Your favorite athletes when you were a kid?

[Yappi]

Who were your favorite athletes when you were a kid?

For me, there were two groups, when I was under 10 years old and when I was over 10 years old:

Under 10:
Charlie Spikes - Indians
Lawrence McCutcheon - Rams
Elvin Hayes - Bullets

Over 10:
Miguel Dilone - Indians
Eric Dickerson - Rams
Jeff Malone - Bullets

 

[hubman]

Under 10:
Tony Dorsett- Dallas Cowboys
Dr. J- Philadelphia 76'ers

Over 10:
Charles Barkley -76'ers, Suns
Everson Walls- Cowboys

 

[irish_buffalo]

Football
Lawrence Taylor
Doug Flutie
Walter Payton

Basketball
Jordan

Baseball
Jack Morris
Nolan Ryan
Kirk Gibson

 

[eastisbest]

under 10
Hercules, Atlas, Achilles, until that unfortunate encounter.

over 10
Pocahontas

 

[Indiandad]

Under 10
My big brothers

Over 10
My big brothers
MJ

 

[Pile Driver]

Under 10 - Joe Montana

Over 10- Chipper Jones and Derek Jeter

 

[TroyTrojan05]

Barry Larkin
Sammy Sosa
Penny Hardaway
Jeff Blake
Corey Dillon
Mike Tyson
Ken Griffey Jr.
Stone Cold Steve Austin

 

[clarkgriswold]

Mike Schmidt
John Havlicek
Harvey Martin

 

[Chop Stix]

John Elway
Mark McGwire
Steve Yzerman
Kenyon Martin
Jason Williams
Ichiro

 

[NothingButTheTruth]

Franco Harris
Willie Stargell
Dr J
Walter Davis
Rocky Bleier
Jack Lambert

 

[clarkgriswold]

This is very telling as to how old some of us are. I'm expecting a Ty Cobb, Jim Thorpe or Red Grange any time now.

 

[az0217t]

No Ty Cobb for me but how about Dave Concepcion -- I was 15 in 1975. There was Rose, Bench, Morgan and Perez but Dave Concepcion just went out and did his job.

 

[Foster]

You're right Clark, mine were Jim Brown, Rocky Colavito, and Wilt Chamberlin.

 

[EagleGuy]

This is very telling as to how old some of us are. I'm expecting a Ty Cobb, Jim Thorpe or Red Grange any time now.

Beat me to it, though I can think of several older Yapsters than me.

You know who you are...

 

[queencitybuckeye]

Bob Gibson
Bobby Orr

 

[Crusaders]

Hockey:
Darius Kasparaitis
Jaromir Jagr
Mario Lemieux
Patrick Roy

Basketball:
Michael Jordan
Charles Barkley

Football:
Rod Woodson
Keenan McCardell

Baseball:
Barry Bonds
Jason Kendall
Randy Johnson

 

[zeeman]

Muhammad Ali
Wayne Gretsky
Johnny Bench
Larry and Magic
Barry’s Sanders

 

[Raymo]

You're right Clark, mine were Jim Brown, Rocky Colavito, and Wilt Chamberlin.

Throw in Willie Mays...BAM!

 

[USA70PP]

Lou Groza
George Mikan
Jerry Lucas
Mel Newell
John Havlicek
Oscar Robinson
Hopalong Cassady
Larry Doby
Bob Feller
Satchel Paige
Plus others as well.
You have to remember that by 1955 I was a 15 year old kid.

 

[Mr. Slippery]

Under 10
Magic Johnson
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
John Elway

Over 10
Magic Johnson
Clyde Drexler
Shawn Kemp
Brad Daugherty
Mark Price
Ken Griffey, Jr.
Payne Stewart

 

[LICKING COUNTY FAN]

Ali

 

[BlackHawk]

Baseball: Jim Maloney, Pete Rose
Football: Bart Starr, Roman Gabriel
Basketball: Jerry West, Dr. J

 

[clarkgriswold]

Keenan McCardell

How does one become a Keenan McCardell fan? Great player, worthy of fandom, but not one I would have expected.

 

[Gardens35]

Lou Groza
George Mikan
Jerry Lucas
Mel Newell
John Havlicek
Oscar Robinson
Hopalong Cassady
Larry Doby
Bob Feller
Satchel Paige
Plus others as well.
You have to remember that by 1955 I was a 15 year old kid.

Some info about Mel Newell? Thanks.

 

[eastisbest]

Before 10, honestly I doubt I had access to sports. Maybe Bart Starr. I recall being a fan. Wouldn't know why. Looked at a few rosters in the local college and do not recognize having known (at the time) any of them.

 

[USA70PP]

Some info about Mel Newell? Thanks.

Sorry, that is Nowell
Sophomore guard on the Ohio State basketball team along with classmates Jerry, Hondo and Bobby Knight.

 

[Gardens35]

Cool, was not familiar with him (newell/nowell). Appreciate it.

 

[chs1971]

I didn't really watch much sports on TV as a kid and never liked listening to games on the radio.

So, none.

 

[isadore]

Ted Williams

 

[Tom.OH]

When I was under 10 Frank Robinson was my favorite Red. I was pretty sad when he was traded to Baltimore figuring I would never see him again. That year dad was transferred to Armco in Kansas City. In the summer of 1966 we went to a KC A's game and they were playing Baltimore and I got to see Frank again...