Biggest Characters in Sports

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  1. Bengal B

    Bengal B Founding Member

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    Caught the tail end of segment on the Freddie Coleman show talking about Yogi Berra. Freddie had people calling to say who they thought were the biggest sports personalities and Characters.

    Of course Shaw was mentioned but here are a few who weren't at least while I was listening.

    Baseball

    Mark the Bird Fidrich - short career but would talk to the ball before each pitch.

    Basketball

    Darryl Dawkins
    Bill Walton - in college
    Dennis Rodman

    Football

    John Riggins
    Deon Sanders

    Golf

    Lee Trevino
    John Daly
     
  2. el005639

    el005639 Founding Member

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    This list would be dominated by wrestlers, headed by either Rick Flare or The MachoMan Savage
     
  3. LaSalleAve

    LaSalleAve when in doubt, mumble

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    WOOOOOOOOOO
     
  4. uscvball

    uscvball Founding Member

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    How about the Babe. He was pretty fat. Daly for sure. Refrigerator Perry? He's nearly a cripple now.
     
  5. red55

    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

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    I've always been partial to Bob Uecker and Don Meredith as far as pro sports characters.
     
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  6. tigermark

    tigermark Rematches suck!

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    Sports, not play acting...
     
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  7. Bengal B

    Bengal B Founding Member

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    The outcome may be fixed but those guys are great athletes.
     
  8. tirk

    tirk im the lyrical jessie james

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    they cant even scratch their backs. roided freaks who jump around in pen arent athletes. theyre gorillas with spandex.
     
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  9. Bengal B

    Bengal B Founding Member

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    Tony Stewart was pretty much of a character but the death of the midget car driver seems to have taken a lot out of him.

    Dale Earnhardt and Darrell Waltrip. The oldtime NASCAR drivers were all characters but the newer breed of drivers are pretty much all corporate vanilla personalities. Dale Jr. would probably be a natural character if he didn't make so much money as a corporate shill.
     
  10. Winston1

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    One of the greatest characters was the ole Diz, Dizzy Dean. I'll never forget jewels like 'he slud into 3rd'.
     

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