All-Time Favorite Sports Movie Characters

[osugrad21]

Personal Top 5 in no particular order:

Rocky Balboa (Rocky I-infinity)

Roy Hobbs (The Natural)

Roy "Tin Cup" McAvay (Tin Cup)

The Hanson Bros (Slap Shot)

Crash Davis (Bull Durham)

Use this list if you are having trouble remembering some of the greats...

 

[FKAGobucks877]

What about Tom Cruise in "Days of Thunder"? I thought you had a gay crush on him?

I like Gene Hackman in "Hoosiers". He should be on your list....at the top.

 

[iambrutus]

Roy "Tin Cup" McAvay (Tin Cup)

Crash Davis (Bull Durham)

Billy Bob (Varsity Blues)

 

[AJHawkfan]

Ty Webb from Caddyshack

Lou from Major League "You may run like Mays, but you hit like shit."

Paul Crews from The Longest Yard

 

[osugrad21]

What about Tom Cruise in "Days of Thunder"? I thought you had a gay crush on him?

You must have mistaken the 21 for 27 in my handle....and I believe he likes ThunderLips from Rocky III anyway.

 

[iambrutus]

Ty Webb from Caddyshack

Lou from Major League "You may run like Mays, but you hit like shit."

both of those are very good!!!

 

[exhawg]

Lattimer

Staring defense! Place at the table!

 

[LoKyBuckeye]

Without repeating any mentioned so far....

Roy Munson & Ernie McCracken (maybe shouldn't be considered a sports movie)

 

[NorthShoreBuck]

I liked Mariel Hemmingway when she played the lesbian track and field star.

Personal Best?

 

[Dryden]

Well, there is Keanu Reeves as Shane Falco in the Replacements ... the former Ohio State QB who led us to our disasterous loss in the '96 Sugar Bowl against Florida State.

Then there is Keanu Reeves as Johnny Utah in Point Break ... the former Ohio State QB who led us to a loss in the Rose Bowl.

Maybe in an upcoming film Reeves will play a Tressel-era ex OSU QB who won a bowl game.

 

[High Lonesome]

Andre- necessary roughness
happy gilmore- title character
carl - caddy shack
lattimer- the program
bob uecker- major league as himself(seriously any character form this movie as it is the end-all be-all of baseball movies for me)

Without repeating any mentioned so far....

Roy Munson & Ernie McCracken (maybe shouldn't be considered a sports movie)

yes it should and they are great characters

 

[Dryden]

bob uecker- major league as himself(seriously any character form this movie as it is the end-all be-all of baseball movies for me)

Amen. Major League is up there with Coming To America and Spaceballs among my circle of friends as the most quotable movies ever.

 

[LoKyBuckeye]

bob uecker- major league as himself(seriously any character form this movie as it is the end-all be-all of baseball movies for me)

Ball 4, Ball 8, Ball 12... Vaughn has walked the bases loaded.

 

[daddyphatsacs]

Ball 4, Ball 8, Ball 12... Vaughn has walked the bases loaded.

BU"1 hit, thats all we had was one God damn hit?"
Monnie "You can't say God damn on the air"
BU "No one's listening anyhow"

 

[matz2]

Ball 4, Ball 8, Ball 12... Vaughn has walked the bases loaded.

Boy - how can these guys lay off pitches this close...


Hanson Bros - Slapshot
Tanner - Bad News Bears
Bob Sugar - Jerry McGuire
Ty Webb & Carl Spackler - Caddyshack
Eddie Harris - Major League - "Are you trying to tell me that Jesus Christ can't hit a curve ball!?!"