Top five sportsmen - any sport

[mdetaylor]

Top five of your sporting heros.

 

1. Ian Botham - '81 enough said

2. Steve Redgrave - genuinely heroic

3. Sam Torrance - inspirational Ryder Cup player and captain

4. Michael Johnson - sheer dominance

5. Mitch Ward -

[Stu B]

micheal jordan

pele

steven redgrave

tiger woods

pete samprass

[Bald_Eagle]

never had a problem with Daley Thompson

[ESG]

 

 

Jesse Owens and Tommie Smith

 

case closed, nuff said...

[Rob_the_Saint]

Nick Faldo

Ian Botham

Bobby Charlton

John Barnes

Steve Clark

[MK James]

 

Stuart Pearce

Nigel Mansell

Ian Botham

Daley Thompson

Lance Armstrong

[FleetFanatic]

Bobby Moore

Daley Thompson

Steve Redgrave

Linford Christie

Steve Backley

[FleetFanatic]

How on earth is Nigel Mansell a sportsman. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />

All he ever did was drive a car!

 

Same goes for that kraut too (before anybody puts his name down). <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />

[MK James]

 

Heinz-Harald Frentzen? <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />

[ESG]

Gerd Muller?

[GHA EFM]

Lance Armstrong

Pele

Jonny Wilkinson

Steve Redgrave

Steve Clark

[Chubbhead EFM]

Ok, I know they're not sportsMEN but what about Paula Radcilffe and Denise Lewis?

[MK James]

 

What about them? <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

[Chubbhead EFM]

err...they're quite good <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

[MK James]

Only joking. yeah fair play

[Rob_the_Saint]

Er, Ellen MacArthur as well?

[ESG]

no no no no no no no

 

spoilt middle class never done a decent days etc etc etc

 

all the people mentioned have done something primarily for themselves,

TOMMIE SMITH did it for the greater good

[CANV EFM]

1.lance armstrong.. not just for recovering from cancer and winning the tour de france, but for the way he looks over his shoulder at some drug taking frog halfway up a 9 mile 1 in 2 mountain, waits for eye contact and then just fks off! total class...

 

2.steve redgrave.. if youve ever smashed it up on a rowing machine you'll know.. and to do it at that level for that long...ugh...

 

3.botham,moore and best.. the best of their time but hard drinking loons none of this beckham/owen goody 2 shoe crap!

 

[Chubbhead EFM]

 

Muhammed Ali

[Colin Zeal EFM]

I do love Sportsmen who combine their athleticism with some decent drinking.

 

Phil Tufnell