zico 3:07 Tue Apr 21
Your favourite sports stars when you were younger?
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Don't watch as much sport these days (certainly not right now!) but as a kid or younger adult I watched an incredible amount on either Grandstand, World of Sport or Sportsnight, and as all youngsters do had my heroes in the sports I did watch, not all of them English! Who were yours?
Athletics............Seb Coe
Basketball...…..Curly from Harlem Globe Trotters
Boxer......……...Nigel Benn
Cricketer......…..Ian Botham
Darts...…………Eric Bristow
Formula 1...…...Ronnie Petersen (probably due to the black Lotus Car)
Football......…...Trevor Brooking
Golf.........…...…Bernhard Langer
Hockey.........….Sean Kerly
Horse.......……..Red Rum
Horse Racing....Lester Piggott
Rugby......……..Lawrence Dallaglio
Snooker...……..Jimmy White
Tennis.........…..Jimmy Connors
Wrestling......….Big Daddy!!
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ironsofcanada
3:28 Tue Apr 21
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Athletics............(Briefly) Ben Johnson / Donovan Bailey
Basketball...…..Moses Scurry (college)/Larry Johnson (pro)
Boxer......……...Willie De Witt
Cricketer......…..?
Darts...…………?
Formula 1...…...Jacques Villeneuve
Football......…...Craig Forrest
Golf.........…...…John Daly?
Hockey.........….Gretzky (I know, but that is hockey to me)
Horse.......……..?
Horse Racing....?
Rugby......……..?
Snooker...……..?
Tennis.........…..Steffi Graff (for some reason)
Wrestling......….Dynamite Kid
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Northern Sold
3:29 Tue Apr 21
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Athletics............ Daley THOMPSON
Basketball...….. Larry BIRD from the Celtics... although loved the Harlem GT's
Boxer......……... Muhammad ALI
Cricketer......….. Ian Botham
Darts...………… Eric Bristow
Formula 1...…... James HUNT
Football......…... Robert Chelsea MOORE
Golf.........…...… SEVE
Hockey.........…. BENT
Horse.......…….. RUMMY
Horse Racing.... Willie CARSON
Rugby......…….. Dusty HARE and Mike TEAGUE
Snooker...…….. Tony MEO
Tennis.........….. BENT
Wrestling......…. The BUSHWACKERS
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Lee Trundle
3:33 Tue Apr 21
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Athletics............Kris Akabusi
Basketball...…..Scottie Pippen
Boxer......……...Nigel Benn
Cricketer......…..Graham Thorpe
Darts...…………Eric Bristow
Formula 1...…...Ayrton Senna
Football......…...BILLY BONDS
Golf.........…...…Nick Faldo
Hockey.........….Sam Quek
Horse.......……..Pass
Horse Racing....Pass
Rugby......……..Pass
Snooker...……..Jimmy White
Tennis.........…..Anna Kournikova
Wrestling......….Thunderlips
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only1billybonds
3:33 Tue Apr 21
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Zeek son,whilst i'm hardly a snowflake,i find tour list a tad SEXIST.
Athletics............Daley Thompson
Basketball...…..Yours
Boxer......……...Roberto Duran
Cricketer......…..Ian Botham
Darts...…………Eric Bristow
Formula 1...…...Yours
Football......…...Bonds
Golf.........…...…Sevy
Hockey.........….Yours
Horse.......……..Nijinsky
Horse Racing....Greville Starkey
Rugby......……..JPR Williams
Snooker...……..Jimmy White
Tennis.........…..Bjorn Borg
Wrestling......….Johnny Kwango.
Yes i know i list no Doris's either but this can be overlooked.
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Manuel
3:37 Tue Apr 21
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Too much effort that, but considering most here are middle aged cunts I would assume that many will have the same names.
Anyone said Geoffrey CAPES yet?
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Mace66
3:39 Tue Apr 21
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Athletics............Ovett
Basketball...…..only1billybonds 3:33
Boxer......……...Ali
Cricketer......…..Botham
Darts...…………Jocky Wilson
Formula 1...…... Lauda
Football......…... Moore
Golf.........…...… Seve
Hockey.........….Sean Kerly ( went to school with him )
Horse.......……..Red Rum
Horse Racing....Piggott
Rugby......……..
