Battle of the Sporting Heroes

[grecian]

Okay, I'll have a go, wasn't going to because I didn't know most of the names on the first page, but I guess wiki is your friend, and all that.


Nominate

Bobby Charlton
Bobby Moore
Kenny Dalglish
Nick Faldo, you've got Norman in the list, so may has well have the bloke who utterly owned him.
John MacEnroe, obviously not as good as Tommy Haas, but there ya go

 

[BoyBrumby]

Nominate

Bobby Charlton
Bobby Moore
Nick Faldo
John MacEnroe

Second all of these, which leaves me with one IIRC.

 

[Smudge]

Nominate:

Torvill and Dean

You can get your penis back from the school principal at the end of this thread, young Ripper.

 

[BoyBrumby]

You can get your penis back from the school principal at the end of this thread, young Ripper.

The disgust from the UK populace at them not winning gold in their comeback in 94 (IIRC) was genuinely hilarious. Suddenly everyone was an ice dance expert:

"They wuz robbed."

"Really? What made their performance better than either of the couples who beat them?"

"They, er, they'd won before. &, uh, they're British. Stitch up"

 

[fredfertang]

Nominate the late great Robin Friday

 

[Simon]

My last 2 seconds
Norm Provan
Peter Sterling

 

[Simon]

updated lists

In the Battle (81)
Alysson Annan
Ayrton Senna
Brad Fittler
Wally Lewis
Allan Langer
Rod Laver
Nadia Comaneci
Michael Jordan
Peter Brock
Haile Gebrselassie
Muhammad Ali
Diego Maradona
Sergi Bubka
Andre Agassi
Tiger Woods
Bjorn Borg
Cathy Freeman
Keith Wood
Joost van der Westhuizen
Steffi Graf
Lance Armstrong
John Eales
Pirmin Zurbriggen
Craig Lowndes
Steven Bradbury
George Best
Gary Ablett Snr
Wayne Carey
Matthew Richardson
Martin Johnson
Jimmy Glass
Steve Davis
Martina Navratilova
Greg Norman
Michael Johnson
Andrew Johns
Kostya Tszyu
Pele
Miguel Indurain
Roy Keane
Gerd Muller
Jason Dunstall
Boris Becker
Tommy Haas
Garrincha
Eddie Merckx
Annika Sorenstam
Marco Van Basten
Ed Moses
Jahangir Khan
Phil Taylor
David Campese
Bobby Charlton
Bobby Moore
Nick Faldo
John MacEnroe
Norm Provan
Peter Sterling
Ivan Mauger
Carolina Kluft
Tim Cahill
Os du Randt
Hicham el Guerrouj
Kieren Perkins
Andy Roddick
LeBron James
Brett Kenny
Michael Phelps
Steven Silvagni
Michael Schumacher
Shaun Goater
Wayne Gretzky
Pete Sampras
Eric Cantona
Dennis Law
Jackie Robinson
Jack Nicklaus
Bob Beamon
Jonah Lomu
Joe Louis
Robin Friday
Dennis Bergkamp

Nominated - Need Seconding
Juan Manuel Fangio
Mal Meninga
David Coulthard
Marcos Ambrose
Steve Renouf
Damon Hill
Cal Ripken Jr
Joe Montana
Kurt Warner
Usain Bolt
Claudio Gentile
Kenenisa Bekele
Ben Tune
Richard Fromberg
Daniel Kowalski
Bruce Bolden
Paul Trimboli
Steve Horvat
Vicky Wilson
Ian Baker-Finch
Jim Richards
Leigh Matthews
Sir Stephen Redgrave
John Aldridge
Helmut Rahn
Tony Lockett
Brian Boitano
Kenny Dalglish
Nick Farr-Jones
Tim Horan
Frank Bunce
Phillipe Sella
Martina Hingis
Anna Meares
Pat Rafter
Mika Hakkinen
Winton Ruffer
Raul
Carl Lewis
Jim Thorpe
Dale Earnhardt
Mark Spitz
Shane Gould
Gunnar Nordahl
Colin Meads
Rocky Marciano
Ray Robinson
Ray Leonard
Jesse Owens
Eusebio
Johan Cruyf
Cliff Bastin
Beryl Burton

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Withdrawing my Best seconding as Michael's done it and in any case there will surely be an United fan with a spare.

So

bubka
woods
borg
zurbriggen
garrincha
merckx
ivan mauger (not yet done)

for me please. I'll stop fiddling now.

 

[Simon]

Yeh thats right Hakon just went through and double checked it all, turns out I have one seconding left, thought i second three first time but i only did it for two.

Second's by members - obviously if you arent on the list you have 7 remaining.
Blewy 1
Clapo 4
Burgey 3
Simon 7
Jamee 3
NUFAN 4
Uppercut 1
Hakon 7
Son of Coco 4
Ripper 7
The Sean 5
Ed 1
Pasag 3
Tom Halsey 1
CDM 3
Michael7's 5
Jono 3
Biased Indian 7
Brumby 6
DCYE 4
Pinchy 2
GIMH 1

 

[ripper868]

You can get your penis back from the school principal at the end of this thread, young Ripper.

Just as well i got some use from it on the weekend then

 

[Son Of Coco]

Okay, I'll have a go, wasn't going to because I didn't know most of the names on the first page, but I guess wiki is your friend, and all that.


Nominate

Bobby Charlton
Bobby Moore
Kenny Dalglish
Nick Faldo, you've got Norman in the list, so may has well have the bloke who utterly owned him.
John MacEnroe, obviously not as good as Tommy Haas, but there ya go

Second Carolina Kluft

 

[Simon]

Hoping to get this to 96 so we can have three way battles for the first round. Still need around 36 more seconds.

 

[ripper868]

Need Seconding

Tim Cahill
Os du Randt
Hicham el Guerrouj
Kieren Perkins


Second th above

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Andy Roddick
LeBron James
Brett Kenny
Michael Phelps
Steven Silvagni

Seconded.

 

[Simon]

Also going to allow people to nominate an extra 5 sports people now too.
Meaning everyone can have a total of 15 nominations and 7 seconds.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Nominate:

 

[ripper868]

Nominate:
Jonah Lomu
Nick Farr-Jones
Tim Horan
Frank Bunce
(sensing a theme here)
Philippe Sella

 

[Simon]

Nominating
Martina Hingis
Anna Meares
Pat Rafter
Michael Schumacher (I didnt like the guy but he should be in this)
Mika Hakkinen

 

[ripper868]

Just Quietly i think we'll struggle to get 96 with the amount of people in here only being allowed 7 seconds...time will tell i suppose though.

 

[Simon]

Just Quietly i think we'll struggle to get 96 with the amount of people in here only being allowed 7 seconds...time will tell i suppose though.

It's only 27 more seconds, given the people that have already put seconds in they have a total of about 60 more between them. Also the reason i gave everyone another 5 nominations was that the list of nominees was getting a bit small so it gives everyone more to pick from now.