Your favourite sportsman for sports you care about

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Since you first started watching sport who is your ONE favourite sportsman for each sport you are/were interested in.

FOOTBALL: Rafael Van der Vaart

CYCLING: David Millar

CRICKET: Jonty Rhodes

BASKETBALL: John Stockton

TENNIS: Max Mirnyi (though I'm not very interested in tennis, especially these days)

F1: Jenson Button (though used to love Heinz-Harald Frentzen for no good reason that I could think of)

BOXING: Joe Calzaghe (I used to get nervous about him keeping his 100% record)

[Molly]

Football: Eric Cantona

Rugby League: Mario Fenech

Aussie Rules: Shane Crawford

Basketball: Earvin "Magic" Johnson

F1: Heinz-Harald Frentzen

Ice Hockey: Sergei Viktorovich Fedorov

Cricket: Mark Waugh

NFL: Steve Young

[MJB]

FOOTBALL: Peter Schmeichel

GOLF: Tiger Woods

CRICKET: Andrew Flintoff

FORMULA ONE: Lewis Hamilton

[Summers]

Worst sportsman ever: Lewis Shamilton.

[MJB]

[Lineker]

Yeah Lewis is a cock.

Nick Hamilton, however, is awesome.

[MJB]

Hamster asked for a sportsman we were interested in, not that we necessarily liked.

Lewis isn't the most likeable driver on the grid but I'm always watching him during the race because it's never dull.

[Quom]

This is impossible. The only sport I really like players of is basketball but I like my favourite players for different reasons. I don't think I could pick a favourite, in fact I know I can't as I did and kept changing it. I love KG as in his prime he could play four positions, I love Magic for the same reason. I love Shaq, Jordan and Kobe. Rubio has made me fall in love with the sport all over again. So I really have no idea.

[Colly]

Hamster asked for a sportsman we were interested in, not that we necessarily liked.

No he didn't.

Edited March 16, 2012 by Colly

[Your Mom]

Like our all time favorite? Who first got us interested in the sport? Or current players? I must know!

[Summers]

I genuinely hate Lewis Hamilton. He's an absolute cock.

[MJB]

Hamster asked for a sportsman we were interested in, not that we necessarily liked.

No he didn't.

You're right he didn't. I didn't read it correctly

Meh, I still like Lewis anyway.

[SRN]

Minowaman.

He beats everything and he beats all.

[stokeriño]

Football: Gianfranco Zola

Erm...

I used to like Ralph Schumacher for no obvious reason. Possibly because his name is 'Ralph'.

[Gazz]

Football: Phillippe Albert

Combat sports: Cheick Tiote

All other sports: Phillippe Albert

[Plubby]

Current:

Hockey: Tim Thomas

American Football: Kellen Moore (College), Tim Tebow (Pro)

Real Football: Gareth Bale

Basketball: Amar'e Stoudemire

All time:

Hockey: Patrick Roy

Real Football: Mark Bosnich, Mark Schwarzer (Because I'm having two and fuck you.)

[Adam]

Football: Thierry Henry

Formula 1: Mark Webber

Tennis: Andy Murray

Cycling: David Millar

I have to say that picking one footballer was difficult. I've loved Webber since Day 1 in 2002 when he scored on his debut for Minardi. Hamilton is most definitely an absolute cock that I cannot stand.

[Cymbols]

Rugby Union- Shane Williams

Boxing- Joe Calzaghie

Tennis- Lleyton Hewitt

MMA- Jeremy Stephens

Football- There's too many to list

F1- Massa

[naiwf]

Men

Baseball: Rickey Henderson

Basketball: Michael Jordan

Football: Marshall Faulk

Hockey: Mark Messier

Tennis: Roger Federer

Women

Basketball: Diana Taurasi

Tennis: Monica Seles

Volleyball: Kerri Walsh

[Matt]

Football: Was gonna say Messi but I love Nigel Martyn more.

Golf: McIlroy

Tennis: Nadal

F1: Button

Cricket: Broad

Rugby Union: Matt Dawson

Also MJB's list is just awful... to the point where the Man Utd player is my favourite of the 4 he picked.