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My Dad, that's me on the right.
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This guy (when I was playing snooker)
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And him (when I was playing cricket - even had a bat that had been made for Beefy as I knew the guy who made them @ DF):
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My Dad, that's me on the right.
Are you Damon Hill, Taxi?
Are you Damon Hill, Taxi?
Wish I was RA then I'd have a F1 world championship as well. The old man had a passing resemblance to Graham Hill but he drove the even scarier early 70's F5000
Denis Law, Jim Clark and Fred Trueman for me (and I'm not from 'that' side of the Pennines!)
Paul Elvstrom
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Saw both his fights with Henry Cooper live on black and white (ironic) TV. Parents thought he was an uppity black.
Early indication that parents were full of sh1t, as later proved to be the case...
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Kevin Keegan. Used to love Superstars
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When I was a kid - Sheene, Boycott and Bremner
Later on, got to be Ari Vatanen, especially after a night out with him.
"dear god" 🙂
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Particularly when he was a properly sharp bowler who swung the ball miles.
David Bedford.
Parents thought he was an uppity black.
Although I guess they have may expressed it rather differently. Sadly.
My uncle Mike, who played for GB against the USA at ice hockey in the 50's. At the time he was 16 & was the youngest player ever to play for GB.
Stirling Moss came next.
Don Whillans
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Oh well, of course Don. Goes without saying.
James Hunt
Still remember the astonishment watching the tv and he won the title in the rain in Japan
Polar opposites I know but I couldn't pick between them.
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When I played Rugby (2nd Row) Both Bill & JPR
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Took up Cycling and King Kelly
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My dad beat James hunt in a race during his prime. I was too young for him to be my hero but a true legend he was
Probably a few transient ones, but Stephen Roche. Amazing talent, fiesty, and a humble gentleman.
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Who's Don Whillans?
(Sorry)
I'm just old enough to remember England going to Mexico in 1970, collecting the Shell coins and the plastic busts of the players - so Gordon Banks, Bobby Charlton, Colin Bell are memorable.Then there was Pele to watch, Cruyff. Beckenbauer and Sep Mayer too as my Grandma was German.
I also liked Eddie Merckx, Jimmy Connors, Evil Kenevel.
I haven't seen too many wimmin mentioned so I will throw in Chris Evert.
Tony hawk and the Powell peralta crew from in search of animal chin.
Who's Don Whillans
Climber and mountaineer from the 50's through to the 70's. Renowned for a pugnacious approach to life and at the forefront of a wave of Northern working class climbers.
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Willie John McBride
Who's Don Whillans
Don and Joe Brown were great pioneers in British Rock Climbing putting up some ridiculously hard stuff for the day. Don also became a great alpinist and expedition climber. Amongst the phrases attributed to him is "so I 'it 'I'm" and "it's not that it's 'ard, it's that you're no bloody good".
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Shaun Thomson 
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Ken Dryden led Canada to victory over the Soviets in 1972 (not to mention the Montreal Canadians to Stanley Cup victory more than once), and remained a player of class throughout his career. Completing his law degree at McGill University [i]whilst[/i] playing professionally, he retired when he was still in his prime, and turned his attention to Canadian educational reform, and latterly, liberal politics.
He was my absolute sporting hero when I was kid, and remains a genuinely great Canadian.
forzafkawi - MemberGeorge Best
Ditto.
"Sporting" - Kendo Nagasaki
Proper [u]SPORTING[/u] then it would have to be Marvellous Marvin Hagler.
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Billy Bremner 1972 lifting the FA Cup for the first and only time
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Dennis Tueart
Emil Zátopek
Beaten to it with Don Whillans, he inspired me to some foolish alpine adventures.
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Andy Ruffell.
I guess 'sport' itself is my hero..... my life has revolved around it and I feel all the more blessed for that, wow, what a ride!
Damon Hill. He seemed to have Decorum. I like that.
Emil Zátopek
Good call!
I'll have a good shout on the above, Greg Norman, it's between him and Dalglish for me.
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I remember the palpable sense of loss when he became Kenny Dalglish, Liverpool.
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Ned.
Probably...
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