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OT: Favorite Pro Athletes as a Kid

Willie Mays
Sam Huff
Richie Guerin

And I'll go one more. Favorite female in Sports:

Laraine Day. Huh you say! She was an actress who was married to NY Giants baseball manager Leo Durocher in the early 50's and did a 15 minute broadcast before each home game. I may have still been single digits in age but I knew a hot chick when I saw it!!!!
 
Baseball: Andy Van Slyke
Football: Greg Lloyd
Hockey: Darius Kasparaitis
Basketball: Jake Voskuhl
 
Manny Ramirez, Roger Clemens, Ray Lewis, Tom Brady, Paul Pierce.

Born in 1993
 
Seaver - youngest sons middle name. Young wrote a hit piece for GM Grant who was later run out of town for the terrible trade. I switched from a Mets to a Red Sox fan after the trade cuz I was so mad.
Dorsett
Mcadoo, Bernard King, Bird then Jordan
 
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nomar said:
Who were yours?

For context, I was born at the end of '76.

BASEBALL: Wade Boggs. Hit .368. Drew chai (חַי) in the dirt before every AB, which in my eyes basically made him Jewish. But I still haven't forgiven him for riding a frickin' horse in Yankee Stadium, as memorialized in the biopic/unintentional comedy film "Joe Torre: Curveballs Along the Way": ).
(Unfortunately, the scene depicting the rando they got to play Boggs riding a horse is not included in that clip.)

Obviously, there was another baseball player that I was a fan of, but I was in college when he came on the scene.

FOOTBALL: LT, the best defensive player in NFL history. Sure, he's had some personal problems. Still the best defensive player in NFL history. Lawrence Taylor: Top 10 career plays

As few people know, I've also been a Raiders fan since I was about 5, when I made my grandparents buy me a #46 black and silver jersey. Todd Christensen wasn't my guy, but Marcus Allen was. Then Tim Brown and Bo. This was on my wall for years:

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BASKETBALL: Larry Bird. Obviously. Top 10 plays of Larry Bird's Hall of Fame NBA career | ESPN Archives

RIP my #2 guy, Reggie Lewis.

HOCKEY: For 4-5 years, peaking with their title, I was a gigantic Rangers fan. Then the lockout, then I went to college, and the Devils took over, and I basically haven't followed hockey since. Back then, Darren Turcotte was my man, until they traded him 7 months before they won the Stanley Cup (what they call in the sports world "getting Nomared"). That whole '94 team was great, but I guess I liked Leetch the most, since he was a CT guy.

TENNIS: Any kid that ever flung a tennis racket looked up to McEnroe. I also liked Goran Ivanisevic. Best serve.
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Went to school and lived right down the hall from Reggie - he was a very good guy. Was at NU during thst great time with JC, Reggie, Andre, Wes, et al. They thumped UConn in the Connecticut Mutial Classic in 1986 and I was very conflicted.

My two - pretty easy Magic Johnson and John Elway. I was able to catch a pass from Elway and he signed that ball. I did a commercial with him And he was super nice - normal guy and he was a big dude. Montana on the other hand was a great dude but small.
 
This is fun but any thoughts of some of you ladies hiding your ages has been thwarted.
MLB- Ricky Henderson. Strawberry. Doc. Schmidt. Gary carter.

NBA - MJ (obviously). Kareem. Human highlight film. The DR. Moses.

NHL - Pierre turgeon. The great one. Bret hull. Yzerman.

NFL- LT no doubt. Second best player to Rice ever. Barry. Bo. Gastineau. Marino.

NCAA- Ewing. Wingate. Willie glass. Pearl. Dream. Glen rice. Earl Kelly. Flutie. Herschel.

Soccer- georgio cinaglia. Steve zungle(?). Maradonna.

PGA- Norman. Kite. Watson. The walrus.

Tennis- Chang. Llendl. Bjorg. Sabattini. Fernandez.

Boxing- iron mike. Sugar ray. Duran.

Wrestling- bob backlund. Mil mascaras. Tommy rich. Superfly. Tiger mask. Good guys.

Captain Lou. Blackjack mulligan. Great kabuki. Magnificent muraco. Big John stud. Heels.

Strong bow brothers. Moondogs. Fabulous freebirds. Mr Fuji and mr saito. Tag teams.
 
nomar said:
Who were yours?

