Who was your sports heroes growing up???

[bmacsys]

As a kid I wanted to be Mike Schmidt. I got lucky once in 1980 to go to venterans stadium and see the phils play the reds and I called a Schmidt homer before it happened to my parents. Sadly Johnny bench hit a blast to win the game.

I think it's funny as a white kid from Cali but I always was pretending to be Dr. J, even wore his number in HS.

I should have grown up in Philly with the way I have bled green for all these years...

Dr. J was the man when I was growing up in New York. I saw him play a few times when he played  for the NY Nets in Long Island.

[UPINTHEMGUTS]

26.... How old are you guts? What about everyone else.

I never tell.

Just kidding.

33.

[onlyme]

Boxing- Ali
Baseball- Thurmon Munson, Johnny Bench
Football- OJ, Willie Lanier, Dick Butkus, Bob Hayes
Basketball- Wilt, Jerry West, Doc J, Gail Goodrich
Golf, Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklos, Lee Trevino
Racing- AJ Foyt, Parnelli Jones
Wrestling- Dan Gable

I was really lucky to play Golf and a celebrity Basketball game in 1988 with Doc J in Boca Raton.  And meeting Ali in 87' was a huge highlight of my life.  The only others I met off that list are Dick Butkus,  Wilt, and Jerry West.  I wish I could meet Johnny Bench.  Could have met OJ quite a few times but was always late.

[danielson]

  Could have met OJ quite a few times but was always late.

Why would you want to meet that pos? Was it pre-1994?

[jerseyhurricane]

I don't know if this counts... but I was a HUGE Jimmy "The SuperFly"  Snuka fan.

[Geo]

Dr. J was the man when I was growing up in New York. I saw him play a few times when he played  for the NY Nets in Long Island.

you're older than me

[bmacsys]

you're older than me

I'm older than everybody.

[jarhead]

#20 Billy Sims, Detroit Lions

[danielson]

#20 Billy Sims, Detroit Lions

When I was like 11 I was at an Isiah Thomas basketball camp at Oakland University and Billy had been hurt the prior season or something. The Lions were practicing there and I walked up to him and asked when he was coming back, he told me October. Son of a bitch never came back, ever! Fuck Billy Sims!

[Dos Equis]

When I was like 11 I was at an Isiah Thomas basketball camp at Oakland University and Billy had been hurt the prior season or something. The Lions were practicing there and I walked up to him and asked when he was coming back, he told me October. Son of a bitch never came back, ever! Fuck Billy Sims!

lol.  Billy Sims has one of the greatest runs I've ever seen.  He literally jumped and kicked a guy in the chest.  That was awesome.  Anyone remember that one?  Long time ago . . . .