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Name your favorite players from all the sports you followed at the time. Before SR. High School.

Harmon Killebrew.
Gene Washington.
Bill Goldsworthy.
Connie Hawkins.
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Cal Ripken
Darrell Green
Larry Bird
Curtis Strange (though a young Tiger Woods was already on my radar)
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Randy Smith (Buffalo Braves guard in the 70s)
Jean Beliveau (one of the all time great Montreal Canadiens)
Johny Unitas
Maury Wills
Jack Nicklaus
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Magic Johnson and Mike Tyson mainly if we’re talking about as a kid. Then later Kobe & Shaq in high school… prob Evander Holyfield for boxing. Even back then I didn’t like low scoring sports like baseball, soccer, hockey... so I didn’t fanboy over any of those athletes.
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Jordan
Pippen
Sammy Sosa
Kerry Wood
Griffey
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NHL: Rod Brind'Amour
NFL: Brian Dawkins
NBA: Allen Iverson
MLB: Chase Utley
Golf: Tiger Woods (GOAT)
MMA: Dan Henderson
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Dylan, Dylan, Dylan, Dylan, Dylan.
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Dale Murphy
Larry Bird
Joe Montana
Dan Marino
Larry Holmes
Marvin Hagler

Maybe a few others…
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Derrick Thomas
Peter Forsberg
Hakeem olajuwon
Dale Carter
Barry Sanders
Patrick Roy
Roy Jones
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elmerjfudd wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 3:13 pm Derrick Thomas
Peter Forsberg
Hakeem olajuwon
Dale Carter
Barry Sanders
Patrick Roy
Roy Jones
It doesn't fit the criteria so I couldn't use him, but definitely one of my all time favorites. The man had some serious swagger and could stop the puck.
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_Vcsgrizzfan_ wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 3:14 pm
elmerjfudd wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 3:13 pm Derrick Thomas
Peter Forsberg
Hakeem olajuwon
Dale Carter
Barry Sanders
Patrick Roy
Roy Jones
It doesn't fit the criteria so I couldn't use him, but definitely one of my all time favorites. The man had some serious swagger and could stop the puck.
Him, Hasek and Brodeur were definitely hard to score against when i used to watch hockey
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I believe Hasek is the best goalie I have ever witnessed. I have Roy second. I tend to be in the camp that Brodeur was overrated. He was great, but he almost always played behind really great teams. He stole far fewer games than Hasek or Roy.
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Rickey Henderson and Randall Cunningham were my two favorite players.

Locally, it was Steve Yzerman, Isiah Thomas, Alan Trammell and Barry Sanders.
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_Vcsgrizzfan_ wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 3:52 pm I believe Hasek is the best goalie I have ever witnessed. I have Roy second. I tend to be in the camp that Brodeur was overrated. He was great, but he almost always played behind really great teams. He stole far fewer games than Hasek or Roy.
My language now. I do not agree. Roy had some great talent in Colorado.
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Da Stars. wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 4:02 pm
_Vcsgrizzfan_ wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 3:52 pm I believe Hasek is the best goalie I have ever witnessed. I have Roy second. I tend to be in the camp that Brodeur was overrated. He was great, but he almost always played behind really great teams. He stole far fewer games than Hasek or Roy.
My language now. I do not agree. Roy had some great talent in Colorado.
Roy won two Stanley Cups in Montreal, one of which was behind a very mediocre team that would have had no hope without him. The other Cup team in Montreal was good, but not exactly a steam roller either. He willed that 1993 team to the Cup.
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_Vcsgrizzfan_ wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 4:04 pm
Da Stars. wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 4:02 pm
_Vcsgrizzfan_ wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 3:52 pm I believe Hasek is the best goalie I have ever witnessed. I have Roy second. I tend to be in the camp that Brodeur was overrated. He was great, but he almost always played behind really great teams. He stole far fewer games than Hasek or Roy.
My language now. I do not agree. Roy had some great talent in Colorado.
Roy won two Stanley Cups in Montreal, one of which was behind a very mediocre team that would have had no hope without him. The other Cup team in Montreal was good, but not exactly a steam roller either.
Is this when I start calling you names and shit. LOL. Because we disagree> :L :suds:
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I was young at the time but I've looked into it since.

Hasek is the best ever IMHO.
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PhutureDynasty wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 4:24 pm I was young at the time but I've looked into it since.

Hasek is the best ever IMHO.
I agree. At the end of the day, there's no style points. Just stop the freaking puck. And he could stop the freaking puck better than anyone else.
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_Vcsgrizzfan_ wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 4:47 pm
PhutureDynasty wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 4:24 pm I was young at the time but I've looked into it since.

Hasek is the best ever IMHO.
I agree. At the end of the day, there's no style points. Just stop the freaking puck. And he could stop the freaking puck better than anyone else.
To bad we as a group can not have a candid, non insulting chat about the greatest in any sport. Not going to happen. :suds:
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Da Stars. wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 4:53 pm
_Vcsgrizzfan_ wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 4:47 pm
PhutureDynasty wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 4:24 pm I was young at the time but I've looked into it since.

Hasek is the best ever IMHO.
I agree. At the end of the day, there's no style points. Just stop the freaking puck. And he could stop the freaking puck better than anyone else.
To bad we as a group can not have a candid, non insulting chat about the greatest in any sport. Not going to happen. :suds:
Sometimes, people get offended when data conflicts with their biases.
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