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Beloved Sports Icons of Past

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by qtlaw, Oct 31, 2019.

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  1. CD Boogie

    CD Boogie Well-Known Member

    Joe Paterno
     
    CD Boogie, Nov 1, 2019
    #13
  2. Vombatus

    Vombatus Well-Known Member

    Oh shit, now the thread will get locked!
     
    Vombatus, Nov 1, 2019
    #14
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  3. Huggy

    Huggy Well-Known Member

    Joe Louis
     
    Huggy, Nov 2, 2019
    #15
  4. Starman

    Starman Well-Known Member

    Gordie Howe.
     
    Starman, Nov 3, 2019
    #16
  5. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    Bruno Sammartino.
     
    Baron Scicluna, Nov 3, 2019
    #17
  6. misterbc

    misterbc Well-Known Member

    Pele.
     
    misterbc, Nov 3, 2019
    #18
  7. Driftwood

    Driftwood Well-Known Member

    Earnhardt
     
    Driftwood, Nov 3, 2019
    #19
  8. HanSenSE

    HanSenSE Well-Known Member

    Wayne Gretzky.
     
    HanSenSE, Nov 3, 2019
    #20
  9. nietsroob17

    nietsroob17 Well-Known Member

    Dominique Wilkins, Dale Murphy.

    In his time with the Braves and into his Phillies years, his kids went to my elementary school. He would often come by and sign autographs for kids, but I had no idea who we was when I was still in kindergarten, so I never got one.

    Fast forward to about two years ago when he opened his new restaurant across the interstate from SunTrust Park. I found out a day he was going to be there, made it down there and finally corrected my wrongs about 30 years later.
     
    nietsroob17, Nov 3, 2019
    #21
  10. X-Hack

    X-Hack Well-Known Member

    Not sure Munson was beloved in his lifetime by anyone other than Yankee fans.
     
    X-Hack, Nov 3, 2019
    #22
  11. X-Hack

    X-Hack Well-Known Member

    Kirby Puckett before his fall from grace.

    Mark Fidrych - not sure anyone who had such a short career was ever so beloved for so long afterward
     
    X-Hack, Nov 3, 2019
    #23
  12. Slacker

    Slacker Well-Known Member

    I'm no Yankees fan, but I was a Munson fan.
     
    Slacker, Nov 3, 2019
    #24
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