of baseball, football or hoops who were you?

I was Johnny Bench in baseball, Joe Namath in football, and Pistol Pete in basketball. Pistol caused me a lot of line drills in basektball practice.

Yeah, I'm old.

Elliot Perry, Jerry Rice. I was a 80s/90s kid

Don Meredith and Bob Hayes depending on what position I was playing...

Bob Gipson in baseball....

Larry Finch in basketball

I was Allen Iverson in basketball, Steve Young in football and I hated baseball because it's boring.

Swimmer here...although he was like 50 years older than me the only famous swimmer back then was Johnny Weissmuller. I remember watching him as a little girl play Tarzan and always thought they did a fast forward when they showed him swimming but evidently they didn't because he was really really fast. Wish I had someone to idolize back then (female ) but didn't.

Dexter Reed.
Loved that spinning, leaning double-pump from the elbow.
A little James Bradley, too.

Penny Hardaway, Cal Ripken, Jr./Ken Griffey, Jr., and TROY FREAKING AIKMAN, QB of America's Team

(11-30-2012 01:42 PM)missjtiger Wrote:  Swimmer here...although he was like 50 years older than me the only famous swimmer back then was Johnny Weissmuller. I remember watching him as a little girl play Tarzan and always thought they did a fast forward when they showed him swimming but evidently they didn't because he was really really fast. Wish I had someone to idolize back then (female ) but didn't.

They had TV when you were a little girl?

(11-30-2012 01:50 PM)oruvoice Wrote:  

(11-30-2012 01:42 PM)missjtiger Wrote:  Swimmer here...although he was like 50 years older than me the only famous swimmer back then was Johnny Weissmuller. I remember watching him as a little girl play Tarzan and always thought they did a fast forward when they showed him swimming but evidently they didn't because he was really really fast. Wish I had someone to idolize back then (female ) but didn't.

They had TV when you were a little girl?

black and white and it was only on during the day and it was a BIG box looking thing and I hate you.

Penny, Jeff Bagwell, Howie Long

I remember shooting basketball in the driveway and pretending to come out to the Memphis Tiger fight song. Also imagined Larry Finch pulling up in a car and watching me shoot and telling me that he would be interested in me being on the team one day lol.

Bill Laurie and Jerry West......

(11-30-2012 01:53 PM)missjtiger Wrote:  

(11-30-2012 01:50 PM)oruvoice Wrote:  

(11-30-2012 01:42 PM)missjtiger Wrote:  Swimmer here...although he was like 50 years older than me the only famous swimmer back then was Johnny Weissmuller. I remember watching him as a little girl play Tarzan and always thought they did a fast forward when they showed him swimming but evidently they didn't because he was really really fast. Wish I had someone to idolize back then (female ) but didn't.

They had TV when you were a little girl?

black and white and it was only on during the day and it was a BIG box looking thing and I hate you.

HA! I love you too, missj!

I do remember (as a child) actually having to get up and trun the knob to change channels...the days before remote controls!

Ozzie Smith, Willie McGee, Julius Erving and Keith Lee!!!

(11-30-2012 01:53 PM)missjtiger Wrote:  

(11-30-2012 01:50 PM)oruvoice Wrote:  

(11-30-2012 01:42 PM)missjtiger Wrote:  Swimmer here...although he was like 50 years older than me the only famous swimmer back then was Johnny Weissmuller. I remember watching him as a little girl play Tarzan and always thought they did a fast forward when they showed him swimming but evidently they didn't because he was really really fast. Wish I had someone to idolize back then (female ) but didn't.

They had TV when you were a little girl?

black and white and it was only on during the day and it was a BIGbox looking thingand I hate you.

NSFW

(11-30-2012 01:54 PM)memphis mania Wrote:  Penny, Jeff Bagwell, Howie Long

I remember shooting basketball in the driveway and pretending to come out to the Memphis Tiger fight song. Also imagined Larry Finch pulling up in a car and watching me shoot and telling me that he would be interested in me being on the team one day lol.

Blue Chips

Payton in FB, Penny or Barkley in hoops, David Justice in baseball.

Jordan.

I was a crazy kid.

Randy White (always loved defense) or Ed "Too Tall" Jones...QB, I was probably Roger Staubach or Danny White. Although my first idol was a RB at my hs...

Basketball, Bedford was a favorite since my school played them in the state championship. Before that it was Majic or Bird... even though I HATED Boston!!!!

Baseball, Reggie Jackson!!!

so the j in missj stands for jane?

Janice, IIRC