Three Sportsmen

GroovyCrimes · **Posted:** Mon Jul 07, 2008 10:56 pm

Eric Bristow - Taylor may have surpassed him,but he was the original number 1.
Bjorn Borg - My auntie Ellen was a Jimmy Connors fan so I had to wind her up.
Lennox Lewis - My all time favourite,mainly because I followed his career from very early on & he had enough about him to put right his 2 daft mistakes.

katcha · **Posted:** Mon Jul 07, 2008 11:18 pm

james hunt - arrogant twat
ivan lendl -see above
gordon watson - you guessed

MutleyRules · **Posted:** Tue Jul 08, 2008 2:16 am

My first ever Sporting Heroes are/were....

parmopooly · **Posted:** Tue Jul 08, 2008 7:25 am

mine were

Jocky Wilson
Bill Werbeniuk
Giant Haystacks

rolfl

role models all!!

I wouldn't be where I am today if it wasn't for those three.

i.e. sat on the couch!!!

Montpoolier · **Posted:** Tue Jul 08, 2008 8:46 am

Ken Johnson - you had to be there
Cassius Clay - the first time I'd ever found boxing interesting
Chris Bonnington - if darts and snooker are sport so is mountaineering

Yubep · **Joined:** Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:35 pm **Posts:** 25266

Gazza
Hulk hogan

aido87 · **Posted:** Tue Jul 08, 2008 6:41 pm

sir geoff boycott - self explanatory
trevor steven - my first footballing icon
jon daly - my last footballing icon

Mr Irrelevant · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:25 pm **Posts:** 22659

Dean Windass - for response when asked how it felt to be a hero.
Johann Cruyff - for being the only footballer who refusing to play in the 78 World Cup because of the then murderous Argentine regime.
Ben Clark - for twatting Martin Scott.

katcha · **Posted:** Tue Jul 08, 2008 7:18 pm

Mr I wrote:

Ben Clark - for twatting Martin Scott.

point - change my list :laugh:

Warwick Hunt · **Posted:** Tue Jul 08, 2008 7:21 pm

Bobby Moore
Ian Botham
George Best

Salty · **Posted:** Wed Jul 09, 2008 2:47 pm

unlike that one for Holland this year who's baby died [perhaps his mrs miscarried?] and he chose to play on....weird! couldn't have done that myself

erm... Botham, Dalglish, Warne for me

Hawklord · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 10:27 pm **Posts:** 3115

Fanny Blankers Cohen
Jesse Owens
Roger Bannister

JohnnyMars · **Joined:** Tue Jun 12, 2007 10:24 am **Posts:** 2471

Willie Waddle
Tommy Smith
John Rowlands

Mr Irrelevant · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:25 pm **Posts:** 22659

If we're getting really silly, I give you.

Malcolm MacDonald
Eric Gates
Bernie Slaven

pde147 · **Posted:** Wed Jul 09, 2008 4:55 pm

The sporting heroes of my youth were

Bob Latchford (age 9 I had a bizarre dalliance with Everton before find the One True Path that is Pools)

Phil Edmonds (A proper english spinner who actually gave the ball a bit of flight and rip)

Steve Ovett (Always new there was something suss about Seb Coe before I knew about his shameful Toryism - and, according to private eye, exceptionally close bond with William Hague)

aido87 · **Posted:** Wed Jul 09, 2008 6:41 pm

pde147 wrote:

The sporting heroes of my youth were

Bob Latchford (age 9 I had a bizarre dalliance with Everton before find the One True Path that is Pools)

Phil Edmonds (A proper english spinner who actually gave the ball a bit of flight and rip)

nowt wrong with following everton, and er, phillipe henri edmonds was belgian.

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