gr82be 14,502 Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 (edited) I know most everyone is focused on recruiting right now but I thought it might be fun to see what everyone’s first sports idols or memories were. Most know I’m one of the older guys on here so my idols are all from my childhood which predates the majority of you. My first memory of Auburn was Pat Sullivan, and the rest of these are the reason I gravitated toward the teams I pull for, Bart Starr, John Havlicek and Johnny Bench. The only change is that I am now a Braves fan instead of a Reds fan. Edited December 11, 2023 by gr82be 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbo 7,968 Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillMunny 1,384 Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 Hammerin' Hank Aaron Julius "Dr. J" Irving Larry Bird Bo Jackson 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPTiger 5,202 Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 Dave Edwards from Abbeville, Alabama via Auburn via Dallas Cowboys. Roger Staubach. Tony Dorsett. Ed Too Tall Jones. Phil Knucksie Niekro. Dale Murphy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbird 60,580 Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbird 60,580 Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 11 minutes ago, LPTiger said: Dale Murphy Glad I'm not the only one to mention him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPTiger 5,202 Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 8 minutes ago, bigbird said: Glad I'm not the only one to mention him. Great person and a great player. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gr82be 14,502 Posted December 11, 2023 Author Share Posted December 11, 2023 27 minutes ago, LPTiger said: Dave Edwards from Abbeville, Alabama via Auburn via Dallas Cowboys. Roger Staubach. Tony Dorsett. Ed Too Tall Jones. Phil Knucksie Niekro. Dale Murphy. Good ones. Loved Dale Murphy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPTiger 5,202 Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 Just now, gr82be said: Good ones. Loved Dale Murphy. @cbo and @WillMunny making me feel old with the Bo picks. Heck I played with him... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUpreacherman22 3,892 Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 1 hour ago, bigbird said: Add this one for me: I was a small left handed lead off hitter center fielder and I wore #2. Brett Butler was my jam! I also loved Dale Murphy! And literally my first AU football memory was Bo over the top! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPTiger 5,202 Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 22 minutes ago, AUpreacherman22 said: Add this one for me: I was a small left handed lead off hitter center fielder and I wore #2. Brett Butler was my jam! I also loved Dale Murphy! And literally my first AU football memory was Bo over the top! 16 year career in the bigs. 2,000 plus hits. Career .290 hitter. Decent. Best of all he is a Believer and rightfully your jam!!!!. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gowebb11 9,424 Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 AU: James Brooks,Joe Cribbs, “Fast” Freddie Smith Steve Garvey Walter Payton 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AEAugirl 9,635 Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 Randy Campbell. I had a mad crush on him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey 16,777 Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 (edited) The Cardinal's Stan Musial, my all-time baseball favorite. BROOKLYN Dodgers Duke Snyder, Roy Campanella and Pee Wee Reese. Miami Hurricane's FB Don Bossler and WR Jim Dooley. In those days I was a little kid dodging cars on the land and paddling my little skiff around the big boats on the Miami River. PS: Back then, one year Purdue beat Notre Dame, Miami beat Purdue and the whole town had Hurricane fever. Then Miami went to Birmingham to play some team called Auburn. Auburn gave the ball to a guy named Joe Childress, seemed like 50 times as we huddled over our radios. Auburn and Childress beat the Hurricanes and the bubble was burst. That's all I knew about Auburn until years later. Edited December 11, 2023 by Mikey 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger Refuge 6,675 Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 28 minutes ago, Gowebb11 said: AU: James Brooks,Joe Cribbs, “Fast” Freddie Smith Steve Garvey Walter Payton Same here. Walter is one of my all time favorites. Dude was TOUGH. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillMunny 1,384 Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 2 hours ago, LPTiger said: @cbo and @WillMunny making me feel old with the Bo picks. Heck I played with him... I was a student at AU from 1981-85. Saw Bo play a lot. He did original, unbelievable things on the football and baseball fields. Things no one could truly appreciate unless they saw for themselves. I think Bo was the greatest overall athlete who ever lived. Apologies to Jim Thorpe. Then there's Larry Bird, who was not an elite athlete, but was a truly elite NCAA and NBA player; top 10 all time. He also did things no one had ever done before. Anyone who doesn't think Bird would thrive in today's NBA is as clueless as someone who would doubt Bo. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPTiger 5,202 Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 6 minutes ago, WillMunny said: He did original, unbelievable things on the football and baseball fields. Things no one could truly appreciate unless they saw for themselves. This!!! Some of us lucky ones got to see it everyday. He had a funny/evil sense of humor too. We had a second baseman, I believe from New Jersey -- Eddie Dilks. We all called him Dilksie -- short guy. One day we were fielding ground balls and running simulations/situations for the infield/outfield i.e. coach hitting fungo's would call out a situation like "nobody on, nobody out" right before he hit the fungo and everyone would have to move/react as if the hitter just hit the ball in that situation. Bo and I were in center and he says to me, "watch this, next throw to Dilksie I'm going to one hop him, and it is going to eat him up." None of the guys looked forward to taking a one hop throw from Bo -- particularly from center to second. I swear I can still hear him saying it to this day with the stutter he had back then. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wareaglefan444 85 Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 Dale murphy walter paytom john montanna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maryland tiger 616 Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 (edited) The greatest QB to ever play the game of football! San Diego Super Chargers! Dan Fouts Edited December 11, 2023 by maryland tiger 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastAl_Tiger 228 Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 The Juice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
augolf1716 21,432 Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 Jimmy Sidle and Tucker Frederickson Mickey Mantle Hal Greer 76ers 1965 played with Wilt Chamberlain Jesse Owens track Marvin Hagler Boxing Rod Laver Tennis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gr82be 14,502 Posted December 11, 2023 Author Share Posted December 11, 2023 28 minutes ago, augolf1716 said: Jimmy Sidle and Tucker Frederickson Mickey Mantle Hal Greer 76ers 1965 played with Wilt Chamberlain Jesse Owens track Marvin Hagler Boxing Rod Laver Tennis My tennis favorite came a little later. John McEnroe. Recently watched his interview with Joe Buck. He’s mellowed quite a bit. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellitor 33,114 Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 2 hours ago, maryland tiger said: The greatest QB to ever play the game of football! Oh you mean... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCAubs 418 Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 7 hours ago, gr82be said: I know most everyone is focused on recruiting right now but I thought it might be fun to see what everyone’s first sports idols or memories were. Most know I’m one of the older guys on here so my idols are all from my childhood which predates the majority of you. My first memory of Auburn was Pat Sullivan, and the rest of these are the reason I gravitated toward the teams I pull for, Bart Starr, John Havlicek and Johnny Bench. The only change is that I am now a Braves fan instead of a Reds fan. Bart Starr? The f…? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCAubs 418 Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 1 hour ago, augolf1716 said: Jimmy Sidle and Tucker Frederickson Mickey Mantle Hal Greer 76ers 1965 played with Wilt Chamberlain Jesse Owens track Marvin Hagler Boxing Rod Laver Tennis Are you even still alive? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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