TOP 5 Pro Athletes from your city

[ndeezlo]

A guy on local sports station is doing this so I figured I'd throw it out for a discussion here.

Rules:

They have to be PROFESSIONAL, no using college players, Dan Marino is for Miami not Pittsburgh. Miami can not use 80's Hurricanes either.

Must have played more then half their career in that city, Joe Montana is San Franciscos not Kansas Cities.

And each of your cities 4 major pro sports team must be represented, unless you have more then 5 then use your discretion, (NYC) but you have to use all 4 sports. No using all NBA players unless you're in Memphis.

You don't have to only use players from the 4 majors.



DETROIT
Joe Louis
Ty Cobb
Gordie Howe (debatable with Yzerman, Lindsay, Sawchuck, Cheveldae)
Isiah Thomas
Barry Sanders

[TheMatrix31]

Re: TOP 5 Pro Athletes from your city

Well, I consider my hometown to be Fresno, not this hell-hole known as LA.

That said...

- Magic Johnson
- Wayne Gretzky (only played 8 years, but, he has to count)
- Sandy Koufax
- Eric ****erson (can't think of a football player that played a large amount of his career in LA)
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

[BunnyHardaway]

Re: TOP 5 Pro Athletes from your city

I'll go with Philly since it's the closest city to me...in no order:

Mike Schmidt
Steve Carlton
Julius Erving
Bernie Parent
Allen Iverson

I know I'm forgetting some Eagles, but I had no idea who to put on for them.

[Lordcledus]

Re: TOP 5 Pro Athletes from your city

Peyton Manning
Marvin Harrison
Reggie Wayne*
Reggie Miller
Jermaine O'neal

*Would have added Marshall Faulk but he only played 5 years in Indy

Sorry, we only have 2 pro teams here.

[LetsGoBucs]

Re: TOP 5 Pro Athletes from your city

PITTSBURGH
Mario Lemieux
Honus Wagner
Roberto Clemente
Terry Bradshaw
Jack Lambert

You could pick any number of players from the '70's Steelers (Franco Harris, Joe Greene, Lynn Swann, John Stallworth, etc.)

Also, Sidney Crosby could someday join the list. Not for a while, but someday he might.

[TheGamingChef]

Re: TOP 5 Pro Athletes from your city

Yeesh... keep in mind that this city is 120,000. Since we don't have any professional teams I'm just going to list players FROM the city.

*Kurt Warner (Super Bowl MVP)
*Zach Johnson (Winner of The Masters)
*Trent Green (NFL quarterback)
*Dedric Ward (NFL wide receiver & current coach for the Cardinals)
*Ryan Sweeney (top-rated OF prospect for the White Sox)

[ExtremeGamer]

Re: TOP 5 Pro Athletes from your city

Cleveland

Jim Brown
LeBron James
Bob Feller
Otto Graham

Hmm, #5 is hard, so I'm just going to say Grady Sizemore. I know he's not, but he is tops right now in the city. I'm probably forgetting someone, and don't feel like doing a Google search.

[TerpsJunkie]

Re: TOP 5 Pro Athletes from your city

Cal Ripken Jr.
Ray Lewis
Brooks Robinson
Jim Palmer
Bucky Lasek

[Vince]

Re: TOP 5 Pro Athletes from your city

Patrick Roy
Jacques Plante
Maurice Richard (Guy Lafleur)
Gary Carter
Andre Dawson

[MagicBucsWsoxFan]

Re: TOP 5 Pro Athletes from your city

Michael Jordan
Walter Payton
Frank Thomas
Scottie Pippen
*probably someone from the 85 bears*

[joshuar9476]

Re: TOP 5 Pro Athletes from your city

Peyton Manning
Marvin Harrison
Reggie Wayne*
Reggie Miller
Jermaine O'neal

*Would have added Marshall Faulk but he only played 5 years in Indy

Sorry, we only have 2 pro teams here.

Payton Manning
Reggie Miller
Marvin Harrison
Tony Stewart
Dean Biasucci (just kidding .. any of the other two above)

[TheLetterZ]

Re: TOP 5 Pro Athletes from your city

Wilt Chamberlain
Mike Schmidt
Allen Iverson
Bernie Parent
Reggie White

[Stu]

Re: TOP 5 Pro Athletes from your city

Boston:

- Ted Williams
- Bill Russell
- Larry Bird
- Bobby Orr
- Not sure for the last one... Bob Cousy maybe?

[EWRMETS]

Re: TOP 5 Pro Athletes from your city

I'm a New York sports fan:

1) Babe Ruth
2) Mickey Mantle
3) Lawrence Taylor
4) Lou Gehrig
5) Tom Seaver

Honorable Mention: Willie Mays, Joe DiMagio, Jackie Robinson, Christy Matthewson, Sam Huff, Frank Gifford

[ubernoob]

Re: TOP 5 Pro Athletes from your city

Bart Starr
Brett Favre
Reggie White (6 seasons with GB as opposed to 8 with PHI, but God wanted him to play here)
Don Hutson
Ray Nitschke
(if you don't accept Reggie White...)
LeRoy Butler (<-- huge fan )