All-Time Favorite Sports Movie Characters

[Alan]

The tops on my list:
Bruce Pearson-Robert DeNiro

Close behind:
Radio-Cuba Gooding Jr
the coach in the movie too...forget that guys name, but great performance....

 

[BrutusMaximus]

Ed Harris

 

[BB73]

The tops on my list:
Bruce Pearson-Robert DeNiro

Close behind:
Radio-Cuba Gooding Jr
the coach in the movie too...forget that guys name, but great performance....

Ed Harris played the coach. He was also great in The Rock (but that was non-sports).

 

[LoKyBuckeye]

Ed Harris is long over due for an Oscar. He's a great actor that gets over looked.

 

[Buckeye513]

Herman Boone (Denzel Washington) in Remember the Titans.

 

[Sloopy45]

(In no particular order)

1. Judge Smails (Ted Knight, Caddyshack)

2. Al Cervik (Rodney Dangerfield, Caddyshack)

3. Wally Riggendorf (Robert Loggia, Necessary Roughness)

4. Big Ern McCracken (Bill Murray, Kingpin)

5. Harry Doyle (Bob Uecker, Major League)
"Not sure where Hayes played last year, but I'm sure he did a helluva job!"

6. Paul Crews (Burt Reynolds, The Longest Yard)

7. Shooter McGavin (Christopher McDonald, Happy Gilmore)

8. Miss McGill (Fionnula Flanagan, Youngblood)

9. Coach Norman Dale (Gene Hackman, Hoosiers)

 

[scUM Buster]

"Johnny" (Johnny Be Good) Loved that movie.

"Icebox" (Little Giants) Good movie to watch with kids.

"Rudy" (Rudy) Great movie, but didn't change my disdain for Notre Dame.

 

[Yertle]

No doubt about it - TY WEBB! The dude is a scratch golfer, hooks up with Lacy Underalls, is so sticking rish that he owns two lumber yards but doesn't even know where they are, and is about as close to a Jedi Master as any human being alive.

 

[stxbuck]

Gene Hackman-Norman Dale-Hoosiers
Jamie Foxx-Willie Beamon-Any Given Sunday
Al Pacino-forget coach's name-Any Given Sunday
Richard Pryor-Monty Brewster-Brewster's Millions
Rob Brown-Jamal Wallace-Finding Forrester-not exactly a sports movie, but basketball plays a huge role in the movie. Probably one of my Top 10 all time favorite movies.
Tim McGraw-Charlie Billingsley-Friday Night Lights

 

[tundra1]

Charles S. Dutton as the groundskeeper in Rudy.

Hated Sean Astin as Rudy, though.

 

[Thump]

Crash Davis and Roy McEvoy.

 

[ScriptOhio]

Personal Top 5 in no particular order:

Roy "Tin Cup" McAvay (Tin Cup)

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

The actual "Tin Cup" hole:

Tubac good enough for Roy McAvoy, good enough for you

I was down to the very last ball in my bag when I got to the fourth hole on the Rancho Course at Tubac Golf Resort & Spa, 30 miles south of Tucson, Ariz. This is the hole, known to locals as the "Tin Cup Hole," where Roy McAvoy -- a down-and-out golf pro so aptly played by Kevin Costner in the 1996 film Tin Cup -- hit shot after shot after shot into the lake fronting the green. There's even a plaque commemorating the site.
A par 5 that plays 544 yards, I hit a good drive on the hole, but was nowhere near in position to go for the green in two. I did the smart thing -- a thought process that escapes me most of the time -- and laid up to 120 yards. But of course, as happens after any smart play, I proceeded to chunk my next shot -- a pitching wedge -- to the edge of the lake and right next to the plaque.
Friggin' great. Remembering McAvoy's 12 on the hole -- based apparently on a real-life 15 that CBS commentator and occasional golfer Gary McCord took on a similar hole -- I took a deep breath and lifted a nice little wedge onto the putting surface and one-putt for par. Whew

Entire article: Tubac good enough for Roy McAvoy, good enough for you - Golf, PGA Tour - CBSSports.com PGA

 

[scott91575]

No doubt about it - TY WEBB! The dude is a scratch golfer, hooks up with Lacy Underalls, is so sticking rish that he owns two lumber yards but doesn't even know where they are, and is about as close to a Jedi Master as any human being alive.

and now for the 4 years later reply...

Who hasn't? She's been plucked more times than the Rose of Tralee. Biggest whore on 5th Ave, I'm told.

 

[ScriptOhio]

You guys got it all wrong, here are a dozen of the best all time sports movie characters:

#1. Darcy Sears

Actress: Ali Larter
Movie: Varsity Blues
Quote: "Baby I got so excited thinking about next year and Florida state and the future, I think I need to be your wide receiver."

#2. Lacey Underall

Actress: Cindy Morgan
Movie: Caddyshack
Quote: "Would you like to tie me up with some of your ties, Ty?"

#3. Adele Invergorder

Actress: Charlize Theron
Movie: The Legend of Bagger Vance
Quote: "And now I'm supposed to run into your arms and melt like butter on a hot muffin?"

#4. Annabelle Farrell

Actress: Brooke Langdon
Movie: The Replacements
Quote: "He's hung over! A good second slower off the snap than usual."

#5. Dr. Molly Griswold

Actress: Rene Russo
Movie: Tin Cup
Quote: "Why do men always insist on measuring their dicks? "

#6. Lynn

Actress: Maura Tierney
Movie: Semi-Pro
Quote: Lynn: You think I've forgotten that you cheated on me twice?
Monix: I only cheated on you once. There just had to be two women.

#7. Christina Pagniacci

Actress: Cameron Diaz
Movie: Any Given Sunday
Quote: "Don't stiffen on me."

#8. Gloria Clemente

Actress: Rosie Perez
Movie: White Men Can't Jump
Quote: "Sometimes when you win, you really lose, and sometimes when you lose, you really win, and sometimes when you win or lose, you actually tie, and sometimes when you tie, you actually win or lose. Winning or losing is all one organic mechanism, from which one extracts what one needs."

#9. Lizzie Bradbury

Actress: Kirsten Dunst
Movie: Wimbledon
Quote: "Hit this one, and I'll sleep with you."

#10. Annie Savoy

Actress: Susan Sarandon
Movie: Bull Durham
Quote: "I believe in the Church of Baseball. I've tried all the major religions, and most of the minor ones. I've worshipped Buddha, Allah, Brahma, Vishnu, Siva, trees, mushrooms, and Isadora Duncan. I know things. For instance, there are 108 beads in a Catholic rosary and there are 108 stitches in a baseball. When I heard that, I gave Jesus a chance."

#11. Kate Veatch

Actress: Christine Taylor
Movie: Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Quote: "I'm bisexual."

#12. Nola Rice

Actress: Scarlet Johansson
Movie: Match Point
Quote: "He saw me across the room and he honed in on me like a guided missile."

 

[ulukinatme]

Dodgeball was an excellent movie, and I'm not much of a Vince Vaughn fan

To keep the necro going:
Bill Murray - Caddyshack
Sean Astin - Rudy
Sylvester Stalone - Rocky series
Dolph Lundgren - Rocky IV
The cast of Baseketball