Sports Idol/Hero's when you grew up?

[kazboot]

Re: Sports Idol/Hero's when you grew up?

In the 70s I was a tennis fanatic (still am) and my hero was Bjorn Borg.

I went to Wimbledon with my school in 1975 and was standing watching a match on an outside court. Borg suddenly appeared and sat on the chair right in front of me!

I collected a loose hair from his shoulder without him noticing, but sadly lost it somewhere. :cry:

[zippymk]

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my heroes were two one for football george best i idolised the man i rember trying to get his autograph at the dell southampton in late 60s early sixties he was surounded by coppers and two ivan mauger what can one say 7 times world champ and a gold plated 500cc jawa

[purplecat]

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Kevin Keegan.

I'd grown up hating football, I had no brothers and Dad supported some team called York City, so football was not something I ever watched.

Then I shared a room at boarding school with a scouser called Chris, and she had a Kevin Keegan poster on her wall - from that time on I was a Liverpool fan, and I still support them now - I discovered that football was not boring

[astrabug]

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Certainly







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[HG]

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That in your favourites then?

[astrabug]

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It was Diamond Lights, no didn`t have it.

Oooh look what I found. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=1KEMMfV5-Qg

[HG]

Re: Sports Idol/Hero's when you grew up?

Did you have his and Chris Waddle's record? Diamond Lights I think it was called

[astrabug]

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Glenn Hoddle, had it quite bad. Something I like to forget now.

[Aidanagain]

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Any of the Kilkenny hurling team c. mid 70s.

[solatude]

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A Quality picture Herr something to treasure, what a leg.........

[HG]

Re: Sports Idol/Hero's when you grew up?

Yes he did, but i only have vague memories of it but watched it plenty of times on our betamax video recorder in the 80's. You will have to put the pic on if you can find it.

Here it is me and Alan wells

[andria]

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Torville and Dean, when they won gold with Bolero, I used to pretend to be them when i played out on my rollerskates. The Whittaker brothers (equestrian).

[pedro]

Re: Sports Idol/Hero's when you grew up?

Ali, Dalgleish, Coe and Cram and a certain centre half called Roy Barry who's style of play would make Norman Hunter akin to a baby cat! He's my all time hero

[Cal]

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Barry sheene, giles villeneuve, niki lauda. bijon borg.

[rugga]

Re: Sports Idol/Hero's when you grew up?

gary rowell , david gower, daley thompson