who were your hometown sports heroes as a kid?

[ProBoxingInsidr]

What was your team and who were your main guys at the time of your childhood/ teens?

The thing I loved as a kid was teams were much more stable so you could really follow a guy for most of his career (usually). Who were the guys from your local teams that you were really behind? Or for those of you who didnt have a team, the teams you followed

Mine

Red Wings- Steve Yzerman, Bob Probert (I used Steve Yzerman as an alias for years when I moved down south since nobody there followed hockey. A perfect representative for a team

Tigers- Lou Whitaker, Alan Trammell, Chet Lemon (whitaker was probably my biggest hero. Its a shame he didnt get more recognition for the Hall of Fame.

Pistons- Isiah Thomas, Bill Laimbeer (also a big fan of Akeem Olajuwon when I moved to Houston). Isiah was right there with Lou at the top of my list

Lions- Billy Sims (would have been a sure fire HoF'er if he had not had so many injuries. He gave Lions fans a glimpse of what was to come in Barry a few years later

 

[PRESIDENT TRUMP]

Tie domi - maple leafs goon
Vince Carter - greatest dunker of all time
Carlos Delgado - put up insane numbers for the Jays during a time when everyone was juicing
Donovan Bailey - fastest man alive at one point.

 

[berimBOWLoh]

Wendel Clark and Roberto Alomar

 

[Easy The Great]

Pudge Rodriguez

 

[TeTe]

Michael Jordan
Jeremy Roenick
Ed Belfour
Frank Thomas
Ryne Sandburg
Scottie Pippen
Walter Payton

 

[Rimbaud82]

Ulster Rugby
David Humphreys - captained Ulster to our only European Cup trophy, one of our all time greats.

Stephen Ferris - Beast of a man. Just a fan favourite and an unbelievable competitor. Was the engine of the team for several years until his knees eventually gave in due to his hard running style (he did miss a lot of time out with injuries too).

 

[Gunners]

Nordiques: Joe Sakic
Arsenal: Tony Adams
- Vikings: Warren Moon
Celtics: Larry Bird
Marquis Grissom

 

[Nesk]

.

 

[PUO3]

Lynch
Andre Ward
Ricky Henderson
Jason Kidd

 

[Good Ole Stannis's BBQ]

Ulster Rugby
David Humphreys - captained Ulster to our only European Cup trophy, one of our all time greats.

Stephen Ferris - Beast of a man. Just a fan favourite and an unbelievable competitor. Was the engine of the team for several years until his knees eventually gave in due to his hard running style (he did miss a lot of time out with injuries too).

Haven't watched rugby in years. I know that he's not a hometown boy but weirdly one of my favourite players was Kevin Maggs.

 

[Mondo Freaks]

Kevin Johnson
Charles Barkley
Dan Marjle
Shane Doan
Wayne Gretsky
Jake Plummer
Pat Tillman

 

[PolishHeadlock]

Ron Hextall
Scott Rolen
AI
Brian Dawkins

 

[PUO3]

Ron Hextall
Scott Rolen
AI
Brian Dawkins

Dawkins DA GOD

 

[PolishHeadlock]

Dawkins DA GOD

The Weapon X highlight still chokes me up when I watch it.

I hope Banner dies a slow and horrible death.

 

[Aquabot]

Tony Gwynn and Junior Seau were my big sports heroes growing up. Hard to believe they are both gone.

 

[PUO3]

The Weapon X highlight still chokes me up when I watch it.

I hope Banner dies a slow and horrible death.

Karl Joseph is my poor mans Dawkins. Hope he hits the next level with a better staff. He flashes some brilliant violence.

Give him a watch if you get a chance.

 

[Graves The Elder]

Early Jets, Mets and Islander players for the most part.

 

[ThinkGreen]

Tony Gwynn for sure.

 

[Prefect]

Shawn Kemp
Karl Malone and John Stockton
Jason the Kidd

 

[10000 Days]

.