Favorite Sports Person?

[Qwerty]

Zola,

Gianfranco or Budd

 

[richart]

I probably hated him more when he played against Chelsea!!

Scored our goal of the season in the 106 team. Always known as Blakey to the fans.

 

[Deleted member 18588]

Barry Sheene - what you saw was what you got
Mike Hailwood - privileged background but the most down to earth of men
Jeff Smith - our first World Champ in moto-cross a sport I love to this day

Arnold Palmer - who first made golf appealing to me
Seve - who kept that interest going

Rohan Kanhai - an artist with a bat

Bertie Auld - best remembered at Celtic but not forgotten at Birmingham City, a real maverick

 

[johnyblack]

Agnieszka Radwanska. She's the exemple of how hard work is worth it. She's very succesful person but at the same time, she's modest and kind

 

[Deleted member 18645]

Agnieszka Radwanska. She's the exemple of how hard work is worth it. She's very succesful person but at the same time, she's modest and kind

She's also worth a ton of points in scrabble.

 

[arnieboy]

Another vote for Jimmy Greaves, my all time sporting hero, posters on the bedroom wall in the 60's and all that. Fortunate enough to have met him a couple of times.

 

[User62651]

4 favourites - hard to put in order

Ronaldinho (when on easily most entertaining and watchable footballer of last 30 years)
John McEnroe (made the most boring sport a great watch for all)
SeveB (nuff said)
Mike Tyson (when a Tyson fight came up in the 87-93 era everyone wanted to watch, brilliant and exciting if flawed).

 

[Grogger]

David Batty and Gary Speed. My absolute idols when I was growing up and first got into football and Leeds.

 

[Beel77]

Rafael Nadal

I love the man.

 

[MashieNiblick]

As a kid my favourites were Bobby Moore, Gareth Edwards, Ali and Nicklaus. I think I chose well.

 

[Dellboy]

Barry Sheene & Ian Botham

 

[HomerJSimpson]

James Hunt - another world champ with a slightly roguishly naughty persona. Good chap who loved a pint

 

[Robster59]

Rugby (League) -
Tony Myler (ex Widnes), a player who's style I would define as mecurial
Jonathan Davies - ex Rugby Union and Rugby League. A great player in both codes, as hard as nails and always conducted himself well off the pitch whilst speaking his mind in commentaries.

Motocycling -
Carl Fogarty
Joey Dunlop
Valentino Rossi

 

[super hans]

I've Watched "The Decision" multiple times, That was a low point in his career for definite, have you watched any interviews on the year after when they lost the finals to the Mavericks? He apologised for the way he had gone about the whole free agency period. Most heroes have been villains at some point.

Don't get me wrong - I like LeBron and appreciate his talents and standing in the game. Im just not convinced humility and humbleness are the first characteristics you associate with him.

I have seen an interview in which he agrees that his 'decision' show wasn't perhaps the best way to go about it - in fact, I'd hazard a guess his advisors were highly influential in it going ahead, but he did it nonetheless.

All that aside, he is/will be considered one of the GOAT's of the NBA - although he's going to fall a bit short of being No1 unless the Cavs go on a miraclulous run in the next 5 years (which will only happen if they break Steph Curry's legs )

 

[Crazyface]

Too many in too many fields so I've narrowed it down to

Seve
Pele
Ali
Botham

Like your thinking, but I'd swap Gaza for Pele. Why, to be brutally frank, I've not seen Pele do anything like what Gaza did EVER ! Over hyped in my opinion.

 

[need_my_wedge]

Seve, always and forever.

There area lot of notable sportspersons over the years though, others that would make my list include:

Marvelous Marvin Hagler - best in his class at the time (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VI-M9Yw-28)
Jonathon Davies - as mentioned previously
Scott Gibbs - just loved watching him, was quick and hit like a train (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmqz3EluJM0)
Rory - just love the way he plays when he's on form.
Dennis Bergcamp
Titi Henry

 

[Deleted member 18588]

Like your thinking, but I'd swap Gaza for Pele. Why, to be brutally frank, I've not seen Pele do anything like what Gaza did EVER ! Over hyped in my opinion.

We are all, of course entitled to an opinion but some are ridiculous.

Compare the two players' records and Gazza pales into insignificance.

 

[Hobbit]

As an athlete, Steve Redgrave. For entertainment, there's a list.

Trevino
Kris Akabusi
Daly Thompson

 

[Jates12]

Don't get me wrong - I like LeBron and appreciate his talents and standing in the game. Im just not convinced humility and humbleness are the first characteristics you associate with him.

I have seen an interview in which he agrees that his 'decision' show wasn't perhaps the best way to go about it - in fact, I'd hazard a guess his advisors were highly influential in it going ahead, but he did it nonetheless.

All that aside, he is/will be considered one of the GOAT's of the NBA - although he's going to fall a bit short of being No1 unless the Cavs go on a miraclulous run in the next 5 years (which will only happen if they break Steph Curry's legs )

I dont think that GSW are unbeatable. LBJ had probably one of the greatest finals of all time last season and still took two games from them with the 2nd and 3rd scoring options on the shelf. I honestly believe that the cavs have a better chance winning in 7 over GSW than they do against SAS. And if anyone even thinks that OKC or LAC are gonna make any noise in the play offs, they know nothing about hoops.

MJ is the GOAT
Probably Bill Russell 2nd
Then you have to start looking at the king.

People say Bryant was/is better all time than LBJ, He was carried to a 3peat by one of the most dominant players ever in the diesel. LBJ Carried the cavs organisation with no help to a finals and 2 ECFs, when Kobe's help left they were a lottery team.

 

[MegaSteve]

Golf... Seve

Tennis... Connors

Footie... Bergkamp

Cricket... Botham

Oval ball... Davies [Jiffy]

Boxing... Ali

Two wheels... Hailwood

Four wheels... Peterson