You must be forgetting about Damon Hill.
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Not a patch on Ian Salisbury.
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There's no need to slate Damon Hill. He's a nice guy and deserved his title. He was cheated out of the title in 1994 after all.
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Corks Denis Dinny Allen in an Irish sporting context was unique. In soccer he won an FAI Cup winners medal with Cork Hibernians in 1973.
In GAA he won a Munster hurling championship medal with Cork in 1975, and in gaelic football he won an all Ireland medal with Cork in 1989.
He should have been in Corks 1973 all Ireland winning team in gaelic football, but the county board banned him from the panel just because he wanted to play soccer!
Finally in 1989 after toiling for many years with Cork and achieving very little success, he finally won that elusive all Ireland medal, when in his final ever game he captained Cork to it's first all Ireland title in gaelic football since 1973.
So yeah Dinnys story is proof that fairytales can come true alright!
In GAA he won a Munster hurling championship medal with Cork in 1975, and in gaelic football he won an all Ireland medal with Cork in 1989.
He should have been in Corks 1973 all Ireland winning team in gaelic football, but the county board banned him from the panel just because he wanted to play soccer!
Finally in 1989 after toiling for many years with Cork and achieving very little success, he finally won that elusive all Ireland medal, when in his final ever game he captained Cork to it's first all Ireland title in gaelic football since 1973.
So yeah Dinnys story is proof that fairytales can come true alright!
Along those lines: Jack Twyman
The story behind the Twyman-Stokes Award
Earlier today the NBA announced the creation of the Twyman-Stokes Teammate of the Year Award in honor Jack Twyman and Maurice Stokes. The league couldn't have picked a better duo to illustrate the extent and power of being a good teammate.
Before my time, mate. Heard Piggott was ruthless, though. People backed his horses as they always had a chance, bit like McCoy but on the flat.
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Also big fan of Rog...beautiful beautiful tennis. Djoko & Nadal matches are a little dull to watch, despite their now surpassing Fed's records.
From other sports i loved watching Michael Johnson...that incredible running style, and those obscene times! Usain bested him now, but i still got a soft spot for MJ.
Maradona for footie...even as a spoilt German with so many greats, and even in the age of Messi/Ronaldo etc...Maradona is still from another planet.
Those three, i reckon: Federer, Johnson, Maradona. Überlegends.
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Corks Brian Murphy is the only man to have senior, u21, and minor all Ireland winners medals in both hurling and gaelic football.
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There's womens gaelic games as well. Corks Rena Buckley has 18 all Ireland winners medals in that.
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Before my time, but Stanley Matthews deserves a mention, surely? Incredible career, and a name that was recognised by kids long after he'd finished playing.
Sugar Ray Robinson is widely regarded to be the best pound for pound boxer ever.
Sugar Ray Robinson is widely regarded to be the best pound for pound boxer ever.
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