Snooker...…….. Alex Higgins
Tennis.........….. Borg
Wrestling......….Big Daddy
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Worst Case Ontario
3:47 Tue Apr 21
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Baseball...........Ryne Sandberg, Lou Gehrig (before my time that one obv)
Basketball........Michael Jordan (playground obligation)
Boxer......……...Ali (before my time but he was cool)
Football......…...Joe Cole
Golf.........…...…Vijay Singh (resisting the obligation of Tiger)
Hockey.........….Eddie Belfour
Wrestling......….Ultimate Warrior
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Eerie Descent
3:48 Tue Apr 21
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Athletics............Roger BLACK
Basketball.....…..Michael Jordan
Boxer......…...…...Price Naz
Cricketer.......…..Graham Thorpe
Darts...……....……Peter 'one dart' Manley
Formula 1....…...Damon Hill
Football.......…...Terry Hurlock
Golf.........….....…Nick Faldo
Hockey..........….What?
Horse.........……..BLACK Beauty
Horse Racing....Ascot
Rugby......…...…..Rory Underwood
Snooker...…..…..Jimmy WHITE
Tennis..........…..Andre Agassi
Wrestling.......….Ultimate Warrior
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zico
3:49 Tue Apr 21
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only1billybonds 3:33 Tue Apr 21
Fair point.
Athletics............Shirley Strong
Tennis.........…..Chris Evert
Er, That's it!!
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,
3:49 Tue Apr 21
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Growing up as a young boy around the time of the Queen’s coronation there was only one tv channel and live sport on the radio was football, cricket and horse racing.
So compared with the lengthy lists already posted mine is very short.
Stanley Mathews and Ernie Gregory
Denis Compton
Stirling Moss
Ken Rosewell
Sir Ken ( my Grandad backed this horse when it won the Gold Cup ).
Randolph Turpin.
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zico
3:51 Tue Apr 21
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Lee Trundle 3:33 Tue Apr 21
Thunderlips! Arf...
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arsene york-hunt
4:01 Tue Apr 21
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Why would any sane person on a west ham site, have a favourite baseball or basketball player?
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Far Cough
4:06 Tue Apr 21
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Athletics.............
Basketball...…...Michael Jordan
Boxer......……....Ali
Cricketer......…..Garfield Sobers
Darts...…………
Formula 1...…...Jim Clark
Football......…...Growing up it was either Di Stefano or Puskas
Golf.........…...…
Hockey.........….Not really that much in to it, so I'll pick an enforcer: Georges Laraque
Horse.......……..Arkle
Horse Racing....Lester Piggott
Rugby......……..Colin Meads
Snooker...……..Joe Davis
Tennis.........…...
Wrestling......….Mick McManus
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Worst Case Ontario
4:08 Tue Apr 21
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arsene york-hunt 4:01 Tue Apr 21
That's what you take exception to? Not people favouriting Millwall greats (Terry Hurlock, the Bushwhackers ((yes yes I know)))?
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blueeyed.handsomeman
4:13 Tue Apr 21
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favourite athlete was Gordon Pirie
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zico
4:16 Tue Apr 21
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arsene york-hunt 4:01 Tue Apr 21
Never watched Basketball but my late dad to me to see Harlem Globe Trotters in Brighton years ago and they were absolutely brilliant. That Curly cracked me up, passed away recently I heard.
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ironsofcanada
4:18 Tue Apr 21
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arsene york-hunt 4:01 Tue Apr 21
Have you ever made a post that does not denigrate something American directly or otherwise?
I mean it just seems like you are a bit of a one trick pony that way, no judgement if that is how you define yourself.
But you bring up a great point
Baseball - Joe Carter
Canadian/American Football - Warren Moon / Kyle Turley
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Lee Trundle
4:20 Tue Apr 21
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arsene york-hunt 4:01 Tue Apr 21
Most (semi) decent schools have basketball teams. Why do you think most indoor school sports halls have basketball courts marked on them?
I'm more surprised kids had a favourite horse. If any boys announced they had a favourite horse when I went to school, they'd be well BENT.
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arsene york-hunt
4:40 Tue Apr 21
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IOC there are a lot of things that I like about America, as at it's best it is a very cultured country. There are however two areas where they are shit:
1. Their sports, Contrived and crap.
2. Comedy: which does not really qualify as comedy because MOST of it ain't funny..The term American comedy being largely oxymoronic. There are some notable exceptions like Popeye or Laurel and Hardy
If you look at most of my posts you will see that the target is not America or Americans, but these idiot English people who want to copy all the worst aspects of American low culture.
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ironsofcanada
4:47 Tue Apr 21
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arsene york-hunt 4:40 Tue Apr 21
Fair enough
All about opinions. West Ham supporters from all over have a variety of them.
I just have ran into you on language threads or threads that stray into language and of course the actors one more recently and it seemed like a bit of theme. But that of course is going from my imperfect memory and things I take notice of.
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