Usairwys757 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Posted (8 years 3 months 6 days 15 hours ago) and read 2958 times:
Rolling off of the regular hero thread. Just as the title says, who is your sports hero? When I thought about this, a few names came to mind. But I gotta roll with Vince Lombardi, the dude changed the face of football and all sports forever. He made an impact on the game that no one has ever duplicated, nor will. So I gotta go with Lombardi.
Logan22L From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 1, posted (8 years 3 months 6 days 15 hours ago) and read 2951 times:
Limiting myself to Boston, there are a few names that come to the top of the list:
Bobby Orr - completely changed the role of the defenseman in hockey
Larry Bird - consummate pressure guy. Not the most talented, but worked as hard, or harder, than his teammates and competitors
Ted Williams - last guy to hit .400; missed several seasons for military duty in WWII
Tom Brady - yes, I know, he's only 27, but he's had a better career in five seasons than most have in a lifetime.
ElectraBob From United States of America, joined Sep 2003, 931 posts, RR: 4 Reply 5, posted (8 years 3 months 6 days 14 hours ago) and read 2931 times:
I have got to go way, way back when I was much, much younger....only cared about two sports back then....
baseball......
Al Kaline
Jim Bunning
Frank Lary
Mickey Mantle
Ted Williams
and hockey.....
Gordie Howe
Ted Lindsay
Alex Delvecchio
Sid Abel
Maurice Richard
Jacques Plante
Bernie Geoffrion
Doug Harvey
Bobby Hull
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ZRH From Switzerland, joined Nov 1999, 5540 posts, RR: 40 Reply 6, posted (8 years 3 months 6 days 14 hours ago) and read 2927 times:
This an interesting question. It depends very much from where you come. For example, all those mentioned base- or football-players are not known here. For me there are: the football players (soccer) Pelé, Zinedine Zidane or out of a Swiss view the tennis player Roger Federer. Of course there are many others. I call them "excellent" but perhaps not "heros".
Airlinerfreak From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 14, posted (8 years 3 months 6 days 12 hours ago) and read 2873 times:
I would have to say Lance Armstrong. After what he went through and how he was not supposed to survive yet he came back from Cancer and won 6 Tour De France in a row.....
YooYoo From Canada, joined Nov 2003, 6055 posts, RR: 53 Reply 18, posted (8 years 3 months 6 days 9 hours ago) and read 2837 times:
Franz Beckenbauer
International Caps 103
International Goals 14
Teams C Munich 1906, Bayern Munich, New York Cosmos, SV Hamburg
Team Honours World Cup: 1974
European Championship: 1972
European Cup: 1974, 75, 76
Cup Winners: Cup: 1967
World Club Championships: 1976
Bundesliega: 1969, 72, 73, 74.
West German Cup: 1966, 67, 69, 71.
Individual Honours European Footballer of the Year: 1972, 76
Franz Beckenbauer, i believe, is the only man to have won the World Cup both as a player and as a manager
Andreas
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NIKV69 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 23, posted (8 years 3 months 6 days 6 hours ago) and read 2797 times:
There is only one baseball hero in my book.
#5
Mr. Finesse
Joe DiMaggio
I remember where I was when I heard he had died. A very sad day. My dad saw him play. There was nobody sweeter. He did it all. Hit, ran, fielded. Didn't hot dog anything. A total professional. His record of hitting safely in 56 straight games will never be broken. Much like Secretariat's record of 2:24 for a mile and half. My dad also saw Big Red run and told me how he also ran each quarter mile faster than the previous one on the Belmont in 73'. When you think of that, it blows your mind. I think everyone at the track that day couldn't believe what they saw. There will never be another horse quite like him. Another hero for me. Just look at this record.
If you look at the horses that ran second to him like Big Spruce, Stop the Music, Sham, Riva Ridge they were great but Big Red was the Greatest. I am glad I can see that statue of him in the paddock at Belmont.
Yukimizake From Japan, joined Mar 2004, 529 posts, RR: 0 Reply 24, posted (8 years 3 months 6 days 5 hours ago) and read 2796 times:
The use of the word hero to describe a sporting personality is quite dubious, admirable is a better word. I always really admired Wayne Gretzky, not only for his raw talent on the ice, but also for the ultimate class in how he announced his retirement. He kept it secret until the last week of the season so there was none of this season long farewell tour side-show crap we have seen before like when Magic Johnson finally retired. Also worth mentioning is his selection and involvement with the gold medal winning hockey team from the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics. Instead of the defensive minded type of teams from the previous Olympics, he went with the all the big guns.
And there's also Gilles Villeneuve and Ayrton Senna, awesome talents who both died behind the wheel of their F1 cars.
'Opfer müssen gebracht werden (Sacrifices must be made)' - Otto Lilienthal
25 N317AS: "....seen before like when Magic Johnson finally retired." Which time. Didn't he and Jordan put us through retirement two or three times?
26 NIKV69: Was sad to see Gretzky being interviewed today after the NHL cancelled the season. You can see in his face, he knows hockey as we have known it is in
28 Banco: I suppose I would have to look at people whose impact transcended their sport. Tommie Smith's black power salute in protest at racism in the 1968 Olym
30 Myt332: Thierry Henry. He has va va voom! Signed Gkirk
31 Thom@s: GKirk, how did you know? Such a cruel player... Thom@s
32 VictorTango: Sachin Tendulkar - The world's best batsman! Olly[Edited 2005-02-17 12:37:11]
33 AA61Hvy: A not-so-well known kicker in football. Signed, UsAirwys757
34 Willo: Lance Armstrong - the best road race cyclist ever. Shane Warne - ace bowler (shame he's an Australian ) Janne Ahonen (ski jumper) - so far ahead of th
35 Wheelsatc: Don't know about hero's but certainly idols! Shane Warne (Aussie cricketer) Aryton Senna
36 Slider: Vince Lombardi: Transcended his sport. Unparalleled achievement. A very complex man far beyond what many would believe. Mario Lemieux: Gretzky is the
37 NIKV69: You know with all this talk of soccer there is only one person who should be in the same sentence as the word hero and that is Pele. No player ever to
38 CactusA319: Quick list: Roberto Clemente: First big-time Latin baseball player, and possibly the greatest Latin ballplayer of all time. Great hitter, smooth field
39 AA61Hvy: Lawrence Taylor aka LT: Forgetting off the field issues, the guy was amazing, the best Defensive player of all time. He made all QB's and running back
40 GEEDO: I took so much heat for being a Broncos fan all my life, then THE MAN closes out his career with two championships. Mr.Elway, you will always inspire
42 Boeing Nut: One of mine is Mark McGuire. ( still ) I would probably feel different hero wise if he hadn't broke the home run record, but it almost seemed like he
43 MSYtristar: Peyton Manning: Great person, great player. Andre Agassi: See above.
44 Yanksn4: MY List: 1. Mickey Mantle (New York Yankees) 2. Lou Gehrig (New York Yankees)- "Today, I consider my self the luckiest man.... on the face of the Eart
45 787: Arthur Ashe. "True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve othe
46 Thom@s: And I thought soccer was a boring sport. I've never wanted to be a Newcastle United player more in my life... Signed KROC. Awaiting the swinging Bats
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