Earliest Sports Idols- Who you got?

[NCAubs 377]

Gregg Carr.  
 

Kevin Greene. 
 

Old school, Mike Kolen. 

[ellitor 33,093]

Here are mu Childhood faves & I will get banned for some of this because I grew up a Bama fan

NFL:

The afore mentioned Dan Marino

NBA

1st

Then became

MLB: I didn't have TBS or it would have been Dale Murphy. As it was I got the dodgers a lot on NBC's game of the week so it was

In my teenage years is was the sweetest swing baseball had ever seen

College football

and

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[ellitor 33,093]

I fogot Nascar: Davey Allison, & wrestling: Hulk Hogan & Sting.

[NCAubs 377]

2 minutes ago, ellitor said:

I fogot Nascar: Davey Allison, & wrestling: Hulh Hogan & Sting.

They said sports.  Not activities or soap operas. 

[ellitor 33,093]

My first sports memory is my actual first memory everof anything. I was a Dallas Cowboys fan even before I was aware I existed so this being my first memory is a bit painful to say the least...

If you're too young to get this, look up The Catch Joe Montana.

[ellitor 33,093]

4 minutes ago, NCAubs said:

They said sports.  Not activities or soap operas. 

Wrestling is sports entertainment & had a big part of my childhood expecially since I didn't have a father.

[NCAubs 377]

Just now, ellitor said:

Wrestling is sports entertainment & had a big part of my childhood expecially since I didn't have a father.

Agree to vehemently disagree.  

[gr82be 14,425]

1 minute ago, ellitor said:

Wrestling is sports entertainment & had a big part of my childhood expecially since I didn't have a father.

Most of us laugh at it because the outcome is predetermined but many of those guys/girls are tremendous athletes and no one can take that away from them. I remember watching Tojo Yamamoto as a kid. That wooden clog was quite the weapon. 

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34 minutes ago, NCAubs said:

Bart Starr?  The f…?

Well, I said I was older. He was basically done as a QB when I became aware of who he was but he was all class. He coached the Packers after he finished playing. I’m not just a Brett Favre/Aaron Rodgers era Packers fan, I go back to some of the painful years. Bart Starr signed a few items for my 11th birthday. Nothing major that anyone would want but at eleven years old it made my day. Brent Fullwood later signed my son’s football for him. But Bart Starr is the reason I’m a Packers fan. 

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23 minutes ago, ellitor said:

I fogot Nascar: Davey Allison, & wrestling: Hulk Hogan & Sting.

Richard Petty for me. STP, the racer’s edge. 

[augolf1716 21,166]

1 hour ago, gr82be said:

He’s mellowed quite a bit

Woudn't take much........ man he was entertaining to watch 

[augolf1716 21,166]

44 minutes ago, NCAubs said:

Are you even still alive?

AI

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7 minutes ago, gr82be said:

Well, I said I was older. He was basically done as a QB when I became aware of who he was but he was all class. He coached the Packers after he finished playing. I’m not just a Brett Favre/Aaron Rodgers era Packers fan, I go back to some of the painful years. Bart Starr signed a few items for my 11th birthday. Nothing major that anyone would want but at eleven years old it made my day. Brent Fullwood later signed my son’s football for him. But Bart Starr is the reason I’m a Packers fan. 

Hell I got Joe Namath signature oh just to let you know I was a old Baltimore Colts fan....Lennie Moore baby

so of course I hate the Packers

[NCAubs 377]

6 minutes ago, augolf1716 said:

AI

Well played.  

[aubiefifty 16,793]

Mickey Mantle. pat and terry were my first auburn players.

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[ellitor 33,093]

1 hour ago, augolf1716 said:

I was a old Baltimore Colts fan.

Johnny U was my dad's favorite player.

[ellitor 33,093]

1 hour ago, augolf1716 said:

so of course I hate the Packers

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4 hours ago, EastAl_Tiger said:

The Juice

East, dude killed a woman....

[AURex 1,999]

Okay, I be old.

"Sweetness" Walter Payton

George Blanda

 

[cctiger 571]

Jimmy Sidle

Tucker Fredrickson

Rocky Colavito

Glenn "Fireball" Roberts

Ralph "Shug" Jordan

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10 hours ago, ellitor said:

My first sports memory is my actual first memory everof anything. I was a Dallas Cowboys fan even before I was aware I existed so this being my first memory is a bit painful to say the least...

If you're too young to get this, look up The Catch Joe Montana.

This was the last time I cried after a sporting event didn't go the way I wanted.

Drew Pearson nearly got away from the 49er secondary on the drive following that play, but I think Eric Wright got him by the back of the jersey (legal then), then Danny White fumbled while being sacked, and the torch was officially passed.

To answer the original question:

Roger Staubach

Dr. J

Mike Schmidt 

[Jgarrett7 957]

Larry “Chipper” Jones

that is all I’ve got to say on the subject 

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No one has this person? You're all a bunch of fakes....lol

[Carnell 592]

AU Mike Kolen, Larry Willingham and Buddy McClinton

Johnny Unitas, Bubba Smith, Dick Butkas and Ray Nietcke.