Your sporting heroes as a kid

hoof_it_up_to_benty

Big fan as a kid of:

Jack Nicklaus
Clive Lloyd
John Newcombe
Barry Sheene
Emerson Fittipaldi
Johan Cruyff
George Best

Nicklaus was probably my favourite.

Algarveaddick

Ricky Hill
Ian Botham

Greenie

Barry Sheene is my all time sporting hero.
Ali.
Killer.

Bigbadbozman

Beefy
Alex Higgins
Nelson Piquet
Trevor Hopkins

hoof_it_up_to_benty

Bigbadbozman said:

Beefy
Alex Higgins
Nelson Piquet
Trevor Hopkins

I'd forgotten about Higgins - loved him when I was young.

grumpyaddick

Ali

Elthamaddick

sportmen I used to love watching

John McEnroe
Mike Tyson
Nick Faldo
Zico
Maradona (until 86!!)
Ian Botham


Killer and Paul Walsh for us

pickwick

James Hunt

bobmunro

Ali - nobody else registers compared to The Greatest.

25May98

Barry Sheene
Kenny Dalglish
Jocky Wilson

Edit- Frank Bruno

CharltonKerry

Ali

lolwray

Dennis Law

SuedeAdidas

Sheene
Hagler
Big Daddy
Vince Hilaire

Greenie

SuedeAdidas said:

Sheene
Hagler
Big Daddy
Vince Hilaire

Vince Hilaire, good call.....

Addickted

Killer
James Hunt
Our 'Enry
Peter Lorimer
Barry Sheen
Viv Richards
Alan Knott
Bill Beaumont

AllLeftFoot

Glenn Hoddle. Loved watching the way he played the game.

AFKABartram

Daley Thompson
See Coe
Kenny Dalglish
Ian Rush
Pele
Nick Faldo
Steve Davis
Big Daddy

paulbaconsarnie

Graham Gooch
Alex Higgins
Steve Coppell & Martin Buchan
Dusty Hare
Brian Jacks (For superstars rather than judo).

shirty5

Dave Fit Finley

SuedeAdidas

shirty5 said:

Dave Fit Finley

That’s a bit gay innit?

The Red Robin

Stuart Balmer
Lee Bowyer
Clive Mendonca
John Robinson
Ronaldo (Brazilian)
Cafu
Lennox Lewis

kentred2

Bobby Moore
Alan Campbell
JPR Williams
Bernard Julien
Alan Knott

palarsehater

Ryan giggs
Eric cantina - although he will be a hero for eternity after his act stripey bastard bashing.

cafcdave123

Dean Chandler

shirty5

SuedeAdidas said:

shirty5 said:

Dave Fit Finley

That’s a bit gay innit?

ricky_otto

bobmunro said:

Ali - nobody else registers compared to The Greatest.

Ali Osman? - he was only a cab driver on Eastenders.

LawrieAbrahams

Ali
Viv Richards
Tony Greig
Botham
Keegan
Borg
Tom Watson

Derek Hales

Cafc43v3r

Foggy

Norman_Smith

Eric Bristow
Steve Davis
Killer
Jackie Stewart
A P Knott

DaveMehmet

James Hunt
Kevin Keegan
Killer

ricky_otto

Bryan Robson
Ian Botham
Mike Tyson
Peter Shirtliff