Who was your favorite pro athlete when you were a child?

[pumbaa]

Favorite player was MJ.

Obscure player? Richmond webb, oline Miami dolphins was my neighbor have a signed football from him

 

[Dartgod]

George Brett

Obscure: Joe Delaney. A great running back for the Chiefs who's life ended tragically when he drowned trying to save some boys who were in trouble in a pond.

 

[Bernoulli]

Favorite/ Willie Mays / Bobby Orr

Obscure- Carl “Spider” Lockart

 

[Jrt13]

Football- Tony Dorsett
Baseball- Ted Simmons St. Louis Cards catcher

 

[blugold]

Shaq

George Koonce

 

[Greg Kulbick]

Bo Jackson

Obscure athlete: Darryl Williams, despite being a Hurricane. He lived down the street from us after the Bengals drafted him and was always super nice.

 

[Sean]

Football: Mike Ditka
Baseball: Ernie Banks

 

[gonyr]

favorite: Darryl Strawberry
slightly more obscure: Mark Gastineau

 

[Sox_Fan]

Jim Rice and Fred Lynn

Obscure: Bernie Carbo

 

[Phil75070]

Johnny Unitas or Brooks Robinson.

 

[Nerdy]

MJ
Griffey Jr
Tiger

Chris Sabo/Patrick Roy

 

[Glftips]

Ted Williams

 

[USAF Retired]

Yes sir!!! I was in HS when he made that shot as a freshmen to win the National Championship at UNC

Feel fortunate to have watched his entire career

 

[USAF Retired]

Football- Tony Dorsett
Baseball- Ted Simmons St. Louis Cards catcher

Ted had some good years in Milwaukee also ️

 

[WLG1952]

Willie Mays.

 

[War Eagle]

Bo Jackson, and not even a close 2nd. I was obsessed with everything Bo, and quite frankly, still am.

 

[Snickerdog]

Walter Payton
Johnny Bench

 

[ArmyGolf]

Aryton Senna, and then Pavel Bure

 

[odom730]

Ryan Freel. The guy played the game hard, was saddened to hear about his death.

I loved Ryan Freel! His hustle was one of a kind. But he played multiple games at every position but pitcher and catcher. Most teams would do anything to have a dude like that. RIP.

 

[*Range Rat]

Moses Malone - Rockets

Obscure - Preston Pearson - Cowboys

 

[AndyL0711]

when i was young it was Danny White, then Herschel Walker, Then Troy Aikman. see a theme here...lol

 

[Wholeinone]

Hockey - Bobbly Hull
Football - Jim Brown
Baseball - Stan Musial

Somewhat obscure favorite - Rocky Colavito

 

[Jason89er]

Yeah like others it was MJ. Living in North Fl I was lucky enough to see him play in person a handful of times in Orlando against the Magic. Even had 2nd row baseline seats once. Seeing him score 17pts in a quarter 20ft away from me was a bucket list moment.

Obscure wise I loved watching Moose Johnson blast open holes for Emmitt Smith on those 90s Cowboys teams. Love blocking Fullbacks.

 

[RecGolfer]

Willie Mays, Arnold Palmer.

 

[Canadan]

Wayne Gretzky.

Followed closely by Kelly Gruber.