, Drexler
    We were but stones your light made us stars
  • polaris_x
    polaris_x Posts: 13,559
    stefan edberg ... :lol::lol:

    loved his serve and volley game but most of all - the man was all class ...
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,435
    Mr. T
    Be Excellent To Each Other
    Party On, Dudes!
  • JK_Livin
    JK_Livin South Jersey Posts: 7,365
    edited September 2013
    Carl Yastremski and Oris Kindrachuk were my early favorites because my dad liked how I butchered their names.

    Pete Rose, Mike Schmidt, Juan Samuel, Wade Boggs. Mickey Rivers
    Dr. J, Patrick Ewing
    Reggie White, Randal Cunningham
    Bobby Clarke, Guy Lafleur
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    Tom O.
    "I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone?"
    -The Writer
  • Bronx Bombers
    Bronx Bombers Posts: 2,208
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    I was 9 years old when he died, never forget watching tv when the news broke.
  • PillowPants
    PillowPants Posts: 4,877
    Larry Bird
    Michael Jordan
    Roger Clemens (ugh)
    Dwight Dewey Evans
    Ray Bourque
    Steve Grogan (was he an athlete?) ;)
  • JonnyPistachio
    JonnyPistachio Florida Posts: 10,219
    Dave Winfield. Fiercest swing ever. :lol:
    Don Mattingly, Mookie Wilson, Gary Carter, and Paul O'Neil.

    Jordan, Magic, Bird.

    And Bob Ross of course. :P
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  • BinauralJam
    BinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    JonnyPistachio wrote:

    And Bob Ross of course. :P


    :lol: i nearly choked on my lunch
  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 27,211
    Walter Payton
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • SatansFuton
    SatansFuton Posts: 5,399
    Mike Tyson
    Buddy Bell
    Nolan Ryan
    Alexander Mogilny
    Don Majkowski
    Brett Favre
    "See a broad to get dat booty yak 'em, leg 'er down, a smack 'em yak 'em!"
  • rick1zoo2
    rick1zoo2 between a rock and a dumb place Posts: 12,632
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  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    edited September 2013
    Football: John Riggins
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    Nobody gonna break his stride.
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  • South of Seattle
    South of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    Bernard King
    Clyde Drexler
    Bo Jackson
    John McEnroe
    Steve Largent
    Lynn Swann
    NERDS!
  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    edited September 2013
    Basketball = Kareem
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    SKYHOOK!!!
    Post edited by dankind on
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  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,352
    Baseball - Greg Maddux, Mark Grace, Ryne Sandberg
    Football - Walter Payton
    Basketball - Michael Jordan
    Hockey - Jeremy Roenick, Tony Amonte
  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    Hockey = Mike Eruzione
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    and Ron Duguay
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    I SAW PEARL JAM

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