Who is your sporting heroes

[Greedo]

Mine are


Footlball - Paul McStay, Franco Baresi, Marco Van Basten, Gianluca Vialli
Boxing - Marvin Hagler, Roberto Duran
Cycling - Marco Pantani

 

[mr Mag00]

lance armstrong
ayton senna
steve cram
not a huge footy fan but steve gerard as a quiet achiever, not brash.
colin mcrae
valentino rossi

 

[Flying_Monkey]

I don't generally think of athletes as heroes. The few who are for me, are the ones whose life-story is inspiring or meaningful, not just the fact that they could kick a ball or run fast.

Jesse Owens and Major Taylor are two that spring to mind.

 

[mr Mag00]

i only think of them in the arena of sport, other ppl in other walks of life are real hero like firemen, soldiers i dont put them on a pedastel.

 

[Maz]

Muhammed Ali

 

[Eat MY Dust]

Mines are all boxers. All of the usual suspects, however my favourite is Nigel Benn, but that's probably because of the age I was when he was at the top of his game.

 

[beanzontoast]

I don't generally think of athletes as heroes. The few who are for me, are the ones whose life-story is inspiring or meaningful, not just the fact that they could kick a ball or run fast.

Jesse Owens and Major Taylor are two that spring to mind.

+1

And I'm so glad you said it. Just occasionally one of these sporting stars, when asked about being a 'hero', replies that to them, the real heroes in this world are the ordinary people who lead unremarkable lives but make a difference to others. Hero is an overused word.

 

[Greedo]

Listen. It's a Friday afternoon.

I put sporting in the title on purpose as we all know who the real heroes in the world are. We don't need to get all moralistic about it.

Just post someone you used to love and want to be like when you were younger otherwise don't bother posting.

It's only a bit of fun.

+1

And I'm so glad you said it. Just occasionally one of these sporting stars, when asked about being a 'hero', replies that to them, the real heroes in this world are the ordinary people who lead unremarkable lives but make a difference to others. Hero is an overused word.

I don't generally think of athletes as heroes. The few who are for me, are the ones whose life-story is inspiring or meaningful, not just the fact that they could kick a ball or run fast.

Jesse Owens and Major Taylor are two that spring to mind.

 

[beanzontoast]

Listen. It's a Friday afternoon.

I put sporting in the title on purpose as we all know who the real heroes in the world are. We don't need to get all moralistic about it.

Just post someone you used to love and want to be like when you were younger otherwise don't bother posting.

It's only a bit of fun.

Fair enough!

 

[Eat MY Dust]

Eddie The Eagle

Whenever I hear Eddie the Eagle it makes me laugh (BTW this is completely OT)

When me and my friends were about 15 there was a group of us being little idiots in Dunfermline high street on a Friday evening. We were generally giving people grief and looking for trouble (I know, I know) Anyway these 2 old (to us) guys go past and we give them a bit of hassle as one of them had cowboy boots on. Little did we realise that he had a huge reputation for being a nutter. So, he comes across (not looking happy) and one of my friends (the biggest) one keeps up the hard act, the rest of us already sense the coming doom. The guy says to my friend something like "you're quite a pretty boy, would you still be acting so hard if I took you down that alleyway and shagged you?" This was of course one of the funniest retorts I'd ever heard in fight stand off. So there's me laughing like an idiot, when the guy turned to me and said "what the f*uck are you laughing at Eddie the Eagle, your next" (I wear glasses) I promptly stopped laughing.

Sorry for diverting. It made me smile typing the story though!

 

[mr Mag00]

there are more posts about 'heroes' than there are names. sometimes ppl should just enter into the spirit.

 

[tyred]

Michael Schumacher

 

[Eat MY Dust]

Michael Schumacher

each to their own I suppose!

 

[Maz]

Prabhas Pokharel

Maybe I live a sheltered life, but I aint not never heard of him/her.

 

[Eat MY Dust]

Tiddlywinks champion?