Sports stars you remember from when you were a kid

[longballin]

Stanley Mathews a wizard...

[rosnarun]

ALI( though unfortunately not Cassius Clay)
Joe Frazer
Ken Norton
George Foreman ( when he was BAD)

Ivan heffernan and Jp keane

eddie Keher
Pat delaney

eddie macken
paul darragh
Cpt John leddingham
James Kernan

David wottle
Olga Korbut

[Declan]

David wottle

The man with the hat!!

[rosnarun]

David wottle

The man with the hat!!

when your 4 and share a name with some one, being the only one with a White hat ensures your attention and Loyalty

[GaillimhIarthair]

PJ Molloy
Bernie Forde
Stephen Joyce
Brian Talty
Tomas Tierney
Ray Hazley
Kieran Duff
Brian Mullins
All that great Kerry Team but especially Jacko & John Egan
Matt Connor (genius)
Dermot Earley
Tony McManus
Noel Skehan's hurl (looked massive to a young fella!!)
.............and many many others............

[rory]

Apart from the obvious football, hurling and soccer ones I'd have

Mark Spitz
Franz Klammer
Red Rum

[seafoid]

PJ Molloy
Bernie Forde
Stephen Joyce
Brian Talty
Tomas Tierney
Ray Hazley
Kieran Duff
Brian Mullins
All that great Kerry Team but especially Jacko & John Egan
Matt Connor (genius)
Dermot Earley
Tony McManus
Noel Skehan's hurl (looked massive to a young fella!!)
.............and many many others............

I was volunteering in a centre in London and there was a women called forde from Ardrahan helping out . Turned out she was Bernie's sister

I remember PJ Molloy getting a bad belt from Sean Foley in 1981

[johnneycool]

Apart from the obvious football, hurling and soccer ones I'd have

Mark Spitz
Franz Klammer
Red Rum

Bjorn Borg
Gabriella Sabitini
Liam Brady (Arsenal era)
John Fenton
Timmy Crowley, the enforcer on the Cork team of yore
Seany O'Leary
Bomber Liston
Jack O'Shea
John Lowe (fuckin hated the Crafty Cockney)

Noel Skehan's hurl (looked massive to a young fella!!) It was fuckin massive...

[GaillimhIarthair]

Apart from the obvious football, hurling and soccer ones I'd have

Mark Spitz
Franz Klammer
Red Rum

Bjorn Borg
Gabriella Sabitini
Liam Brady (Arsenal era)
John Fenton
Timmy Crowley, the enforcer on the Cork team of yore
Seany O'Leary
Bomber Liston
Jack O'Shea
John Lowe (fuckin hated the Crafty Cockney)

Noel Skehan's hurl (looked massive to a young fella!!) It was fuckin massive...

Yeah, Skehan's hurl was fuckin massive!!! 
John Fenton is a good call, always remember that amazing goal against Limerick, mid eighties sometime I guess.

[AZOffaly]

And the Ivomec Ad that featured it

[GaillimhIarthair]

And the Ivomec Ad that featured it

Bobby Ryan and Joe Cooney featured in a few those Agri ads back in the day also!

[seafoid]

And the Ivomec Ad that featured it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_zIVYkMGUc

[Dire Ear]

Steve Heighway

[Il Bomber Destro]

Pernell "Sweet Pea" Whitaker.

[5 Sams]

Too many to mention but those who stick out are Pele, George Best, Páidí, Tony Hanahoe, Colm McAlarney, Martin Buchan, Gordon Hill.