For context, I was born at the end of '76.

BASEBALL: Wade Boggs. Hit .368. Drew chai (חַי) in the dirt before every AB, which in my eyes basically made him Jewish. But I still haven't forgiven him for riding a frickin' horse in Yankee Stadium, as memorialized in the biopic/unintentional comedy film "Joe Torre: Curveballs Along the Way": ).
(Unfortunately, the scene depicting the rando they got to play Boggs riding a horse is not included in that clip.)

Obviously, there was another baseball player that I was a fan of, but I was in college when he came on the scene.

FOOTBALL: LT, the best defensive player in NFL history. Sure, he's had some personal problems. Still the best defensive player in NFL history. Lawrence Taylor: Top 10 career plays

As few people know, I've also been a Raiders fan since I was about 5, when I made my grandparents buy me a #46 black and silver jersey. Todd Christensen wasn't my guy, but Marcus Allen was. Then Tim Brown and Bo. This was on my wall for years:

c27f16257204402e8241f9b3a4c23c61.jpg


BASKETBALL: Larry Bird. Obviously. Top 10 plays of Larry Bird's Hall of Fame NBA career | ESPN Archives

RIP my #2 guy, Reggie Lewis.

HOCKEY: For 4-5 years, peaking with their title, I was a gigantic Rangers fan. Then the lockout, then I went to college, and the Devils took over, and I basically haven't followed hockey since. Back then, Darren Turcotte was my man, until they traded him 7 months before they won the Stanley Cup (what they call in the sports world "getting Nomared"). That whole '94 team was great, but I guess I liked Leetch the most, since he was a CT guy.

TENNIS: Any kid that ever flung a tennis racket looked up to McEnroe. I also liked Goran Ivanisevic. Best serve.
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MLB- Kevin Mcreynolds
NBA - Pippen and Jordan duh!
NFL - Mike Singletary
CBB- Donyell Marshall
 
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Football - Otis Taylor was a Giants fan but liked Otis and had his #89 Chief uniform

Baseball - Brooks Robinson obviously a Yanks fan but they weren’t really good as I was playing little league and such for some reason knew 3rd base was my future loved watching Brooks

Basketball - Bill Russell as a Cs fan he was my guy when real young then Dave Cowens as I turned to my teens. Jo Jo too...

Hockey - Ed Giacomin Rangers goalie had his stuff on when tending the street hockey goals in Meriden
 
I was a Brooklyn Dodger fan, and Duke Snyder was my hero when I was growing up in Ansonia.
 
Baseball: Bernie Williams
Basketball: Patrick Ewing

It's funny/sad looking back how much I was into those 90's Knick teams (as someone mentioned above Ewing plus Starks and Oakley). Go figure 20 years of ineptitude just kind of ruins the fan experience.
 
Gale Sayers, Jim Brown, Broadway Joe
The Mick
Clyde
 
Baseball: Don Mattingly
Basketball: Michael Jordan
Football: Wesley Walker
 
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baseball: Freddie Lynn
Football: Stanley Morgan and Russ francis
Basketball: bird as an NBA player/Patrick Ewing as a NCAA player
 
Baseball: Old Hoss Radbourn
Football: Hunk Anderson
Basketball: William R Chase
 
Madmannsucks said:
Pretty sure I remember him demanding a trade after a story by Dick Young.
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Dogdeacon said:
Seaver - youngest sons middle name. Young wrote a hit piece for GM Grant who was later run out of town for the terrible trade. I switched from a Mets to a Red Sox fan after the trade cuz I was so mad.
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Yeah I wasn't so much mad at Seaver as much as just sad at the whole ordeal. I was 11 years old and that was the end of my innocence as a sports fan, and my introduction to the reality of rooting for laundry. I remained a Seaver fan--I still have the SI with him on the cover in a Reds hat right after the trade--and a Mets fan, but just a more jaded one. My father grew up in Brooklyn and was a Brooklyn Dodger fan but he abandoned them when O'Malley moved them to LA and he never forgave O'Malley. He adopted the Mets when they came into existence and that's how I ended up a Mets fan. But after the Seaver trade I began to allow myself to like players on other teams, which at that time meant Freddy Lynn, Yaz, Johnny Bench, pretty much the whole Pirates team.
 
