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re: Who are some of the first athletes who WOWed you, made you love the game?

Posted on 10/29/24 at 3:37 pm to
Posted by FightinTigersDammit
Louisiana North
Member since Mar 2006
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Posted on 10/29/24 at 3:37 pm to
Roberto Clemente
Tom Seaver
Joe Namath
Lew Alcindor
Pete Maravich
Posted by lsu xman
Member since Oct 2006
16837 posts
Posted on 10/29/24 at 3:39 pm to
Forgot about Chris Jackson and Rickey Blanton. Bird and Jordan
Posted by UKWildcats
Lexington, KY
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Posted on 10/29/24 at 4:05 pm to
Barry Larkin
Juan Gonzalez
Cal Ripken Jr
David Justice
Posted by oldtrucker
Marianna, Fl
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Posted on 10/29/24 at 4:56 pm to
Bob Griese, Larry Csonka, and the 73 Dolphins
Posted by michael corleone
baton rouge
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Posted on 10/29/24 at 4:58 pm to
Herschel then

BO !
Posted by geauxpurple
New Orleans
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Posted on 10/29/24 at 5:17 pm to
Pistol Pete Maravich
Posted by FlyDownTheField83
Auburn AL
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Posted on 10/29/24 at 5:24 pm to
Pierre Karsmakers and Marty Smith
Posted by Dissident Aggressor
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Posted on 10/29/24 at 7:43 pm to
nitschke, butkus, curtis
Posted by Pfft
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Posted on 10/29/24 at 8:08 pm to
Jose Cruz, YAZ, Steve Garvey, Archie Manning, Mercury Morris.
Posted by BatonrougeCajun
Somewhere in Texas
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Posted on 10/29/24 at 8:10 pm to
Shaq
Posted by holdmuh keystonelite
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Posted on 10/29/24 at 8:14 pm to
Randy Moss for NFL
Major Harris for college football
Jordan for NBA
Posted by PacoPicopiedra
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Posted on 10/29/24 at 9:55 pm to
Earl Campbell

Posted by Madking
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Posted on 10/29/24 at 10:11 pm to
The first? Walter Payton was the first, the way that guy could go from such a violent style to having such grace was unreal to watch. It seemed like he could just do whatever the situation called for whenever he wanted to.
Posted by Madking
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Posted on 10/29/24 at 10:12 pm to
“Major Harris”

Such a good player man, good pull
Posted by nrtiger
Paradise
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Posted on 10/29/24 at 10:28 pm to
Ryne Sandberg
Dominique Wilkins
Posted by LUS Tiger in FL
TrampaBay
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Posted on 10/29/24 at 10:42 pm to
Dorsett
Everson Walls

Gooden
Strawberry
Eric Davis
Willis Mcghee/Coleman- they were so fast
Posted by Zendog
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Posted on 10/29/24 at 10:46 pm to
Roberto Clemente
Posted by KCRoyalBlue
Member since Nov 2020
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Posted on 10/29/24 at 11:18 pm to
George Brett because he played the game like it was meant to be.....at 110% with his hair on fire.

Bo Jackson because he was a force of nature like no athlete before or since.
Posted by Z Cavaricci
Member since Jun 2020
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Posted on 10/30/24 at 12:11 am to

This post was edited on 10/30/24 at 1:01 am
Posted by beaverfever
Arkansas
Member since Jan 2008
36193 posts
Posted on 10/30/24 at 5:25 am to
The two football players that completely floored me as a kid were Barry Sanders and Randy Moss.

Tiger Woods almost goes without saying which is why I forgot him in my original post. As most of you are old enough to be aware of, he was basically a golf god.

On a more regional and personal level, Matt Jones (qb at Arkansas from 01-04) was probably the most formative athlete in my development as a degenerate hogs fan. About as natural of an athlete as you'd ever see.

This post was edited on 10/30/24 at 5:41 am
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