Your inner 10 year old. I want to know. Roll call.

Justacommeman · May 8, 2021 5:40PM

Ok when you were 10 who were your personal favorites in the " four sports" ?

Basketball - Rudy Tomjanovich
Hockey- Daryl Sittler
Baseball - Yaz
Football - Steve Owens

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Justacommeman · May 8, 2021 5:50PM

When I made my confirmation at 13 you had to chose a Saints name. I choose Carl. Only problem was there is no Saint Carl. When I went up to see the Bishop he called me out on it and seemed genuinely pissed off. His pointy hat seemed to go crooked. He said why Carl and that there was no Saint Carl. I told him Yaz was my patron Saint. He said whoa. He whispered in my ear he was a Sox fan and said he would let it slide but to play along. He announced I would choose Charles as my Saint but winked to me.

I even taught myself to bat left handed and my stance and swing was a cross between Yaz and my other favorite player. Dick McAuliffe. I'm a self taught switch hitter and can golf, bowl, ambi at hoops, bat and throw a football from either side. It served me well growing up. Hockey I always shot from the left side.

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Brick · May 8, 2021 5:52PM

Basketball - Bill Russell
Hockey NA
Baseball - Ted Williams
Football - Jim Brown

Justacommeman · May 8, 2021 6:01PM

@Brick said:
Basketball - Bill Russell
Hockey NA
Baseball - Ted Williams
Football - Jim Brown

I'm putting you down for Howdie Howe at hockey. That's quite the list. I would have been a Bill Russell man too

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thisistheshow · May 8, 2021 6:02PM

Basketball - Larry Bird
Hockey - Ray Bourque
Baseball - Jim Rice
Football -Doug Flutie

dallasactuary · May 8, 2021 6:22PM

Lou Brock
Mel Gray
Marvin Barnes
Garry Unger

I was aware that there were players outside St. Louis, and there were even players I rooted for, but at 10 years old all of my favorites were still on the home teams.

Justacommeman · May 8, 2021 6:26PM

@dallasactuary said:
Lou Brock
Mel Gray
Marvin Barnes
Garry Unger

I was aware that there were players outside St. Louis, and there were even players I rooted for, but at 10 years old all of my favorites were still on the home teams.

I remember crying when my Wings traded Unger for Red Berenson. I later went on to love and know Red when he coached U of M. Bill Freeman was the Michigan baseball coach

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Darin · May 8, 2021 6:27PM

Basketball- Tie between Willis Reed and Walt Frazier.
Hockey- None. Rural Kansan here, hockey did not exist in my world.
Baseball- Willie Stargell, was still mourning the loss of Clemente in 1974
and the rise of the second great one, George Brett, was still in the future.
Football- Len Dawson and Otis Taylor.
Confirmation name- Luke, and yes my Priest was pleased with the choice.

Justacommeman · May 8, 2021 6:36PM

^^^^^^^^^

I was obsessed with the expansion hockey teams in the 70’s especially the short lived Kansas City Scouts. Guy Charron was my jam. They stunk up Kemper Arena which I think was built for them.

great list

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Darin · May 8, 2021 6:40PM

@Justacommeman said:
^^^^^^^^^

I was obsessed with the expansion hockey teams in the 70’s especially the short lived Kansas City Scouts. Guy Charron was my jam. They stunk up Kemper Arena which I think was built for them.

great list

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I've never heard of the Kansas City Scouts, didn't know they had a hockey team.
I do remember KC had a pro basketball team for a while but I don't think it lasted long.

Justacommeman · May 8, 2021 6:48PM

Yep the Kings. They were powered by Nate Archibald. Loved him

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Darin · May 8, 2021 7:13PM

@Justacommeman said:
Yep the Kings. They were powered by Nate Archibald. Loved him

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Yes Tiny Archibald. Jo Jo White was one of my favorite basketball players also.
Partly because he played at KU.

LandrysFedora · May 8, 2021 7:13PM

Football- Roger Staubach
Baseball- Thurman Munson
Hockey- n/a
Basketball-n/a

As a 10 year old growing up in Florida it was all baseball and football for me at age 10.

AC000000 · May 8, 2021 7:26PM

Basketball: Jerry Sloan
Hockey: Kenny Wharram
Baseball: Ronald Edward Santo
Football: Gale Sayers

Tabe · May 8, 2021 7:35PM

Basketball: Kelly Tripucka
Baseball: Steve Kemp
Hockey: none
Football: Billy Sims

Justacommeman · May 8, 2021 7:45PM

I had a hard time keeping Bob Lanier, Charlie Sanders and Marcel Dionne off the list

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Darin · May 8, 2021 9:56PM

@Justacommeman said:
I had a hard time keeping Bob Lanier, Charlie Sanders and Marcel Dionne off the list

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I'll call your Bob Lanier and raise you a Willie Lanier.
Actually got his auto at a local ALCO when I was probably 6 or 7 years old.

doubledragon · May 9, 2021 1:25AM

I was 10 in 1990, so these were my favorites:

Basketball: Dominique Wilkins
Baseball: Rickey Henderson
Hockey: Mario Lemieux
Football: Ronnie Lott

