sports heros/players (1 Viewer)

[sammy719]

With all the names flying around about how great so-and so are in soccer, and cricket, and baseball and so forth...who is your top 3 favorite sports figure/players, all sports included, my thread I go first.


3. Ed Reed...Baltimore Ravens, even as he is older he is still a force on the defense, some of the best hits I have ever seen, ball hawk.

2. Eddie Murray...Baltimore Orioles...as a clutch hitter as you could find, as well as a great fielder, was at a O's game when Eddie stole home to win the game.

1. Sack Pack...Baltimore Colts...I know, it's a 3 individual favorite poll, so it could be Fred Cook/Mike Barnes/John Dutton/ my favorite of all time the sack pack defense of the late 70's Baltimore Colts...just couldn't figure out which one I like the best...Sammy

 

[Louis Badolato]

1. Henry Louis Gehrig, the Iron Horse, the Pride of the Yankees, a great man, who, when faced with an agonizing death from the disease that would come to bear his name, called himself "the luckiest man on the face of the earth."

2. Roberto Clemente, a great player who gave his life bringing humanitarian aid to earthquake victims in his homeland.

3. Willie Mays, the say hey kid, who would play stickball all day with the neighborhood kids in Harlem, then play a major league game as well as anyone every did, and then stand outside the stadium for hours and sign autographs for every last kid who asked, no matter how long it took or how exhausted he was.

 

[Combat]

1. Jerry West (Lakers) - Mr. Clutch

2. Deacon Jones (LA Rams) - the meanest guy to ever play football

3. Anthony Davis (USC) - Notre Dame killer

 

[lancer]

1- John Unitas
2- Mickey Mantle
3- Jerry West, Juan Marichal

 

[sammy719]

1- John Unitas
2- Mickey Mantle
3- Jerry West, Juan Marichal

Mickey Mantle?? are you sure you're from Maryland?? I was a little to young to remember him, but from the clips/movies ol' Mickey was a ball playing kind of guy, one of the few Yankees I like, sorry Louis...Sammy

 

[lancer]

Mickey Mantle?? are you sure you're from Maryland?? I was a little to young to remember him, but from the clips/movies ol' Mickey was a ball playing kind of guy, one of the few Yankees I like, sorry Louis...Sammy

Didn't the Unitas choice as #1 give it away? Could have gone all Maryland with the Robinsons, Ripken, Unseld, Berry, Chenier, etc., but the ones I listed were my biggest heroes as I was growing up and have always remained so. -- Al

 

[gk5717]

#1 Stan Musial
#2 Brett Hull
#3 Kurt Warner
Gary

 

[Warrior]

Ted Williams, the greatest hitter who ever lived and not once but twice shelved his major league career to fly airplanes during wartime for the US of A.

Bill Russell, who delivered championship after championship to a city that was racially divided, he saw past that and was a man among boys while in the NBA, went out on top the way all players only wish they could.

Bobby Orr, the greatest hockey player ever, who jump started a hockey craze in the city of Boston back in 1970 that has thrived to this day.

 

[Spitfrnd]

Ted Williams, the greatest hitter who ever lived and not once but twice shelved his major league career to fly airplanes during wartime for the US of A.

Bill Russell, who delivered championship after championship to a city that was racially divided, he saw past that and was a man among boys while in the NBA, went out on top the way all players only wish they could.

Bobby Orr, the greatest hockey player ever, who jump started a hockey craze in the city of Boston back in 1970 that has thrived to this day.

But George, all those guys played for Boston.

If we are talking greatest without team bias, I would even go with a Boston lad, with 5 as follows:

1) Ted Williams, the best natural hitter of all time and one hell of a fighter pilot as well;
2) Johnny Unitas, yes I am from Maryland but to me he was the greatest quarterback to have ever played the game: leader, comeback specialist, aerial magician, play caller and one tough bloke;
3) Sandy Koufax, in his prime, I have never seen a pitcher so dominant, 4 no hitters, a perfect game, 3 Cy Young awards and an MVP in a career shortened by arthritus, imagine what he could have done;
4) Dr. J, Julius Winfield Erving II, he revolutionalized the game and there wasn't much he couldn't do with a basketball;
5) Lou Gehrig, what more need be said.

 

[Warrior]

But George, all those guys played for Boston

I guess we've been spoiled here in Boston, all four teams winning championships, not many other cities can say that....................

Removing Boston players from the equation, here are my three;

Barry Sanders, a magician on the field, had enough brains off it to retire before he was a hack.

Michael Jordan, the greatest basketball player ever, nobody will ever top what he did and how he performed, M-O-N-E-Y.

Wayne Gretsky, second greatest hockey player of all time, a machine.

 

[Sahara]

Detroit list
#1 Gordie Howe
#2 Ty Cobb/Al Kaline (Tie)
#3 Barry Sanders

Top 3 outside of Detroit
#1 Cam Neely
#2 Joe Montana
#3 Don Matingly (Don't ask me why? He wasn't the best at his position but I always enjoyed watching him play)

#1 most hated player
Ulf Samuelsson, mostly for ending Neelys career. I liked to boo him at the games when he played for Detroit.

 

[VIRIATO]

Michael Jordan;
Roger Federer;
Ricardo Carvalho (Portuguese soccer defender playing for Chelsea).


Paulo

 

[jac28]

1. Vada Pinson - Cincinnati Reds
2. Walter Payton - Chicago Bears
3. Jeff Shepherd - University of Kentucky basketball

 

[Spitfrnd]

There are so many great players and stories here the only thing sure is that there are no wrong answers. They are all great. That said, I thought I'd pass only this short video tributes to one of my childhood and still remaining heros:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InEmsCnkbds

 

[sammy719]

There are so many great players and stories here the only thing sure is that there are no wrong answers. They are all great. That said, I thought I'd pass only this short video tributes to one of my childhood and still remaining heros:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InEmsCnkbds

Loved the video, Unitas was the man, I was born in 65 so I missed out on most of remembering his play, but read a ton of books on him, and have some great dvd collections of the Baltimore Colts with him...Sammy

 

[Spitfrnd]

Loved the video, Unitas was the man, I was born in 65 so I missed out on most of remembering his play, but read a ton of books on him, and have some great dvd collections of the Baltimore Colts with him...Sammy

Do you now? We should talk, I would like to see some of the old stuff.

 

[marco55]

1.Mike Schmidt
2.Pete Rose
3.Willie Mays
I know some people may have a problem with Rose but for someone who wasn't born a gifted athlete he made himself one of the greatest players in baseball.
Mark