Famous sports stars from your hometown

[Pfef63]

My town only has two, but I'm sure there are more out there. Brady Quinn (Notre Dame QB) led one of my town's high schools to the state final four in 2001 I believe.

Also, Nick Goings, the new starting RB for the Carolina Panthers, led another one of my town's high schools to a state championship in the Mid-90s.

Edit: One more person. Kent Mercker, MLB pitcher

[Ace Hippie]

I was born in Alameda, California which is right outside Oakland.

Baseball

Bill Rigney (played a few years manager from 1956-1972 and 1976 in MLB) is also from Alameda. Chris Speier, a longtime shortstop (2260 games, 3 time All-Star) and Dutch Ruether (pitcher who won 137 games from 1917-1927) are also from Alameda.

Dontrelle Willis and Jimmy Rollins (current baseball players) are also from Alameda, though they are listed as being from Oakland for some reason. If you include players from Oakland as well, you get even more names, including Jermaine Dye, Ernie Lombardi (HOFer), Dennis Eckersley and Dave Stewart.

Terry Steinbach, a catcher for a while (And a good one) lived two doors down from me for a year and a half or so. Got to play catch with him :cool:

Basketball

Gary Payton, Isaiah Rider, Cliff Robinson, Brian Shaw (Oakland),

[TinaBina]

Travis Knight went to my high school....he played on the Lakers and now he's with the Knicks.

Reggie Bush and Alex Smith went to Helix high school which is 30 minutes away from where I live. But I remember watching them both play at my school. Of course we lost by a lot, but it was really cool seeing them.

[Gilla House]

not a whole lot from my town (sioux falls, sd), we got #17th highest rated high school basketball player in the country joe krabbenhoft. but for the state, brock lesnar (pro wrestler) is from aberdeen, mike miller (memphis grizzlies) is from mitchell

[MattBrinker]

T.J. Duckett lived like 20 miles from me. Ben Blake, who holds like every Yale football record, went to my school. Right now there is between 3 and 6 future Olympic weightlifters at my school and one just graduated.

[Liberator13]

I'm just gonna do football now, I have a headache

Ahman Green
Walter Payton went to grade school here
Johnny Rogers
Scott Frost

Yea, I'm done, I'm too tired.

[Nerdcraft]

There's a lot of people from Cleveland. London Fletcher, Bob and Mike Golic, Elvis Grbac, Desmond Howard and Clark Kellogg all went to my highschool. There's also several other people who went to my school that made it into pro sports but were not major stars like those guys. Like our current football coach, Tom Schoen who played safety for the Browns for a little bit. There's also a guy named Dave Lighty who goes to my school right now, I believe he's the 2nd or 3rd ranked junior basketball player in the country. Great athlete, he has a scholarship to any Div. 1 school he wants..Please go to OSU Dave!

[greg vs greg]

wichita, kansas:

barry sanders
jim ryan (former world record holder for the mile, also the first high schooler to beat the 4-minute mile)

[ChrisKatz001]

Yeah one.

Tom Nalen, Center Denver Broncos
hometown: Foxborough, Mass
His Jersey #77 is retired and is hanging in Foxborough High School Gym

.....Go Patriots :bow:

[D1msum]

Mike Ricci: Plays for the Sharks(NHL)
From Scarbrough,Ontario, Canada

Adam Graves: The same team as the other guy, Toronto Canada

and alot of other people but i forgot them

[rusch_bag]

I'm slacking in that category. We have one guy that played special teams for the bears but that's it. Our sports in my town are now fucked for ever due to my old gym teacher. He has somehow managed to ban all forms of competition at all of our local elementry schools. At reccess that can only play with one other person at a time and it cannot be a game that involves having someone be better than the other. Our teams are already bad but in a few years they will be godly horible.

[YankeesSuck]

Mark and David Bavaro, they were pro football players, I believe Dave Bavaro made it to the pro bowl with the Patriots, and Mark won the Superbowl not sure with what team. They have banners of them in my gym, Ray Bourque lives 5 minutes away from me, atleast he use to, not sure if he still lives near me or canada.

[20sack]

Mike Ricci: Plays for the Sharks(NHL)
From Scarbrough,Ontario, Canada

Adam Graves: The same team as the other guy, Toronto Canada

and alot of other people but i forgot them

Im from mississauga, ontario, canada. Pretty much in the GTA, we have a whole bunch of hockey players.

umm besides hockey: Donovan bailey or however his name is spelled is from Oakville...not too far from me.

[Chewy]

Hockey is really big here its a small town but they call it a hockey factory.
Long history too.

Well these guys did well (http://www.bchhf.com/veesold.htm)


past payers on the local team have been
Brett Hull (http://nhl.speedera.net/photos/h/hull_number80_wings194.jpg)
Brendan Morrison (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/hockey/2003/playoffs/news/2003/04/22/blues_canucks_ap/t1_morrison_ap.jpg)
Paul Kayria (http://www.allposters.com/IMAGES/PHO/AAFR038.jpg)
Andy Moog (http://soudog.tripod.com/Goaltenders/Moog_Andy35-c1981.jpg)
Ray Ferraro (http://sjsharkie.dagnabit.org/gallery/atlanta/ferraro.JPG)
Joe Murphy (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/hockey/nhl/news/2001/02/07/sayitaintso_blues/t1_murphy_all.jpg)
Grant Mulvey (http://www.hockeyautographexchange.com/cards/grantmulvey.jpg)
Bruce Affleck (http://www.stlouisblues.com/history/alumni_recap/images/affleck2.jpg)
Scott Levins (http://www.joyofhockey.com/04405.jpg)
Jason Podollan (http://www.ice-wolf.de/Galerie/03_04/mannheim_a2_300104/mannheim_a2_32662.jpg)
Dwayne Norris (http://www.hockeyautographexchange.com/cards/norrispp.jpg)
Jim Camazzola (http://home.a-city.de/aev-fanpage/camazzola01.jpg)

[Bergs]

Mark and David Bavaro, they were pro football players, I believe Dave Bavaro made it to the pro bowl with the Patriots, and Mark won the Superbowl not sure with what team. They have banners of them in my gym, Ray Bourque lives 5 minutes away from me, atleast he use to, not sure if he still lives near me or canada.

