Your favourite sportsman

ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster · May 30, 2006

Okay guys thought I'd list various sports and people can list their favourite sportsman for each sport.

They are of ALL TIME so this can be current or from the past. Leave blank any sports you don't care about.

Anyways next to the list are mine:

AMERICAN FOOTBALLER: Dan Marino

ATHLETE (runner): Roger Black

ATHLETE (thrower): Steve Backley

ATHLETE (jumper): Jonathan Edwards

BADMINTON / TABLE TENNIS / SQUASH PLAYER: Nathan Robertson (badminton)

BASEBALLER: Ichiro

BASKETBALLER: John Stockton

CRICKETER (foreign): Jonty Rhodes

CRICKETER (hom country): Graham Thorpe

FOOTBALLER (foreign): Robbie Keane (Irish)

FOOTBALLER (home country): Gary Lineker

FORMULA 1 DRIVER: Heinz-Harald Frentzen

ICE HOCKEY PLAYER: Mats Sundin

RALLY DRIVER: Richard Burns

RUGBY LEAGUE PLAYER: NO INTEREST

RUGBY UNION PLAYER: Ben Cohen

SNOOKER PLAYER: Steve Davis

TENNIS PLAYER: Greg Rusedski

Add any sports I've missed to your answers.

Other people's additions:

BOXER: Joe Calzaghe

MARTIAL ARTIST: DUNNO

DARTS: Raymond van Barneveld

Edited May 31, 2006 by ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster

Enter Blue Guy · May 30, 2006

AMERICAN FOOTBALLER: Ben Roethlisberger

ATHLETE (runner): I dunno... Donovan Bailey...

ATHLETE (thrower): N/A

ATHLETE (jumper): N/A

BADMINTON / TABLE TENNIS / SQUASH PLAYER: N/A

BASEBALLER: Hideo Nomo

BASKETBALLER: Steve Nash

CRICKETER (foreign): N/A

CRICKETER (hom country): N/A

FOOTBALLER (foreign): Pele

FOOTBALLER (home country): Canadians don't play soccer

FORMULA 1 DRIVER: Is Jacques Villeneuve still F1? If so, him

ICE HOCKEY PLAYER: Steve Yzerman

RALLY DRIVER: N/A

RUGBY LEAGUE PLAYER: N/A

RUGBY UNION PLAYER: N/A

SNOOKER PLAYER: N/A

TENNIS PLAYER: Andre Agassi

BOXER: Arturo Gatti

MIXED MARTIAL ARTIST: Georges St. Pierre

EDIT: Added two more

Edited May 30, 2006 by Enter Blue Guy

alldaws1 · May 30, 2006

AMERICAN FOOTBALLER: Emmitt Smith

BASEBALLER: Derek Jeter

BASKETBALLER: Anfernee (Penny) Hardaway

FOOTBALLER (foreign): Jurgen Klinsmann

FOOTBALLER (home country): Teddy Sheringham

ICE HOCKEY PLAYER: Mark Messier

a. #63 · May 30, 2006

AMERICAN FOOTBALLER: Joe Namath

ATHLETE (runner): Haile Gebreselassie

ATHLETE (thrower): Seppo Räty

ATHLETE (jumper): Sergi Bubka

BADMINTON / TABLE TENNIS / SQUASH PLAYER: Olli Tuominen (squash)

BASEBALLER: Manny Ramirez

BASKETBALLER: Allen Iverson

CRICKETER (foreign): -

CRICKETER (hom country): Do we have cricket team in here? If we do, please inform me...

