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OT: Favorite Pro Athletes as a Kid

Joe Namath ( I cried when he went to the rams)
Clyde Frazier
Rod Gilbert
Ed Giacomin
Barry Beck
Dwight Evans
Carlton Fisk
Jim Rice
 
Fred Lynn
Gary Carter
Elvin Hayes
Walt Frazier

As an adult:
Tom Brady
Marshall Faulk
Barry Sanders
Andrew Benintendi
Mookie Betts
Dustin Pedroia
Chris Sale
Max Scherzer
JBJ
Kemba Walker
Shabazz Napier
 
Baseball:Gil Hodges
Football:Y.A. Tittle
NBA:Walt Frazier
NHL:Brad Park
Golf: Dorf
 
August_West said:
Joe Namath ( I cried when he went to the rams)
Clyde Frazier
Rod Gilbert
Ed Giacomin
Barry Beck
Dwight Evans
Carlton Fisk
Jim Rice
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A few years too young to see Joe Willie and Snake Stabler in their primes. But I definitely would have rooted for them over Staubach, Bradshaw and Griese.
 
Basketball- Magic Johnson
Football- Earl Cambell
Basebal- Don Mattingly
College Basketball- Earl Kelly ( was also a big fan of Harold Pressley even though he was Villanova)
 
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MLB: Donnie Baseball when I was really young. Bernie Williams in my teenage years.

BBall: Ray Allen all through college and into the Milwaukee and Seattle years. Not that I dislike the Celtics but I just stopped following the NBA all that closely around then.

Soccer: Ryan Giggs. Solskjær. Van Nistelrooy.

Hockey: Theo Fleury but that was a long time ago.

Largely my fandom for particular players and teams has been killed by fantasy sports.
 
Nice Thread!
Started following sports in the late 60s as an 8 - 9 year old.
Baseball: Hank Aaron (Still a Braves fan)
Football: Roman Gabriel & Jack Snow (Still a Rams fan)
Basketball: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Oscar Robertson (Huge Bucks Fan)
Hockey: Bobby Hull, Stan Mikita, and Tony Esposito (Still a Blackhawks fan)
 
I idolized thos late 90s Yankees teams. Bernie, Paul oneill, Jeets, etc.

For some reason my favorite player was Shane Spencer. He was signing autographs at Westfarms mall one time and my dad took me. The line was wicked long so we just walked by and my dad yelled and pointed me out to Shane from across the hall. I'll never forget getting waved at by shane spencer of all people haha
 
MLB - Don Mattingly
NBA - Erving/Moses Malone/Barkley
NHL - Francis/Turgeon/Dineen
Tennis - Andre Agassi
Golf - Payne Stewart
Bowling (on TV every Saturday!) - Marshall Holman
 
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MLB- Kirby Puckett
NHL- Ron Francis broke my heart when he was traded to Penguins
NFL- Andre Tippett the other #56 OLB
NBA-Magic Johnson
 
George Brett tops the list for me. Moving to Manchester from KC in 1971 I became a Red Sox fan and loved Rice, Lynn and Yaz, but Brett was my favorite player.

Magic Johnson, easily my favorite basketball player ever. So much joy in playing the game and did amazing things.

John McEnroe, loved his game and fiery approach.

Football I loved Jack Youngblood and Russ Francis. For some reason I rooted for the Rams and the Pats. Both of those guys were tough as nails.
 
UConn bball - Tony Hanson
Pro bball - Gail Goodrich
Football - Jack Snow
Baseball - Thurman Munson
 
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Fran Tarkenton, Tom Seaver, fred Lynn, Tommy Abrahamson.
 
Deepster said:
Kevin McReynolds?! Of all the characters of that Mets era, why him?
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Lol! Yeah pretty weird. I just liked how low key he was. The opposite of most of those mets which was a team filled with one character crazier than the next. He was a great left fielder and consistent at the plate. Just liked the way he played the game. Not the biggest, fastest or best at anything but steady.
 
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UConn: Kemba
Patriots: TB12
Red Sox: Big Papi
Celtics: Pierce
Bruins: Thornton
F1: Kimi Raikkonen
 
Borg
Roberto Duran
Earl Morall
Yaz
Carol Vadnais
 
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John Havlicek. Loved his quiet leadership and endless energy. I later interviewed him during my Sports Editor days at The Daily Campus.

And oddly enough, Roman Gabriel. I was a big LA Rams fan.
 
Baseball: Don Mattingly, Frank Thomas
Basketball: Patrick Ewing, Shawn Kemp
Tennis: Pete Sampras
 
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