Famous athletes from your area

[mikefromsd]

Ricky williams
Aaron harang
Rey mysterio

Same high school

[mngambler]

Joe Mauer, Zach Parise, Blake Wheeler, Kris Humphries, Larry Fitzgerald, Paul Molitor, Jack Morris, Herb Brooks (1980 Olympic hockey coach, also an Olympian himself) are the obvious ones I can think of off the top of my head

[8ArIvd5]

Uriah faber
Malcolm floyd
Dustin pedroia
Steve sax
Tony lopez
Willie jorrin
Kevin johnson

[QuantumLeap]

Adam Viniateri
Adam Timmerman
Billy Mills

Lived in the same dorm as Brad Seely, special teams coach for the 49ers.

[MadTiger]

From neighborhoods:
Jerome Lane (NBA)
Eric Herrin (USC, Arena League)
LeBron (duh!)
Bobby Jo (Harlem Globetrotters)

Related to me by marriage or blood:
Ricky Powers (U of Michigan)
Charles Gladman (Pitt)
Roland Hooks (Buffalo Bills)
Valerie Brisco-Hooks (wife of Roland, track and field Olympian)

Met:
Butch Reynolds (track and field Olympian)

[Romocide]

Dez Bryant - Same HS as me (small town in east Tx)

Some lesser known players from the same HS:

Javorski Lane
Terrence Kiel
Reggie McNeil
Bryan Gilmore
Rex Hadnot
Jacoby Shepherd

[Sdotbold]

lay off the 211 40's

steel reserves. bum froth .

[tony_come]

Stevie "smooth" Stich

Handball

[Deuce]

Way too many to list.

[MadTiger]

From neighborhoods:
Jerome Lane (NBA)
Eric Herrin (USC, Arena League)
LeBron (duh!)
Bobby Jo (Harlem Globetrotters)

Related to me by marriage or blood:
Ricky Powers (U of Michigan)
Charles Gladman (Pitt)
Roland Hooks (Buffalo Bills)
Valerie Brisco-Hooks (wife of Roland, track and field Olympian)

Met:
Butch Reynolds (track and field Olympian)

Gotta add in Mike Vrabel and Frank Stams. Nice guys, I hear. (Mike's old personal assistant/house manager was a client of mine for a bit)

[MadTiger]

Gotta add in Mike Vrabel and Frank Stams. Nice guys, I hear. (Mike's old personal assistant/house manager was a client of mine for a bit)

And I forgot another ASSHOLE from the neighborhood. Todd Hickman (Olympic boxer). Arrogant, drunk SOB, for sure.

[McBa1n]

JJ Watt is from my home town (Pewaukee, WI). So is Tom Opie - the most mental athlete I've ever seen, but he's likely doing f-all now. His pops made Bob Knight look like a saint coaching High School ball - and yeah, his teams sucked (and God rest him proper). Hard to win with a dick coaching you. Glad I moved elsewhere... That said, the Opie Court for hoops in Pewaukee is legendary. Only other guy with roots there is Chris Chelios - he married into another top athletic family there, the Dumkes. His Xmas cards were legendary - black eyes and all. Good times to revisit 30 years after that fact. Wish um all well.

[jose21_us]

The rock lived a few houses from me back in the day when he played for the U. Also OJ Simpson came into my store once to buy cuban bread on Thanksgiving...

[Brock Landers]

My adopted home town....

Mikeal leshoure
Reggie Hodges
Matt Herges

[keyboarding]

Markham's finest Steven Stamkos.

[Gonz312]

Tom Landry

more coach than athlete...we tend to produce more drug lords than pro athletes around these parts

[RG3ING]

Southern maryland
Kevin durrant

[JasonDC]

Kevin Durant and I went to the same high school: Montrose Christian in Rockville, Maryland.

[RG3ING]

Kevin Durant and I went to the same high school: Montrose Christian in Rockville, Maryland.

He ain't from Rockville tho his family is from southern md I only met him once he was a quiet kid but seemed cool his uncle worked with my dad. Lot of dematha grads went pro also so theres a lot more on our local list I guess!

[PAULYPOKER]

John Constantine Unitas was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was drafted in 1955 by the Pittsburgh Steelers but they released him before the season began. He then moved on to an amazing 17 year career with the Baltimore Colts.

Pittsburgh native Dan Marino, who recently retired from the Miami Dolphins after a spectacular 17-year career, helped the University of Pittsburgh Panthers to be regarded as one of the greatest in college football history in 1980.

American professional football player and quarterback who led the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL) to four Super Bowl victories, was born Joseph Montana in Monongahela, Pennsylvania in 1956.

This American football player, born Joseph William Namath in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, led the New York Jets to a 1969 Super Bowl victory.

Kurt Angle,This Pittsburgh native opened the eyes of the world with his gold-medal performance in the 220 freestyle wrestling competition in the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. A Worldwide Wrestling Federation champion!

Arnold Palmer,Born in Youngstown, Pennsylvania, Arnold Palmer grew up playing at the Latrobe Country Club. This Pittsburgh sports heroe is a world famous golfer, highly-successful business executive, prominent advertising spokesman, and talented golf course designer.

[ttwarrior1]

chris robinson

[gobucks]

Jim Furyk, Wally Walker, Sam Bowie

[JasonDC]

He ain't from Rockville tho his family is from southern md I only met him once he was a quiet kid but seemed cool his uncle worked with my dad. Lot of dematha grads went pro also so theres a lot more on our local list I guess!

I didn't say he was from Rockville..he went to high school in Rockville..at the same school i went to..Montrose Christian.

[sickler]

Steve Yzerman grew up in the same hometown in what was then the burbs. There's an arena named after him.

[Wilfred]

Went to school with Ray McCallum for 2 years. Guys a Good basketball player, but he's such a douche.

[numismatist]

Paul Henderson.

[MoneyLineDawg]

I played football against Knowshon Moreno a few times growing up in pop warner and in HS....Also was at the same house parties in HS a few times.....Very good dude

He was Pop Warner teammates with Donald Brown, RB for the Colts, but they went to different High Schools

[sickler]

Jason York, though I wouldn't call him famous. Nothing like Yzerman, #6 NHL history in points

[Dutch]

Roger Craig

A few less known pros like Tavian Banks NFL, Ricky Davis NBA, Pat Angerer NFL.

[Dutch]

I don't know where he was born but Tim Sylvia and a few other MMA dudes live around here.

[Russian Rocket]

MMA/UFC
Jon Fitch is my next door neighbor
Andrey Arlovsky and Vladimir Matyushenko are from my home town

[MadTiger]

Gotta add in Mike Vrabel and Frank Stams. Nice guys, I hear. (Mike's old personal assistant/house manager was a client of mine for a bit)

Have to bump and give shout-outs to old-school pro basketball greats:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gus_Joh...8basketball%29 (went to junior high with his daughter)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nate_Thurmond

[InTheDrink]

chris robinson

[pinnacle420]

dustin keller, mike alstott, greg odom, calbert cheaney, and gotta blast that Guns N Roses too... this is AXEL country!!!

[pinnacle420]

MMA/UFC
Jon Fitch is my next door neighbor
Andrey Arlovsky and Vladimir Matyushenko are from my home town

I went to purdue with fitch!!!