FOOTBALLER (foreign): Lionel Messi or Rivelino

FOOTBALLER (home country): Juha Pasoja

FORMULA 1 DRIVER: Jacques Villeneuve

ICE HOCKEY PLAYER: Joe Thornton

RALLY DRIVER: Jesus Puras

RUGBY LEAGUE PLAYER: -

RUGBY UNION PLAYER: -

SNOOKER PLAYER: -

TENNIS PLAYER: John McEnroe

Edited May 30, 2006 by a. #63

Sabu · May 30, 2006

AMERICAN FOOTBALLER: Terrell Davis

ATHLETE (runner): Michael Johnson

BASEBALLER: Barry Bonds

BASKETBALLER: Michael Jordan

FOOTBALLER (foreign): Pele

ICE HOCKEY PLAYER: Wayne Gretzky

TENNIS PLAYER: Andre Agassi

Bigal · May 30, 2006

FOOTBALLER (foreign): Joe Cole - don't ask me why, but despite even not supporting Chelsea, I love the guy >_>

FOOTBALLER (home country): George Best

fineintent · May 30, 2006

AMERICAN FOOTBALLER: Kurt Warner/OJ Simpson (!)

ATHLETE (runner): Linford Christie

BASKETBALLER: Scotty Pippen/Larry Bird

BOXER: Ricky Hatton

DARTS: Ted Hankie

FOOTBALLER (foreign): Diego Maradona

FOOTBALLER (home country): Teddy Sheringham

FORMULA 1 DRIVER: Jaques Villenevue (sp?)

RUGBY UNION PLAYER: Gareth Thomas

SNOOKER PLAYER: Ronnie O'Sullivan

IAceI · May 30, 2006

TENNIS PLAYER - Guillermo Coria.

Although calling him a sportsman may be a bit far out ¬_¬

Timmoru Suzuki · May 30, 2006

FOOTBALLER (foreign): When I was younger, I was the biggest Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (Norweigan) fan ever

FOOTBALLER (home country): Right now, Phil Jagielka. Of all time? Never thought really. Alan Shearer would be up there.

FORMULA 1 DRIVER: Only got into F1 this last year so I'd have to say Jenson Button, or Kimi Raikkonen

SNOOKER PLAYER: Steve Davis probably. Not really sure.

TENNIS PLAYER: Sebastien Grosjean.

Though, I also like Paradorn Schrichaphan (sp) though that might just be because he has a good name! Of course, there's Federer as well.

Additions:

BOXER: Ricky Hatton

Thats about it for sports that interest me.

Edited May 30, 2006 by timmayy

Xero Gravity · May 30, 2006

SNOOKER PLAYER: Steve Davis

...I don't have one for any of the others.

Grounded Wingman · May 30, 2006

AMERICAN FOOTBALLER: Joe Montana

ATHLETE (runner): Michael Johnson

ATHLETE (thrower): Jan Zelezny

ATHLETE (jumper): Dalton Grant

BADMINTON / TABLE TENNIS / SQUASH PLAYER: No idea.

BASEBALLER: The guy who killed the bird, whoever he was. I think he pitched and the bird flew across the plate.

BASKETBALLER: Hakeem Olajuwon

CRICKETER (foreign): Brian Lara

CRICKETER (home country): A Scottish cricketer - hahahaha. I find all English cricketers cringeworthy - if pushed to pick I'd say Darren Gough.

FOOTBALLER (foreign): Luis Figo (Javier Zanetti and Maradona came close)

FOOTBALLER (home country): John Collins (honorable mention to Christian "I don't whine like a bitch, are you listening David Weir" Dailly)

FORMULA 1 DRIVER: Nelson Piquet

ICE HOCKEY PLAYER: Wayne Gretsky

RALLY DRIVER: Alistair McRae

RUGBY LEAGUE PLAYER: Jason Robinson

RUGBY UNION PLAYER: Scott Hastings

SNOOKER PLAYER: Cliff Thorburn

TENNIS PLAYER: Pat Rafter

Add any sports I've missed to your answers.

Other people's additions:

BOXER: Marco Antonio Barrera

MARTIAL ARTIST: Daniel LaRusso

DARTS: Roland Scholten.

Steeb · May 30, 2006

Footballer (Foreign): Hernan Crespo (Argentinian).

Footballer (Home Country): Sol Campbell :wub:

Edited May 30, 2006 by The Second Stage Turbine Blade

Sabu · May 30, 2006

BASEBALLER: The guy who killed the bird, whoever he was. I think he pitched and the bird flew across the plate.

