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kerouac_zoso
24-09-2009, 15:26
GEORGE BEST (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nplemK3Y4ns&feature=related)

Johan Crujff (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GqGZby7284&feature=related)

Paolo Maldini (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaZ7dyr7aCM&feature=related)
(cit. "The dream of every football player is to score the best goal in the history of soccer....the nightmare is to meet the best defender of the world")

Shoesme
24-09-2009, 18:34
George Weah and Fedor Emelianenko.

CorkerSWFC
25-09-2009, 09:40
Jane Tomlinson, Eric Cantona, Evander Holyfield, Bobby Robson, i could go on......

kenny.gray
25-09-2009, 14:51
lester piggot what a super star.

kerouac_zoso
25-09-2009, 15:00
put the video...


MOHAMMED ALI
video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=072IsGDEpTc)

kerouac_zoso
25-09-2009, 15:03
ROBERTO BAGGIO

video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAY-jGrmIlM)

kerouac_zoso
25-09-2009, 15:11
Ayrton Senna (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNCr8PfY3rs)

pem123
25-09-2009, 15:26
Ayrton Senna (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNCr8PfY3rs)

Good choice. Amazing bloke. I reckon he could have gone on to do lots outside of F1, such was his charisma and intelligence. A very sad loss :(

CorkerSWFC
25-09-2009, 18:25
Good choice. Amazing bloke. I reckon he could have gone on to do lots outside of F1, such was his charisma and intelligence. A very sad loss :(

Not in the same league as Tomlinson though, she was different gravy all together rip Jane...

kerouac_zoso
25-09-2009, 22:49
Eddie Merckx (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KN-NPYpCkBs)

sibon
25-09-2009, 22:54
Chris (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCOB5q1f6_k) Waddle (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KEMMfV5-Qg)

kerouac_zoso
25-09-2009, 23:08
Ryan Giggs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIOj-CohIYA)

sibon
25-09-2009, 23:14
John Beswetherick (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac2yP_DbHxc)

kerouac_zoso
25-09-2009, 23:19
John Beswetherick (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac2yP_DbHxc)

uhuhuhauah...

Treatment
26-09-2009, 01:25
Tony, Tony Currie.

pem123
26-09-2009, 10:01
Not in the same league as Tomlinson though, she was different gravy all together rip Jane...

Hard to compare though. One had the knowledge of being terminally ill and used that to push herself to some amazing feats, the other was the best in his field but had about a tenth of a second's warning of his imminent death.

Another one I should have mentioned from the same sport is Alex Zanardi, who lost both his legs in a crash and still made it back to a decent enough level. He's also aiming to compete in the 2012 paralympics in hand-cycling

Billy Casper
26-09-2009, 10:12
Football: As a kid, Kevin Keegan, Rob Rensenbrink, Brian Hornsby
As an adult, Chris Waddle, David Hirst, Ron Atkinson

Golf: Seve Ballesteros

Tennis: Boris Becker

Motor Racing: Ayrton Senna

Cricket: Ian Botham

Snooker: Jimmy White

Athletics: Daley Thompson, Seb Coe

Page 3: Maria Whittaker (Sunday Sport!!! :hihi) It's sport innit? Lol

Shoesme
26-09-2009, 10:41
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDw3tUuoLpM

Fedor video (i apologise as i don't know how to change the link to the name of the person)

Rocklegend
26-09-2009, 20:58
Best,Charlton,Giggs,TC,Woody,Charlie George,Frank Worthington,Zidane,LeTiss,Jennings,Jock Wallace,Botham,Sir Geoffrey,Sir Viv,Derek Randall,Dennis Priestley,Bob Anderson,Mick Skinner.

taxman
26-09-2009, 22:28
Ryan Giggs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIOj-CohIYA)


If you like that...here's another one
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WK_QPvFcILc&feature=channel_page)

taxman
26-09-2009, 22:33
Being a born red my sports heroes are Giggs, Scholes and Cantona. Eric was the catalyst that gave Man U their first title. Giggs and Scholes have been the soul of the team - local boys, not big signings, not flash Harrys. When mercenaries like Ronaldo and Tevez are just vague memories of what might have been for them, Giggs will be sleeping in a bed of medals, trophys and the adoration of the fans.

HeadingNorth
26-09-2009, 23:00
Being a born red my sports heroes are Giggs, Scholes and Cantona. Eric was the catalyst that gave Man U their first title.


That was some achievement, since their first title came almost sixty years before he was born.

daftlad
27-09-2009, 10:24
totally agree about Giggsy, what a credit to football the man is. Loved Besty as well
another hero is Ian Botham, a superb all round cricketer, who liked a beer or two, who never gave anything less than 100% in the game of cricket

Oddgitt
28-09-2009, 08:21
No Rugby players yet....?

How about Jonny Wilkinson? - cliche eprhaps but his work ethic and resolve in the face of years of injury are amazing, lets hope his current form wrans him a few England games.

Sergio Parisse. Who?! The Italian Number 8 - he'd walk into any world XV and has been carrying the Azzurri for years.

Jason Leonard - a prop who survived the transition from amatuer to professionalism, won a world cup, first prop to get 100 caps (IIRC) and never missed a game through injury. Legend.

Oddgitt
28-09-2009, 08:21
That was some achievement, since their first title came almost sixty years before he was born.

