[Closed] Your first sporting hero

yamyamblade - Member
Graham Noyce closely followed by Rob Aston

For me it was this guy.
I can still remember snading in the crowd watching this.
Changed my perception of MX.
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Chris Boardman - at this moment

Started time trialling the year after when I turned 13

Another vote here for Don whillans also his for his mate joe brown.

When I was a kid though it would have been Barry Sheen

I spent most of my childhood turned off by sporting legends. They were all blokes. Then along came Martina Navratilova. But that was tennis, and I couldn't get tennis. If I was growing up today it might be different.

Northwind I applaud your choice of Les Collins. I live close to Stoke Speedway and so I was always going there. I've watched Les race endless times and he was brilliant. I was even there when Peter Collins raced Phil Crump for the Golden Helmet, obviously arranged by Les to boost Stokes crowd. Have loads of autographs too of all the top riders from those years.
Anyway for me I've always been a huge huge Barry Sheene fan and even though I love football and endless other sports he's always been my hero. As for legends there was just one and sadly he passed away today.

Viv Richards - met him when he played in a Cup Final at Colne, top bloke.

Mike Kenneth! 😀
My grandfather's cousin, but just known as 'Uncle Mike'. Only had one arm, but was a member of the Scottish Ski Club & Kandahar Club. Could quite often beseen skiing at Glencoe in the 70's & 80's. Thankfully he persuaded my parents to to get my borther & I skiing at an early age.
Below is the photo & part of his obituary, sadly he died in 1997! 😥
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kevin keegan for me. supported liverpool as a kid in the 80s so obvious really. he came to our local village hall once with a lesser known liverpool player, peter cormack. local paper took a photo of KK signing my autograph book 😀

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Millar in the polkadot

Reinhold Messner. The greatest mountaineer that's ever lived.

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I would say Senna was the only real sporting hero I ever had.

surprised me and llama are the first to say

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but also the first time I really got hooked with cycling was as a youngster watching the 1989 tour, so Lemond was a hero too

I just loved the nonchalance of the man.

Great to see Ari Vatanen,Robert Millar and Barry Sheene already there so many to choose from but must add Stig Blomqvist driving a chevette in a forest the original Stig, Tony Pond, Eddy lejuene and not forgetting Bruce lee

Brian Jacks for his star jumps is the first real sportsperson I remember wanting to be - but as it was in Superstars and not his true sport I'm not sure it counts.

Other than that, because I watched rallying a few times in Harrogate as a nipper.

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Juha Kankkunen.

Ah I'd grown out of heros by the time Robert Millar came around, but I did used to love watching his attacks - especially that classic TdF year. I have memories of him sitting down and pedalling away from everyone while they stood up and grimaced and floundered.

Ari Vatenan you say?

Forgot about this guy.

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Bonus points available if anyone can say what number shirt that rugby player wore.

Probably a letter rather than number?!?!?

Nigel Mansell.
Will Gollop
I'd love to say the legend that is Jason McCroy but while he's up there I would have to say it was most likely I'd have the amazing Greg Herbold instead. I still want one of his Koga Miyata bikes.

Barry Sheene was definitely my first sporting hero.

Around the age of 12 and well into my teens it was Bill Beaumont who I met a few times through playing rugby.

In going with Geoff Capes, that man knew how to wear a beard.

genesiscore502011 - Member

Probably a letter rather than number?!?!?

Well done for spotting the trick question!

Letter 'N' - Barry Evans - with Rory Underwood on the other wing. That was when wingers tried to run around people not through them - those two were awesome.

robdob - Member

Nigel Mansell.
[b]Will Gollop[/b]
I'd love to say the legend that is Jason McCroy but while he's up there I would have to say it was most likely I'd have the amazing Greg Herbold instead. I still want one of his Koga Miyata bikes.

I'll let him know next time I see him - he'd hate the thought though!

Mine was John Jackson, best keeper to never play for his country (according to G Banks Esq).

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