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Sports idols growing up (Mega-Merge)

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LoKyBuckeye said:
as bad as they always were I loved the Tribe growing up... Thorton is another good one. How about Pat Tabler, Tony Bernazard and Brett Butler :). We used to go down to the stadium and pay $5 to get in and then sit anywhere :lol:
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Ah, yes, I remember those days. Mel Hall was there for a few years as well, and what about when Joel Skinner was actually the catcher? :lol:

Someone I didn't mention and should have - Keith Hernandez. I played first base growing up, through little league and high school, and I still have my first baseman's glove with his name on it. He is the only player I followed back then that wasn't an Indian...and then he became an Indian.

Some other blasts from the past - Felix Fermin, Tom Candiotti, Bud Black, John Farrell, Greg Swindell, Doug Jones.
 
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Basketball- George Gervin, Pistol Pete, Bob McAdoo, Jim Brewer and Nate Thurmond

Baseball- Mitchell Page, Reggie, Vida Blue, Billy North, Joe Rudi.

Football- Ken Stabler, Ted Hendricks, Otis Sistrunk, Jack Tatum

Hockey- Bob 'battleship' Kelley
 
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From about 1995-1997-ish, I lived in Chicago, so you know what that meant....everybody loved MJ. But at that time I wasn't really into sports and I didn't really have a "idol". Right now, I don't have a idol either. I guess I had a bad childhood when I grew up.
 
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College football: Woody Hayes, Paul Warfield

Pro football: Jim Parker, Jim Brown, Johnny Unitas

College basketball: Fred Taylor, Jerry Lucas, John Havlichek, Gary Bradds

Baseball: Roberto Clemente, Willie Stargell, Dock Ellis, Mickey Mantel, Roger Maris, Hank Aaron

Track and Field: Jesse Owens, Dick Ryan, Bob Hayes, Bob Beamon

Golf: Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Gary Player
 
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Pete Rose, Rex Kern, Randy Gradishar. Oscar Robertson

All of my favorites in their particular field. But my all-time idol was Woody Hayes. Read his books, watched his documentaries, was disappointed with the way he left the game. But, as time goes by, I think that people are realizing what this man stood for. He had his warts, but he truly cared about people.
 
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