[Closed] A thread about sporting legends

The Badger in yellow....

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Great pic, Dave!

Kelly Slater

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Hm Can you be a legend before you retire?

Chris Hoy

But if we are on rugger buggers John Jeffries and Finley Calder

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The one and only. Made a whole generation of us watch professional cycling.
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The inspirational Emil Zatopek.

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While we're on rugby, one of the Lions greats. I only wish I'd seen him play.
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Steve Ovett. Peerless.

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On the left.

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The shortest retirement ever, fortunately for us and unfortunately for Kenya!!!

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Willie John! Now there's a legend!

Darcy, your first pic - He's a lovely chap and nowhere near as boring as his commentary! 😉

Good shout surfer. I see your Zapotek and raise you:
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I know flashy. A couple of mates did the sportive he helps to organise in Ireland last September. He's great. Stops to have a chat with anyone who wants a word. Signs autographs. Poses for photos. Keeps smiling all day until everyone's gone home. Top man.

Bez now plays rugby?

Keep up DD!!!

First man under 13 mins for 5k.

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Underground legend...

A P McCoy

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Lord Coe. 1:41 for 800m and the only athlete to retain the Olympic 1500m title.

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Coe is just a big cock. 😛

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The Magnificent Seven

Sorry, Flashy, but I've got to call THREAD FAIL on your part. A 'legend' should surely be someone who's a household name; a person whose sporting prowess has brought them to mainstream attention. A name even those with no idea about the particular sport have heard. A face that is instantly recognisable.

Never heard of those rugby players. I doubt anyone without any interest in Egg-Chasing has, either.

These, however, need no explanation.

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Ya get me?

Henrik larsson, a sporting legend..? You sure about that .....

This is more like it

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Coe is just a big cock.

Maybe, but a true giant in sporting terms.

Effinchafing, if talking out of one's dirty hairy arse was a sport, you'd actually have a chance of becoming a legend yourself.

This is more like it

Who is it then?

Yeah. Decent runner, but just can't get round him being such a knob.

isn't this a cycling forum?

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Loddrik; who TF is that? And what sport is it, even? Certainly not something that's internationally popular.

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PMSL @ Darcy!

On another note, Coe's a nice chap, actually. Very, very ambitious and driven, but that's a key part of being successful in sport, I suppose.

Certainly not something that's internationally popular.

Apart from your dreadful and uncalled for faux bad spelling, netball is a ladies sport that is widely played throughout the Commonwealth and elsewhere. Basketball is merely an American sport. 😉

However, Jordan is something of a legend, I will agree! Even for a netball player.

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footy
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cricket
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rugger
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motorcycles
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F1
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Coe is an arse. But you are right about the being driven. FEw sports folk get to teh top without being bellends in one way or another.

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Jim Clark. If only for Monza 1967.

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Colin MacRae. Just loved his all or nothing attitude in a car.

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Ever met him, TJ? No, you haven't. So, don't presume to say he's an arse! He's not, in my personal opinion. Having met him a few times. 😉 Then again, you'd hate him on political terms regardless of the fact that you might rather like him! 😉

Joe Montana, let's be honest, more people in the world follow the NFL than follow rugby.

Effinchafing, if talking out of one's dirty hairy arse was a sport, you'd actually have a chance of becoming a legend yourself.

DearDeirdre; my arse isn't hairy. How about that then, eh? So shut up.

No, seriously; surely a legend has to be someone whose image and name transcends just their own sport.

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Yes, I am serious. You know I'm right, too.

Fred, with Mac, you have a very good point! He was/is a legend.

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Fred, stick on topic, this thread isn't about you.

Ever met him, TJ? No, you haven't

I have. He's an arse-kissing self-serving tosser. And I know I'm not the only one who thinks that. I've spoken to people who've worked with him, and say the same.

Don't pretend you know him like you often do about celebs; you once got his autograph at a Tory party conference. He quickly signed it and then turned to speak to someone else, leaving you feeling somewhat deflated and inadequate.

Pretty darn good for a spear chucker

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Sadly not the case, Fred. Can't say I really "know" him, but have met him at a number of (non-political) functions. Don't always cloud things with your pathetic militant political tripe, eh?

😆 at DearDeirdre. Loving that.

While Effin no doubt liked Mac for his brashness and gobbiness, I was always more of a fan of this ice cool character.
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mcmoonter and darcy have some fine examples there!

No ladies as yet, though!

The Pontpool front row are legendary though.Famed throughout rugby for being the best of their generation

Don't always cloud things with your pathetic militant political tripe, eh?

You were the first to mention politics:

Then again, you'd hate him on political terms

Don't try playing games with me, sonny. Know your place. Now run along and get me another beer.

Sigh. You just can't get good help these days... 🙄

Elfinsafety - Member
Don't pretend you know him like you often do about celebs; you once got his autograph at a Tory party conference.

LOL

I tend to agree with Elf regarding legend status. Although in truth they are all just memorable names that will be forgotten 200 yrs from now...

However, in an effort to make a contribution in a thread such as this on a forum such as this...

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Can you tell who it is yet?

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For the youngsters.

"Oiu. Mais pas de femme tout de suite"

Excuse the bad French.

CFH - I know people who know him rather well. There is also his public pronouncements. Its enough to know he is an arse.

However as you rightly point out many top sports folk are

McMoonter; Stephen Roche?

Is that true about Robert Millar, then?

lol at those rugby union pictures - get it together lads. A stocky policeman on his day off does not equal a sporting legend.

Some (more) legends from the sweet science, starting with the greatest of them all:
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McMoonter; Stephen Roche?

Is that true about Robert Millar, then?

This is a great book about Millar's cycling achievements, as I remember the author struggles to find and interview him post op.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Search-Robert-Millar-Unravelling-Surrounding/dp/0007235011

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Answers on a postcard (though he appears to have a namesake who is a gay pron star, which just might give some of you a [i]head [/i]start...)

+1 for Stuartie-c's climber quiz

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Coe can't be a **** and if you think so you must be on benefits, northern and working class.

CFH - are you by any chance Anthea Turner or her husband Grant Bovine?

Maybe not a well known guy in some ways but a legend all the same

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Jock Nimlin is best known as a pioneering climber of the 1920s and 30s who made many first ascents, particularly at Arrochar but also of Raven's Gully on Buachaille Etive Mor. He was a legend amongst the working-class climbing fraternity in those years, remarkable for his climbing ability, his physical toughness and his total commitment to the outdoor life. With his encyclopaedic knowledge of the Scottish highlands and an innate talent as a communicator - both around the bothy fire and in the written word - he was a seminal figure in Scottish mountaineering.

To those of you claiming to know Colin Macrea? You do realise he's been dead years? are you all mediums?

Whoops. you were talking about Coe, I'll get me coat.

Senna??

I find it interesting how Navratalova's physique was quite feminine early on and then she suddenly she changed to the physique of a bloke...

As well as being a legend McEnroe's play showed hints of him being a God - playing shots that no right-minded mortal would even consider...

Radcliffe +1 One of the greatest British athletes of all time. Her 2:15 marathon record is still streets ahead of the rest and while its total speculation and opinion she has done it against a backdrop of some dodgy performances by others!

Turtle soup anyone?

When Britain was great

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Bonus points if you can name them.

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Chelsea Clinton
Not sure about the last one

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You should be ashamed!

Bonus Bonus points if you can name the guy in second place in the bottom shot (or is that just totally anal!)

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Only one mention of Redgrave so far! Winning five olympics and countless world champs over almost 20 years. There's something very wrong if that doesn't make him a legend.

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(and Pinsent was pretty damn good too, just maybe not quite a legend)