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Old 07-22-2007, 03:29 PM
 
Location: Az.
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Mine were:

1. Billie Jean King (tennis)
2. Mary Lou Retton (gymnastics)
3. Mary Decker Slaney (track)
4. Roger Staubach (football)
5. Terry Bradshaw (football)
6. Greg Louganis (diving)
7. Shirley Babashoff (swimming)
8. Evonne Goolagong (tennis)
9. Evelyn Ashford (track)
10. Chris Evert (tennis)
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Old 07-22-2007, 04:06 PM
 
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None as a kid as all my teams sucked.
So as a teen i liked...

Joe Montana...............SF 49ers .........NFL
Jerry Rice...................SF 49ers .........NFL
Ronnie Lott.................SF 49ers .........NFL
Jim McMahon...............Chi Bears ........NFL
Larry Bird....................Bos Celtics ......NBA
DR.J...........................Phila 76ers ......NBA
Ralph Sampson.............Hou Rockets ....NBA
Darryl Strawberry..........NY Mets .........MLB
Will Clark.....................SF Giants ........MLB
Oral Herschieser............LA Dodgers .....MLB
Ray Boom Boom Mancini .Lite Boxing .....WBA
Tim Witherspoon ..........Heavy Boxing ..WBA/IBF
King Kong Bundy...........Wrestling ........NWA
Rowdy Roddy Piper........Wrestling ........WWF
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Old 07-23-2007, 07:57 AM
 
Location: Wrightwood, California
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Curt Warner (Seattle Seahawks RB)
Steve Largeant (Seattle Seahawks WR)
Randall Cunningham (Philadelphia Eagles QB)
Donald "Cobra" Curry (Boxing)
Riddick "Big Daddy" Bowe (Boxing)
Kevin Johnson (Phoenix Suns PG)
Xavier McDaniel (Seattle SuperSonics F)
Dan Majarle (Phoenix Suns F)
Dwight Gooden (NY Mets P)
Jurgen Klinsmann (German soccer star)
Lothar Matthaus (German soccer star)
Greg LeMond (Cycling)
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Old 07-23-2007, 08:30 AM
 
Location: Indianapolis
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Pele, Diego Maradona, Michelle Platini, Zico, Roberto Baggio, as you can tell I was only interested in soccer growing up.

In later years, Michael Jordan, James Worthy, and a few Redskins, Joe Theisman, Doug Williams, John Riggins, Joe Gibbs.
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Old 07-23-2007, 08:48 AM
 
Location: Tejas
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Paul McGrath (Irish central defender, Football)
Pat Bonner (Irish goalkeeper, Football)
Marco Van Basten (Dutch footballer)
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Old 07-23-2007, 08:56 AM
 
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Walter Payton - Needs No Intro
Bob Avellini - Hey, he was the Bear's Starting QB once..
Artis Gillmore - Pre-Jordan he was the best Bull I knew
Jody Davis - My favorite off that '84 Cubs team that SHOULD have made the World Series
Jimmy Connors - Didn't watch tennis, but he was my favorite
Chris Everett - Didn't HAVE to watch tennis as she was in enough commercials
Jan Stephenson - When she first joined the LPGA she was a hottie. Then her butt expanded exponentially, but those were some good years..
Rod Carew - Favorite non-Cub
Robin Yount - I went to a LOT of the '82 Brewer games. My all-time favorite MLB squad even though I'm a Cub Fan..
Steve Bartkowski - I loved the Falcons old red unis and Bartkowski was awesome..
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Old 07-23-2007, 09:15 AM
 
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Walter Payton
Hank Aaron
Reggie Jackson
Chrissie Evert
Nadia Comanechi
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Old 07-23-2007, 09:44 AM
 
Location: Phoenix metro
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Ryne Sandberg
Ed Belfour
Nolan Ryan
Walter Payton
Mike Singletary
Andre Dawson
Paul Molitor
Michael Jordan
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Old 07-23-2007, 09:59 AM
 
Location: Philaburbia
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Peggy Fleming
Janet Lynn
Billie Jean King
Jim Brown
Pete Maravich
Kareem Abdul Jabbar
Oscar Robertson
Paul Warfield
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Old 07-23-2007, 11:33 AM
 
Location: Portland, OR
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Bernard Hinault-Five time Tour de France Champ
Baskerville Holmes-Memphis State Tigers
Keith Lee-Memphis State Tigers
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