Bullsitter · May 9, 2021 3:16AM

1964

Basketball- Wilt
Baseball- Mantle
Football- Namath (QB, Bama)
Hockey- Orr

perkdog · May 9, 2021 5:41AM

Tony Dorsett and Jim Rice. I didn’t care about NBA or NHL

craig44 · May 9, 2021 6:13AM

Bird
Canseco
Bo Jackson
no idea what NHL was at 10. I still really have no idea what it is now.

erikthredd · May 9, 2021 8:54AM

I was 10 in ‘84 and these were my favorites pre-card collecting...
Larry Bird
Dwight Evans
Steve Grogan
Ray Bourque

but once I started collecting cards in 86-87ish these three got added in...
Michael Jordan
Roger Clemens
Walter Payton

bobbybakeriv · May 9, 2021 9:07AM

Basketball - Kareem
Hockey- Marcel Dionne
Baseball - Carew and Nettles
Football - Billy Sims

thisistheshow · May 9, 2021 9:24AM

@perkdog said:
Tony Dorsett and Jim Rice. I didn’t care about NBA or NHL

I am happy to see Jim Rice make a second appearance on this thread.

Goldenage · May 9, 2021 9:55AM

Dr. J with the NJ Nets

Bradshaw Steelers

Bobby Orr or Bobby Clarke

Catfish Hunter

Hydrant · May 9, 2021 11:34AM

As hard as I try, I seriously can't think of any player who was my "favorite" when I was a kid. The only one that comes to mind is Wes Parker. He was a terrific fielding first baseman for the Dodgers. He mailed me a his autograph and a nice little note when I was 11 years old. So....that made me happy. That's all I can come up with. And, at that age I was a sports nut. Dodgers, Lakers, UCLA, and of course the RAMS! BUT......can't think of a favorite player.

Justacommeman · May 9, 2021 11:35AM

Wasn't Wes Parker on a Brady Bunch episode?

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LandrysFedora · May 9, 2021 12:08PM

@Justacommeman said:
Wasn't Wes Parker on a Brady Bunch episode?

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I believe I remember Don Drysdale being on a Brady Bunch episode.

WingedLiberty1957 · May 9, 2021 12:11PM

Basketball: Wilt Chamberlain
Hockey: (didnt follow)
Baseball: Frank Howard
Football: Sonny Jurgenson / Charlie Taylor

dallasactuary · May 9, 2021 1:12PM

Wes Parker was the boyfriend of one of the Brady kids' teachers, IIRC.

galaxy27 · May 9, 2021 1:33PM

Basketball - Quintin Dailey (i was a Bulls fan pre-Jordan. look at MJ's Star XRC.)
Hockey - didn't know it even existed
Baseball - J.R. Richard
Football - Walter Payton

Hydrant · May 9, 2021 1:37PM

Yes, I think he was. It very common for Dodger and Ram players to make guest appearances on T.V. shows in those days.

Hydrant · May 9, 2021 2:36PM

You guys are all younger than me. BRADY BUNCH??

perkdog · May 9, 2021 3:32PM

Greg had a crush on his Math teacher and it turned out that his math teacher was dating Wes Parker. I remember it well Disclaimer - I did have to google it for specifics

Justacommeman · May 9, 2021 3:52PM

Thanks Dawg!

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paulb71 · May 9, 2021 5:23PM

Baseball Bruce Bochte
Football Jacob Green
Basketball Gus Williams
Hockey. N/A

perkdog · May 9, 2021 7:07PM

@Justacommeman said:
Thanks Dawg!

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My pleasure, any talk of the Brady Bunch brings back fond memories of my youth 👍👍

Redglobe · May 9, 2021 7:38PM

Football-Gale Sayers
Basketball- Bob "Butterbean "Love
Baseball- Ron Santo
Hockey- Too young to know

thisistheshow · May 9, 2021 7:52PM

@erikthredd said:
I was 10 in ‘84 and these were my favorites pre-card collecting...
Larry Bird
Dwight Evans
Steve Grogan
Ray Bourque

but once I started collecting cards in 86-87ish these three got added in...
Michael Jordan
Roger Clemens
Walter Payton

@perkdog said:
Greg had a crush on his Math teacher and it turned out that his math teacher was dating Wes Parker. I remember it well Disclaimer - I did have to google it for specifics

Even though the Brady Bunch stopped making new episodes in 1974 (2 years before I was born) it lived on pretty heavily in reruns. Enough so that I watched all of the episodes growing up, both as an adolescent and a teenager.

I, too, remembered this episode but had to Google it for specifics.

Hydrant · May 9, 2021 8:57PM

Roberto Clemente. Can't get him out of my mind since I first read this thread. So.....Roberto Clemente it is. I have my personal reasons.....A great player, A nice guy, and a HERO. I saw him play in the first major league game I ever attended. He made an impression on this little kid....A REAL HERO.
P.S. He also mailed me an autograph and a kind note when I was a kid. I still have it. Baseball is a way of life.

