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Who's your sporting idol, not necessarily golf, be it any sport.....

For me, Alan Shearer. Absolute hero and the reason I'm a Rovers a fan. IMO, the best striker England have had, shame he never went to Utd as that would have made his trophy cabinet bulge! Partly why I have so much respect for him also though because he followed his heart!,

Over to you guys & gals......
 
Jimmy Greaves for me,whilst Shearer was one of the best for England Greaves was without doubt the best goal scorer Britain has seen.
 
Bill Shankly - not only for what he won, but his socialist attitude, humour, will to win and the relationship with the fans. He worshipped us as much as we worshipped him.

The hotdog woman outside the Kop, circa 1984-87 - does she count?
 
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Lord Seb Coe for me, inspired my running as a kid, his 800m WR wasn't bettered for nearly 26 yrs. Then the olympics and all that, top bloke.
 
I have several for different sports

Kenny dalglish
Seve Ballesteros
Ayrton senna

All were at their peak around the same time in my teens
 
Liverbirdie said:
Bill Shankly - not only for what he won, but his socialist attitude, humour, will to win and the relationship with the fans. He worshipped us as much as we worshipped him.

The hotdog woman outside the Kop, circa 1984-87 - does she count?
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Can understand your admiration for Shankly, not only a great manager but also great man.

Loved it when he said regarding the offside rule " If your not interfering with play you shouldn't be on the pitch"
 
I also have several from different sports for varying reasons though my golfing one isn't a historically big figure in the game yet but seeing him win his major and the efficiency of his play is what I enjoy but here's my list.

Alan Shearer & Colin Hendry (my avatar says it all)
Carl Fogarty
Rui Costa (blame my part florentine heritage for that)
Martin Kaymer

But my overall has to be:
Royston Gracie.
 
Fader said:
I also have several from different sports for varying reasons though my golfing one isn't a historically big figure in the game yet but seeing him win his major and the efficiency of his play is what I enjoy but here's my list.

Alan Shearer & Colin Hendry (my avatar says it all)
Carl Fogarty
Rui Costa (blame my part florentine heritage for that)
Martin Kaymer

But my overall has to be:
Royston Gracie.
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Royce Gracie is a living legend, that fight against matt hughes when it looked like his arm has snapped and carried on was quality
 
Oh and for the record, my idols are

Geoff Ogilvy - Really got into golf after watching his major win. Always gives good interviews, cares for spectators, and a general all round nice guy!

Paul Scholes - Great footballer & family man. Never one to attract publicity outside the beautiful game
 
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Royce Gracie is a living legend, that fight against matt hughes when it looked like his arm has snapped and carried on was quality

Oh and for the record, my idols are

Geoff Ogilvy - Really got into golf after watching his major win. Always gives good interviews, cares for spectators, and a general all round nice guy!

Paul Scholes - Great footballer & family man. Never one to attract publicity outside the beautiful game
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Royce Gracie was the reason I got into martial arts and started doing taekwondo and BJJ, I was always smaller than everyone else and he proved how with great technique & determination you can always beat the bigger guys. Some of his fights I still have and watch back now.

Your reasons for Ogilvy are the same reasons I like Kaymer started playing after his PGA win as I was so impressed with how he did it and the way he comes across off the course.
 
I will also go with Sir Nick Faldo. The reason a lot of the other British pros don't like him was because they were jealous of his success and were not willing to put in the work needed to be that successful (that's you Mark James).

Other sports, Trent Dilfer (NFL), Dave Dravecky and Jim Bouton (baseball). Sir Ian Botham who helped me out during the hardest live interview I ever had to do in front of 8,000 people at the Oval in 1988.
 
Alvin Kallicharan for me. The Windies toured South Africa back in the bad old days. We were at Berea Park to watch the game. We stayed afterwards so that the parents could finish the braai and the shed load of beer we had left over. Us kids were playing cricket on the outfieldl. About an hour after close of play,a bunch of the windies squad comes out to see what the last people in the ground are doing. Our parents are drinking beers and sharing their braai with these guys (Rowe, Clarke, Croft etc) and Alvin comes over and joins our game. Played with us until the light failed. First proper interraction with a professional sportsman. Just top notch.
 
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Valentino Rossi. world champion in every class, all round top bloke!

a few others who make my "legend" status:

Andrew Flintoff - a true character and passion for his sport and country
Laurence Dallaglio - who can forget him singing the national anthem with tears rolling down his face in 2003
Ayton Senna - nuff said. a true legend.
 
Johan Museeuw when I comes to cycling, a truly great one day rider, who was almost unbeatable for 10 years in the spring classics.

Steve Waugh, for Cricket. Not even the best batsman in his family as one famous sledge went, but what a competitor, gave every ounce to win for Australia. So many times when the Aussies were in trouble, he came though with the goods.
 
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