What athlete did you 1st idolize?

Tiki Bar · Post by **Tiki Bar** » March 24, 2006 12:02 pm

And on a similar, but different note, what athlete 1st caught your attention, and made you want to emulate them? The 1st I can think of is Magic Johnson... LOVED him!

(ironic that later in life the Laker Girls would be bridesmaids in my wedding!

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iuparrothead · Post by **iuparrothead** » March 24, 2006 12:03 pm

Walter Payton

LIPH · Post by **LIPH** » March 24, 2006 12:05 pm

I put this in the entertainer thread - Willie Mays. Greatest baseball player I've ever seen and he looked like he was actually having fun on the field. How many guys today look like they're enjoying themselves?

Post by **SMLCHNG** » March 24, 2006 12:07 pm

Ernie Banks.

And still do.

MelliJellyBean · Post by **MelliJellyBean** » March 24, 2006 12:10 pm

Mary Lou Retton

RAGTOP · Post by **RAGTOP** » March 24, 2006 12:15 pm

1st athlete I emulated... Marty Barrett
1st athlete I Idolized... Dan Marino

OceanCityGirl · Post by **OceanCityGirl** » March 24, 2006 12:19 pm

I was a big fan of the flyers during the Broad St Bullies period
Bernie Parent, Dave Schultz, Reggie Leach, Rick MacLeish
Also liked Mark Spitz, was kinda young, and had a kiddy crush on Joe Nameth.

Wino you know · Post by **Wino you know** » March 24, 2006 12:25 pm

ROGER MARIS!!!

But I do agree with Larry-Willie Mays is the greatest player I ever saw play.
Not saying he's THE greatest (altough he comes d^mn close-but he's the greatest I ever SAW play. Followed VERY closely by Roberto Clemente.

NYCPORT · Post by **NYCPORT** » March 24, 2006 12:31 pm

Reggie Jackson. You see a guy hit 3 HR's in one game to win a World Series you can't help it.

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » March 24, 2006 12:33 pm

Not original, but John Elway.

SchoolGirlHeart · Post by **SchoolGirlHeart** » March 24, 2006 12:36 pm

Carl Yastrzemski

LIPH · Post by **LIPH** » March 24, 2006 12:41 pm

Another one besides Willie Mays, and this is going to be a little off the wall, John Carlos. Not for what he did in the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City with the black glove fist in the air salute, but for what he did on the track. I was a sprinter on the track team when I was in high school and he was one of the best sprinters in the world, maybe THE best, for a couple of years.

CaptainP · Post by **CaptainP** » March 24, 2006 12:42 pm

Robin Yount

f2cdlzrd · Post by **f2cdlzrd** » March 24, 2006 12:44 pm

Dale Murphy (Atlanta Braves)
Michael Jordan (since he was at UNC)
Does Dean Smith count?!?

LIPH · Post by **LIPH** » March 24, 2006 12:46 pm

SchoolGirlHeart wrote:Carl Yastrzemski

Another Long Islander. I think they give an award named for him to the best high school baseball player in Suffolk County every year.

Wino you know · Post by **Wino you know** » March 24, 2006 12:46 pm

f2cdlzrd wrote:Does Dean Smith count?!?

Yes!

krusin1 · Post by **krusin1** » March 24, 2006 12:51 pm

Tiki Bar wrote:And on a similar, but different note, what athlete 1st caught your attention, and made you want to emulate them? The 1st I can think of is Magic Johnson... LOVED him! (ironic that later in life the Laker Girls would be bridesmaids in my wedding! )

Kurt Rambis (not much talent, but started for the Lakers for a decade or so.)

James Worthy (serious talent, class act.)
George Brett (Summer of 1980 - a beautiful time.)

CaptainP · Post by **CaptainP** » March 24, 2006 12:51 pm

Secretariat

bixxx · Post by **bixxx** » March 24, 2006 12:55 pm

phil esposito
reggie smith
john havilcek
sam bam cunningham

3/4 Time · Post by **3/4 Time** » March 24, 2006 12:55 pm

Roberto Clemente

Plus these other two guys weren't to shabby either!

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