Grounded Wingman · May 30, 2006

BASEBALLER: The guy who killed the bird, whoever he was. I think he pitched and the bird flew across the plate.

I think you're talking about Randy Johnson.

Liam · May 30, 2006

AMERICAN FOOTBALLER: Dan Marino

ATHLETE (runner): Linford Christie

ATHLETE (thrower): Steve Backley

ATHLETE (jumper): Jonathan Edwards

CRICKETER (foreign): Shane Warne

CRICKETER (hom country): Darren Gough

FOOTBALLER (foreign): Gianfranco Zola

FOOTBALLER (home country): Alan Shearer

FORMULA 1 DRIVER: Kimmi Raikonnen

ICE HOCKEY PLAYER: Tari Suwari (Romford Raiders BABY!)

RUGBY LEAGUE PLAYER: Robinson (until he moves to Union)

RUGBY UNION PLAYER: Josh Lewsey

SNOOKER PLAYER: Ronnie O'Sullivan

TENNIS PLAYER: Lleyton Hewitt

BOXER: Steve Collins/Joe Calzaghe

May 30, 2006

AMERICAN FOOTBALLER: Ray Lewis

BASEBALLER: All of the Detroit Tigers

BOXER: Vitali Klitschko (too bad he's retired)

BaSKETBALLER: Kevin Garnett

MARTIAL ARTIST: Chuck Norris

Edited May 30, 2006 by Josef Stallion

ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster · May 31, 2006

Jonathan Edwards! Of course! Can't believe I forgot him! Have to edit him in now as I loved that guy!

Toe · May 31, 2006

I am not going to choose a favorite for multiple sports. I think that, of all the sports I watch, there is one player overall that really sticks out. He almost single handedly got his team into the playoffs, and has been the teams highest scorer for several years.

GhostMachine · May 31, 2006

AMERICAN FOOTBALLER: Walter Payton or Troy Aikman

ATHLETE (runner): Justin Gatlin

ATHLETE (thrower): Ummm.......

ATHLETE (jumper): ditto

BADMINTON / TABLE TENNIS / SQUASH PLAYER: don't watch

BASEBALLER: Johnny Bench or Hank Aaron for position, Roger Clemens for pitcher

BASKETBALLER: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar or Magic Johson

CRICKETER (foreign): don't watch, and wouldn't if you offered to pay me to

CRICKETER (hom country): see above

FOOTBALLER (foreign): see above

FOOTBALLER (home country): The only male player I can even name is Alexei Lalas

FORMULA 1 DRIVER: Uh....Is Helio Castoneves Formula 1?

ICE HOCKEY PLAYER: don't watch

RALLY DRIVER: don't watch

RUGBY LEAGUE PLAYER:don't watch

RUGBY UNION PLAYER: don't watch

SNOOKER PLAYER: don't watch

TENNIS PLAYER: see Cricketer

BOXER: Roy Jones, Jr

My Addition:

NASCAR DRIVER: Richard Petty

thuganomic · May 31, 2006

AMERICAN FOOTBALLER: John Elway

ATHLETE (runner): Liu Xiang

ATHLETE (thrower): N/A

ATHLETE (jumper): N/A

BADMINTON / TABLE TENNIS / SQUASH PLAYER: Wang LiQin (Table Tennis)

BASEBALLER: Hideki Matsui

BASKETBALLER: Steve Kerr. Fine, Michael Jordan.

CRICKETER (foreign): N/A

CRICKETER (hom country): N/A

FOOTBALLER (foreign): N/A

FOOTBALLER (home country): N/A

FORMULA 1 DRIVER: N/A

ICE HOCKEY PLAYER: Patrick Roy

RALLY DRIVER: N/A

RUGBY LEAGUE PLAYER: N/A

RUGBY UNION PLAYER: N/A

SNOOKER PLAYER: N/A

TENNIS PLAYER: Rafael Nadal

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