Justacommeman · May 9, 2021 9:15PM

He was a class act. I remember thinking the same of Al Kaline and Roberto

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perkdog · May 9, 2021 9:45PM

@thisistheshow said:

@erikthredd said:
I was 10 in ‘84 and these were my favorites pre-card collecting...
Larry Bird
Dwight Evans
Steve Grogan
Ray Bourque

but once I started collecting cards in 86-87ish these three got added in...
Michael Jordan
Roger Clemens
Walter Payton

@perkdog said:
Greg had a crush on his Math teacher and it turned out that his math teacher was dating Wes Parker. I remember it well Disclaimer - I did have to google it for specifics

Even though the Brady Bunch stopped making new episodes in 1974 (2 years before I was born) it lived on pretty heavily in reruns. Enough so that I watched all of the episodes growing up, both as an adolescent and a teenager.

I, too, remembered this episode but had to Google it for specifics.

I was born in 70 so I grew up on re runs myself. Re runs or not it was an absolute staple in tv watching for people our age group

dalstar66 · May 9, 2021 11:41PM

Also born in 1970

Brady Bunch
Happy Days
Laverne and Shirley

All of these played non stop till around 1980ish

As far as sports heroes for me when I was 10 in 1980
For me even at that age I was a huge football fan and was a huge fan of Franco Harris, Earl Campbell and Walter Payton

In the 80's though it was very easy to have heroes outside of football Wayne Gretzky, Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Cal Ripken, Pete Rose (Before Gambling), could go on and on

So so many sports heroes in the 80's
1980-1988ish

Mickey71 · May 10, 2021 3:15AM

1981

Basketball - The new Freshman at Georgetown (Patrick Ewing)
Hockey- Wayne Gretzky
Baseball - Reggie Jackson
Football - Walter Payton/Terry Bradshaw

thisistheshow · May 10, 2021 5:32AM

@dalstar66 said:
Also born in 1970

Brady Bunch
Happy Days
Laverne and Shirley

All of these played non stop till around 1980ish

.........

I definitely was watching all three in 80s, and later. Kids in the 80s were also exposed to a lot of even older shows on Nickelodeon. Watched a ton of those, particularly Dennis the Menace. Also The Donna Reed Show, My Three Sons, Mr. Ed, many others.

2dueces · May 10, 2021 5:36AM

Basketball - Wilt I guess
Hockey- Gil Perrault in 1970 and after
Baseball - Mickey Mantle
Football - Jack Kemp

Not sure if I even followed basketball in 1966. Hmmm

craig44 · May 10, 2021 5:37AM

@perkdog said:
Greg had a crush on his Math teacher and it turned out that his math teacher was dating Wes Parker. I remember it well Disclaimer - I did have to google it for specifics

I absolutely misread what you wrote initially. I thought you wrote that greg had a crush on his math teacher and the teacher was wes parker.

I was about to go down an internet rabbit hole. I am glad I reread! that would have severely changed my perception of my childhood!!!!

2dueces · May 10, 2021 5:39AM

@craig44 said:

@perkdog said:
Greg had a crush on his Math teacher and it turned out that his math teacher was dating Wes Parker. I remember it well Disclaimer - I did have to google it for specifics

I absolutely misread what you wrote initially. I thought you wrote that greg had a crush on his math teacher and the teacher was wes parker.

I was about to go down an internet rabbit hole. I am glad I reread! that would have severely changed my perception of my childhood!!!!

I bet daddy Brady had a crush on the math teacher’s date too. 😉

craig44 · May 10, 2021 5:41AM

@thisistheshow said:

@dalstar66 said:
Also born in 1970

Brady Bunch
Happy Days
Laverne and Shirley

All of these played non stop till around 1980ish

.........

I definitely was watching all three in 80s, and later. Kids in the 80s were also exposed to a lot of even older shows on Nickelodeon. Watched a ton of those, particularly Dennis the Menace. Also The Donna Reed Show, My Three Sons, Mr. Ed, many others.

I am in the same general age range (1977) I remember all of those in reruns. I LOVED the Fonze and Laverne and Shirley.
one of my favorites of the reruns was the Munsters. loved that show.

thisistheshow · May 10, 2021 5:49AM

@craig44 said:

@thisistheshow said:

@dalstar66 said:
Also born in 1970

Brady Bunch
Happy Days
Laverne and Shirley

All of these played non stop till around 1980ish

.........

I definitely was watching all three in 80s, and later. Kids in the 80s were also exposed to a lot of even older shows on Nickelodeon. Watched a ton of those, particularly Dennis the Menace. Also The Donna Reed Show, My Three Sons, Mr. Ed, many others.

I am in the same general age range (1977) I remember all of those in reruns. I LOVED the Fonze and Laverne and Shirley.
one of my favorites of the reruns was the Munsters. loved that show.

I was born in 76, so yes same. Loved the Munsters. Loved all of the older shows. Loved sitcoms in general throughout the 80s into the 90s.

perkdog · May 10, 2021 6:47AM

Anyone remember “Creature Double feature” Channel 56 on Saturday’s? Land of the Lost?

Your inner 10 year old. I want to know. Roll call.

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