Who were your favorite athletes as a kid?

[Brandon]

Was talking with a buddy about our childhood idols. Who were yours?

Penny Hardaway, Deion Sanders, and Martin Brodeur 

[Jason]

John Riggins, Cal Ripken Jr and Rollie Fingers. I think I liked Rollie so much because of the badass stache 

[Brandon]

I should add Ken Griffey Jr. as my favorite baseball player. Him and GA. I used to hit the bat against my cleats like they did.

[HanfordGuy]

Reggie Jackson…the reason I’m an Angels fan.

[Jay]

I played a lot of basketball when I was a kid. Obviously I loved the Lakers of the 70's. Jerry West, Gail Goodrich, etc. Also Walt Frazier, Kareem, Oscar Robertson.

[arch stanton]

Nolan Ryan, Johnny Bench, George Brett

Bill Walton, Mauques Johnson, Dr J, Pete Maravich

Pele, Johan Cruyff

Bruce Jenner before he became a Kardashian, OJ before he became OJ

Larry Csonka, Deacon Jones, Mean Joe, Earl Campbell

Ali

 

Edited February 12, 2023 by arch stanton

[Brandon]

26 minutes ago, arch stanton said:

Nolan Ryan, Johnny Bench, George Brett

Bill Walton, Mauques Johnson, Dr J, Pete Maravich

Pele, Johan Cruyff

Bruce Jenner before he became a Kardashian, OJ before he became OJ

Larry Csonka, Deacon Jones, Mean Joe, Earl Campbell

Ali

 

Cruyff is the bees knees

[Taylor]

3 hours ago, Brandon said:

I should add Ken Griffey Jr. as my favorite baseball player. Him and GA. I used to hit the bat against my cleats like they did.

Same for me. Griffey was my favorite player before I became an Angel fan. GA was my favorite Angel.

[arch stanton]

47 minutes ago, Brandon said:

Cruyff is the bees knees

My dad was part of the Dutch junior teams before he came to the US.  Still a big Ajax fan

[Tank]

Marcel Dionne, Jean Ratelle, and Gene Carr

Johnny Bench, Wes Parker, and Vida Blue

Deacon Jones, OJ, and Archie Griffin

Jerry West, Wilt Chamberlain, and Pistol Pete

Olga Korbut, John Nabors, and Mark Spitz

[T.G.]

Pete Maravich

Muhammad Ali

Roberto Clemente

Fran Tarkentan

[Lhalo]

Bo Jackson

Ken Griffey Jr.

Nolan Ryan

Brian Downing

[Lhalo]

On 2/11/2023 at 3:21 PM, HanfordGuy said:

Reggie Jackson…the reason I’m an Angels fan.

Couldn't stand Reggie Jackson. Dude is such a dick.