Who is your sporting hero??

[serious14]

Who is that one sportsman you love/admire/idolise above all others??  Personally, I can't go past one Alessandro Del Piero.....

 

[bulldogmariner]

Growing up it was former Bulldog Great Terry Lamb and Greg Norman.

 

[Auburn Mariner]

1. D G Bradman
2. Eric Cantona
3. Gary Ablett, Snr

 

[From the dug out]

Growing up it was former Bulldog Great Terry Lamb and Greg Norman.

Bar Bar was the man 

 

[Auburn Mariner]

Terry Lamb was very good, BUT, he played behind a DOMINANT, brutal, ruthless pack of forwards. He was not Brett Kenny, the King or Cliff Lyons.

If you gave the King or Cliffy THAT EXACT pack (Kelly, Tunks, Thomas, Battese, Cement Gillespie, Dunn, Langmack, Folkes) and Warren Ryan as coach, they would have won 6 or 7 straight premierships. As frightening a pack as I have ever seen. Clever, vicious, brutal, technically superb, aggressive, in-your-face, devastating.

When Manly got a decent pack in '87 (the outstanding Pommie prop Kevin Ward, Phil Daley, Mal Cochrane, Rugged Ronnie Gibbs, Crusher Cleal and Paul Vautin), Cliffy did as he pleased.

Lamb was very durable, extra tough, and very smart. When his teammate Robert Relf shaped up to fight a St George player at Belmore one day, Lamb stepped in and said "Nah, not this bloke, he'll belt the S--t out of you". Relf survived untouched. The St George player?? Anthony Mundine.

 

[Paolo]

Marco Bagdahtis...not only a great tennis player but also wants the Turks out of cyprus

 

[FFC Mariner]

Robin Friday

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Friday

Gordon Davies

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Davies_(footballer)

 

[MattSimon]

Matt Simon

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Simon

 

[ryan]

Robbie Fowler. I am desperately hoping that NQ sign him.

 

[Redline]

I don't know that I have any one sporting hero.

The great Sir Bradman of course. Pete Sampras and Roger Federer I admire for their incredible achievements.

 

[Sacko]

Billy Bonds
Trevor Brooking
Jullian Dicks
Mick Kmet

 

[FFC Mariner]

The great Jim Stannard

"He's fat"
He's round"
"He must be worth a pound"
"Jim Stannard, Jim Stannard"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Stannard

Scored too (once)

 

[Jimmy]

Mick Doohan.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Doohan

Gianfranco Zola.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianfranco_Zola

 

[Part_Timer]

only one name comes to mind when i think sporting HEROs

Dylan Macallister

 

[fedelta]

paolo di canio

 

[clarence]

paolo di canio

Did he get banned for life for doing that salute, lol!

 

[loyalist]

di canio

robin friday

geoff horsfield

 

[Razorback]

How can anyone go past Lance Armstrong. The man is just so inspirational and all his achievements were with one nut... RESPECT!

 

[Gibbsy]

+1 also overcame brain lung and testicular cancer to win another Le Tour. Livestrong

 

[Kareem]

Hazem El Masri
The opposite of the Leb 'stereotype'. A great role model and mine since I was 10 years old...

In football
Ahmad Elrich back in the NSL- muslim- good at football -enough said
Bosnich- Absoulte ROFL he was my favourite at 9 years old when i used to be a GK- shame he went into drugs


In recent times (last year)
Mile Jedinak- went from NSWPL --> Mariners --> Socceroos
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Simon- went from Central Coast 1st grade --> Lightning --> Mariners --> Olyroos--> top of scoring charts (2nd)--> Socceroos 2nd team
Both unbelievable inspirations of what hard work can do for you.