Your sport heroes

Serchers · Subject: Your sport heroes Mon Jul 19, 2010 12:58 am

Just watched the Clough night on BBC2 which got me thinking about my sporting heroes. Obviously Clough, but for me I'd add Momammed Ali, Seve, Borg, Faldo, Ovett and Daly and then a list of B-grade players.

Also wondering why I haven't got any from the past 15-20 years. Is it something to do with age ? Perhaps I idolised sportsmen when I was younger but these days they tend to be younger than me and their achievements don't impress me as it did before. So, are your sporting heroes only ever going to be older than you ?

Brian P · Subject: Re: Your sport heroes Mon Jul 19, 2010 9:27 am

My top 6 would be

Gareth Edwards, Ian Botham, George Best, Martin Johnson, Jonnie Wilkinson, Graeme Hick

3 younger, and 3 older than me.

WBB · Subject: Re: Your sport heroes Mon Jul 19, 2010 10:02 am

My top 6?

Graham Hill, Basil D'Oliveira, Tom Graveney, Rebecca Adlington, Sir Steven Redgrave, Jack Charlton.

I could write 26- those were the first 6 into my head!

Serchers · Subject: Re: Your sport heroes Mon Jul 19, 2010 10:13 am

Opps. Forgot about Botham. Hick would definately be in my Div 2 but I couldn't define him as a hero as much as I admired what he did and the way he went about things. Depends on the definition of hero I suppose.

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johnnymax · Subject: Re: Your sport heroes Mon Jul 19, 2010 11:28 am

Ian Botham, JPR Williams, Graham Hill, Barry Sheen, Malcolm Marshall, and David Duckham (he had the best drift sidestep in the world!) I tried for ages to emulate it and all that happened was theat I ran straight into the oppposing tackler who bought nothing.
Strange how mine appear to in the main be deceased !!

WBB · Subject: Re: Your sport heroes Mon Jul 19, 2010 1:21 pm

JPR Williams would have been my 7th- a very unassuming man who is a medical consultant in Cardiff and hardly seen on rugby media now.

warrior · Subject: Re: Your sport heroes Mon Jul 19, 2010 1:57 pm

WBB, I'm sure Graham Hill will be thrilled to be one of your sporting heroes, as a commentator for WCCC on Radio H&W he may also be shocked.

LOL

Tim Hall · Subject: Re: Your sport heroes Mon Jul 19, 2010 2:06 pm

Ian Botham, Basil D'Oliviera, Graeme Hick, Brian Clough (should have managed England), Malcolm Marshall, Muttiah Muralitharan

I presume the Graham Hill referred to isn't the H and W commentator, ah we've just dealt with that, sorry

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Jonny Tash · Subject: Re: Your sport heroes Mon Jul 19, 2010 4:13 pm

You can probably tell my era by my more recent heroes.

My 6 would be:
Eric Cantona
Peter Schmeichel
Michael Atherton
Marcus Trescothick
Curtly Ambrose
Jonny Wilkinson

I could have quite easily picked others from different sports (Colin Montgomerie, Damon Hill, Jimmy White or Phil 'The Power' Taylor)

warrior · Subject: Re: Your sport heroes Mon Jul 19, 2010 4:57 pm

mine would be
Botham,Gower,Cyrille Regis are the ones from my childhood whilst Martin Johnson,Gary Megson and Redgrave are sports people I admire from later years

Henry Crun · Subject: Re: Your sport heroes Mon Jul 19, 2010 7:01 pm

1. Basil
2. Daylight
3. Hicky

englishcat19 · Subject: Re: Your sport heroes Mon Jul 19, 2010 7:22 pm

Ian Botham
Alex Higgins
Brian Clough
Eric Bristow
Johnny Francombe
Scurlogue Champ

Mostly 'hellraisers', cant be doing with the modern, no smoking, no boozing sportsman

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Stop It Aggers · Subject: Re: Your sport heroes Mon Jul 19, 2010 8:13 pm

Ian Botham
Gary Shaw
Paul McGrath
Lance Armstrong
Tony McCoy
Johan Cryuff

Desert Orchid and Best Mate were on a 15-strong shortlist but didn't make the cut!

Serchers · Subject: Re: Your sport heroes Mon Jul 19, 2010 8:43 pm

Gary Shaw !!

THOSE were the days. Off the top of my head : Rimmer, Mortimer, McNaught, Cowans, Bremner, Withe, Morley, Evans, Swain, 2 more (help!)

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Stop It Aggers · Subject: Re: Your sport heroes Mon Jul 19, 2010 8:52 pm

Serchers wrote:

Gary Shaw !!

THOSE were the days. Off the top of my head : Rimmer, Mortimer, McNaught, Cowans, Bremner, Withe, Morley, Evans, Swain, 2 more (help!)

Rimmer, Swain, Gary Williams, Evans, McNaught, Bremner, Mortimer, Cowans, Morley, Shaw and Withe (including his shin!). Colin Gibson as full back and not forgetting Nigel Spink.

'Shaw, Williams, prepared to venture down the left. There's a good ball in for Tony Morley. Oh, it must be and it is! It's Peter Withe'!