Mark was a TE on the NY Giants when they won the Superbowl. One of the great TEs in history.

[James Bond 007]

I am not sure about famous sports stars who were born in my town but does anyone remember that wrestler from WWF called Yokozuna? He was a big fat sumo guy.
Well a few years back the WWF were in town doin an event just down the road in Manchester but some of the wrestlers were staying in my town Stockport (about 5 miles from Manchester) and Yokozuna was found dead of a heart attack in his hotel room, they reckon he was terrified of spiders and possibly saw one in his room. True story.

[FrStyleKing]

roger clemens, josh beckett (went to my old high school) Chad Fox, (went to the school that rivaled ours) quintin griffin (know him, went to our church) and a few that should have but screwed up in the nfl. Ben Gay (yea, thats his real name, went to my school also, and went to nfl) T.J. Ford (NBA) Daniel Ewing (Duke, headed for NBA) thats all i can remember now.

[poopchow]

A lot of players came from the DC area...too many.

Grant hill, sean springs, my PE teacher was on the baltimore colts, a bunch of bball players, err

[Splatter]

Maybe you heard of this guy?
Muhammad Ali
And alot of Basket ball players went pro but never amounted to much besides Alan Houston.

[wop]

Not really a sports star but Bret Hart and i dunno Mike Venon, Dany Heatly, im pretty sure some more hockey players came out of Calgary.

[oneloveevo]

has any one ever heard of GERSHON MOSLEY or ANTHONY MOSLEY......probably not but they are pro skateboarders that came outta my town so thats pretty cool

[drowningaugust]

Only one athelete from my town has really ever gone anywhere: Sean Walsh was drafted by the Phillies a few years ago and is still in the Minor League system for Philly.

[viper22]

Edmonton alberta Canada

Jerome Iginla - hockey

Not really a sports star but Bret Hart and i dunno Mike Venon, Dany Heatly, im pretty sure some more hockey players came out of Calgary.

he was actully born in germany but changed citizenship at a early age, and lived in calgary.

[civictunerz]

My town only has two, but I'm sure there are more out there. Brady Quinn (Notre Dame QB) led one of my town's high schools to the state final four in 2001 I believe.

Also, Nick Goings, the new starting RB for the Carolina Panthers, led another one of my town's high schools to a state championship in the Mid-90s.

Edit: One more person. Kent Mercker, MLB pitcher


the only famous person that lived in my home town was RICKY SANDERS of the washington redskins, back in 88-94. he won only super bowl..thats from belton texas.

[rammer67]

wally shang there is a road named after him in whales ny

[Senor_Queso]

I feel so left out... No one comes from my town. :( If I widened the prospect to home state, then I could think of a few, just not right now. But no one comes from Olympia.

[JuliaAguilar]

I am originally from Erie, Pennsylvania, and so is Caryn Kadavy, an Olympic figure skater from the 1988 Calgary games. I don't think she medaled, but if you pay any attention to figure skating anymore, she's still around in the professional world of figure skating.

And Bruce Baumgartner, a former Olympic wrestler, (in the eighties) is from Girard or some small town nearby, I can't remember exactly which town, but still in Erie County.

[wop]

I also forgot Owen Hargeaves was born in Calgary my brother played against him in indoor soccer years ago.

[Senor_Queso]

The town I currently live in- Longmont- I believe has generated Mason Crosby, but I'm not sure. Mason Crosby is the kicker for the Buffs. Has anyone seen him play? That guy has a rocket for a leg.

[Shady]

Hmm...Darvin Ham , Kenyon Martin, MAGIC JOHNSON , Chris Webber , umm who else..well they should have one of these in the music forum cuz i got alot for that.

[JuliaAguilar]

Hmm...Darvin Ham , Kenyon Martin, MAGIC JOHNSON , Chris Webber , umm who else..well they should have one of these in the music forum cuz i got alot for that.

So go and post one, then. You can post a thread to that effect.

[Shady]

Naw , im to newbish to yet.

[Dual]

I think Malik Rose went to my school for middle school.

[UltimateFIEND78]

No famous sports star comes from my town unfortunatly. But my mom does work at the orthodontists office that Jerry Azuma from da Bears goes to. That the closest thing to someone coming from my town.

[Nerdcraft]

My father hired Ted Ginn's mom, and my mom now works with her...I joked around about getting my mom to get an autographed football, and she was like, ok....Sweet

[HotRod]

Peyton Manning... looking like the best quarterback of all-time. Terry Bradshaw, 4-time Superbowl winner.

[Flick5150]

Kenosha, Wisconsin
Not too many famous people, but
Nick Van Exl basketball (my uncle said that he played him one on one, and didnt even get to shoot)
Alan Ameche (first Heisman Trophy Winner)

[cueeball]

Chris Hope(Steelers), Gerald Dixion(Former Charger/Raider), and Jeff Burris(Former Colt/Falcon) all from Rock Hill SC

[idontknow]

"Burnaby" Joe Sakic-plays for Colorado Avalanche, NHL

thats all i can think of :cool: