Who was your favorite athlete growing up as a kid?

dankind wrote:

Boxing = Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini

Great call.

That would be GDR ice skater Katarina Witt. I still giggle whenever I hear her talk, she has kept her hometown dialect

comebackgirl wrote:

Rick Tocchet

Figured it would be Beckham

Pre-teen/Teen

NHL- Guy Lafleur and Bobby Clarke/ Wayne Gretzky
NBA- Julius Erving/ Michael Jordan
NFL- Dan Fouts/ Dan Marino
MLB- Johnny Bench and Nolan Ryan/ Joe Carter and Cal Ripken Jr.
Boxing- Muhammed Ali/ Mike Tyson

Tough list to do.