:hihi::hihi::hihi::hihi::hihi:

kerouac_zoso
29-09-2009, 09:25
simply ... fantastic

pattricia
29-09-2009, 09:29
Henry Cooper. He knocked down Cassius Clay didnt he ?:D

kerouac_zoso
29-09-2009, 09:31
yes .... ( I didn't know H. Cooper... )

kerouac_zoso
29-09-2009, 09:41
Gennaro "Ringhio" Gattuso (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tq20CNKxss)

HeadingNorth
29-09-2009, 11:30
Henry Cooper. He knocked down Cassius Clay didnt he ?:D

And it's always been debatable whether Clay's corner (I doubt he himself was involved) used "questionable tactics" to give Clay time to recover. Certainly, had he not had the extra time, he would have failed to come out for the next round and lost; was the extra time bought illegally, or was it genuine? Nobody knows.


I'm a little uncomfortable with describing any mere sportsman as a "hero," as it's the same word we use for those who lay down their lives for others, and nobody would ever argue that a sporting achievement is in the same league. However, it's the only word we have, and I don't think anyone here is being insulting to "real heroes" by using it. I prefer to talk of "sporting legends" myself, but it comes to the same thing.

Most of the people I'd like to mention have already come up.

flamingjimmy
29-09-2009, 13:52
Dennis Bergkamp http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3n4CTLDn_w&feature=PlayList&p=2E3EA611FEC25D7F&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=4

David Seaman http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whHyHXnLCIw

Scorer of the greatest goal of all time and maker of the greatest save of all time.

kerouac_zoso
29-09-2009, 15:42
..arsenal's fan...

flamingjimmy
30-09-2009, 00:03
..arsenal's fan...

No actually, Sheffield United fan, I hated Seaman when he made that save. It's only with hindsight that I realised how awesome it was. I was goalkeeper for my school when Seaman was playing for England and he was my hero for sure.

And Bergkamp? Well he's just pure class isn't he?

kerouac_zoso
30-09-2009, 10:03
oh yes ... all right,flamingjimmy ....
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The Best GOALKEEPER of the World -
SuperMan (http://www.parmafans.it/immagini/buffon.jpg)
....the hero of germany06, I am speaking of:

GIANLUIGI BUFFON (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXkyInk-luA&feature=related) (video)
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXkyInk-luA&feature=related)



http://www.gianluigibuffon.it/index.html


.

flamingjimmy
30-09-2009, 13:04
Buffon is awesome too, probably a better keeper than Seaman but not as cool:P

kerouac_zoso
01-10-2009, 13:02
Buffon is awesome too, probably a better keeper than Seaman but not as cool:P

see these videos:

1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2bYVWl2KIg

2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwy3mHQW9LA&feature=fvw

Rocklegend
01-10-2009, 16:43
No Rugby players yet....?

. There's one in my post mate...

kerouac_zoso
01-10-2009, 17:47
Marco Van Basten (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEGIjmWck14)

Oddgitt
02-10-2009, 08:36
There's one in my post mate...

I stand corrected mate, good choice!

kerouac_zoso
08-10-2009, 12:43
Antonio Cassano (born July 12, 1982 in Bari)

Video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpMJ_cZhavk)

scottf
08-10-2009, 12:56
Bobby Robson for Obvious reasons and strangly enough- Chris Armstrong- a blades players whokept on getting injured time and time again- was offered ALOT of money to give it up again and again and he refused- fought back to fitness and worked his way back into the first team- now playing at reading- top lad.

Sweatshopboy
09-10-2009, 18:20
Lillian Board, Athletics, genuine heroine.
Peter Craven, Speedway.
Duncan Edwards and Tom Finney Football.
Fred Trueman and Godfrey Evans Cricket.
Freddie Mills and Ken Buchanan Boxing.
Stirling Moss and Graham Hill Motor Racing
Mary Bignal/Rand Athletics cos I fancied her.

Crunchy Nut
11-10-2009, 14:47
Terry Curran
Roger Wylde
Ian Botham
Daley Thompson
Jack Charlton
Mel Sterland
David Hirst
Chris (God) Waddle
Matt Le Tissier
Jimmy White
Dennis Bergkamp
Gianfranco Zola
List could go on and on and on and on

johntimber
21-10-2009, 07:14
I have only one choice in sport, it's soccer and my favorite plyer is "Christiano Ronaldo", A Golden Ball boy. I really like to watch him while playing.:)

Zomoniac
21-10-2009, 08:13
Ryan Giggs. Pains me to say it as a Leeds fan and United hater, but he is a magnificent player, and continues to be (MU's best player this season by a massive margin), and defines what it is to be a professional. Hard working, well tempered, respectful of the officials, the opposition and never lets his ego get the better of him. The perfect role model footballer.

Stereophonic
22-10-2009, 09:14
Des Walker, Stuart Pearce, Alan Shearer and Paolo Maldini

kerouac_zoso
22-10-2009, 11:47
Nadia Comaneci

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKhOlmnXn14&feature=related

stuartthomas
12-11-2009, 11:01
Hello,
My Sport's Hero is Michel ballack. They are playing for Soccer.H e is good Mid fielder.. I like it..

CorkerSWFC
12-11-2009, 11:03
Des Walker, Stuart Pearce, Alan Shearer and Paolo Maldini

Top choice on old Desmondo, he is in my top 3 favourite player's of all time, a top top defender, and a model pro.

gillyblade
14-11-2009, 12:05
peter ndlovu

Goon
14-11-2009, 17:29
Bert Trautman

mrknish
16-11-2009, 03:01
Fedor, Rocky Marciano and Michael Jordan.

Notorious1
18-11-2009, 16:21
There are quite a few

but Imran Khan tops the list.

tanvi
30-11-2009, 06:08
Sachin tendulkar, Cricketer.