Football: LT and Mark Bavaro
Bball: Penny Hardaway (still rock his jersey today) and Bigcountry Reeves (got that Vancouver jersey as well). In high school my friends nicknamed me Bigcountry and the name has stuck, even today.
Baseball: Don Mattingly (Not a Yankees fan anymore but growing up in Jersey I followed them) Daryl Strawberry and Doc Gooden were also on the list.
 
nomar said:
Who were yours?

For context, I was born at the end of '76.

BASEBALL: Wade Boggs. Hit .368. Drew chai (חַי) in the dirt before every AB, which in my eyes basically made him Jewish. But I still haven't forgiven him for riding a frickin' horse in Yankee Stadium, as memorialized in the biopic/unintentional comedy film "Joe Torre: Curveballs Along the Way": ).
(Unfortunately, the scene depicting the rando they got to play Boggs riding a horse is not included in that clip.)

Obviously, there was another baseball player that I was a fan of, but I was in college when he came on the scene.

FOOTBALL: LT, the best defensive player in NFL history. Sure, he's had some personal problems. Still the best defensive player in NFL history. Lawrence Taylor: Top 10 career plays

As few people know, I've also been a Raiders fan since I was about 5, when I made my grandparents buy me a #46 black and silver jersey. Todd Christensen wasn't my guy, but Marcus Allen was. Then Tim Brown and Bo. This was on my wall for years:

c27f16257204402e8241f9b3a4c23c61.jpg


BASKETBALL: Larry Bird. Obviously. Top 10 plays of Larry Bird's Hall of Fame NBA career | ESPN Archives

RIP my #2 guy, Reggie Lewis.

HOCKEY: For 4-5 years, peaking with their title, I was a gigantic Rangers fan. Then the lockout, then I went to college, and the Devils took over, and I basically haven't followed hockey since. Back then, Darren Turcotte was my man, until they traded him 7 months before they won the Stanley Cup (what they call in the sports world "getting Nomared"). That whole '94 team was great, but I guess I liked Leetch the most, since he was a CT guy.

TENNIS: Any kid that ever flung a tennis racket looked up to McEnroe. I also liked Goran Ivanisevic. Best serve.
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Thanks for stealing my list — Boggs, LT, Bird.
 
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UCFBfan said:
Football: LT and Mark Bavaro
Bball: Penny Hardaway (still rock his jersey today) and Bigcountry Reeves (got that Vancouver jersey as well). In high school my friends nicknamed me Bigcountry and the name has stuck, even today.
Baseball: Don Mattingly (Not a Yankees fan anymore but growing up in Jersey I followed them) Daryl Strawberry and Doc Gooden were also on the list.
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Loved Bavaro
 
weyuo said:
Baseball: Carl Yastrzemski
Basketball: Wilt the "Stilt" Chamberlain, The Dr. Julius Erving. In his prime I believe The Dr would have cleaned the clocks of Jordan, Bryant, James and anyone else. Only player i know that played all 5 positions in a game.
Football: Bob Lilly, defensive lineman for the Dallas Cowboys back in the "Doomsday Defense" days. Head coach Tom Landry. Inventor of the Nickle and Dime packages. was the only coach I ever saw that incorporated a tactic on offense where the O-linemen did not immediately go into a three point stance but would bend at the knees, then stand up straight as the backfield shifted, then went down into their three point stance in an effort to disguise the backfield alignment prior to the snap. Have never seen any other team do that. Pure genius.

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Likes to the nth
 
8893 said:
Yeah I wasn't so much mad at Seaver as much as just sad at the whole ordeal. I was 11 years old and that was the end of my innocence as a sports fan, and my introduction to the reality of rooting for laundry. I remained a Seaver fan--I still have the SI with him on the cover in a Reds hat right after the trade--and a Mets fan, but just a more jaded one. My father grew up in Brooklyn and was a Brooklyn Dodger fan but he abandoned them when O'Malley moved them to LA and he never forgave O'Malley. He adopted the Mets when they came into existence and that's how I ended up a Mets fan. But after the Seaver trade I began to allow myself to like players on other teams, which at that time meant Freddy Lynn, Yaz, Johnny Bench, pretty much the whole Pirates team.
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For me it was Rams trading Dickerson and Sixers letting go of Barkley.

Red Sox are the only pro sports team I've followed all my life.
 
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