When You Were a Kid..

[ArcherSPS]

Who was your favorite MSU athlete/s?

For me it's a tie between these two gods of hoops:

 

[KurtRambis4]

You're making

me feel old, saying these were your heroes as a kid. Hell I was at State during these years.

 

[Willow Grove Dawg]

Both of you are making me feel old

because I was at MSU with Clark & Palmiero. Childhood heroes Ray White, Wiley Peck, Johnnie Cooks, & Glen Collins.

 

[dawgoneyall]

D.D. Lewis and tommy Pharr.

 

[Croom's knee socks]

J.J. Johnson was my first hero. Then jerious Norwood then Charles Rhodes and Jamont Gordon. Randy stewart was always a favorite of mine too

 

[CochiseCowbell]

As a kid growing up in GA, I was a State fan, but was unable to attend many games & tv coverage was spotty for football & all but non existent for baseball & basketball. But, followed our Diamond Dogs in the Show obsessively. Clark remains my favorite player to this day, but I followed the careers of Palmeiro, Brantley, & Thigpen as well.

When tv coverage was better & my knowledge of State grew, I'd have to say Eric Moulds & JJ Johnson.

 

[Crazy Cotton]

Michael Haddix, John Bond, Johnie Cooks, Jeff Malone

Early eighties

 

[tatedog]

Bond and Clark.

 

[MSUDC11]

Dicenzo Miller

 

[pDigital32Dawg]

Jerious Norwood, Travis Chapman, Paul Malholm, any basketball player from the early to mid 2000s. I always liked players like Porkchop Womack and Pig Prather simply due to their names

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

Yeah me too.

 

[Indndawg]

Walter Packer and Mardye McDole and of course John Bond

Who was your favorite MSU athlete/s?

For me it's a tie between these two gods of hoops:

How boh deh

 

[Shamoan]

Winsome Frazier and Fred Smoot

 

[Dogariffic]

Rocky Felker!!

 

[notoriousD_O_G]

Smoooooooot

 

[MaxwellSmart]

Rocky Felker at Memphis was my first game. I had Threadgill across the back of my pee-wee practice jersey and I still hear Jack calling "Marler to Mcdole." Those still stand out the most.

 

[elsid76]

Favorites and Friends

As a kid DD Lewis. In school was Packer and Vitrano. Had several classes with Walter Packer and a few study sessions together. One fine guy, on and off the field.

 

[missouridawg]

Lawrence, Timmy, Sugar Shane, and Brandon Vincent were a **** ton of a fun to watch. Funnest semester at a State, by far, was their spring slate.

 

[Ishmael]

Boo Ferriss

 

[dog12]

Who was your favorite MSU athlete/s?

For me it's a tie between these two gods of hoops:

The 1980 football team . . . 6-3.

Johnie Cooks, Tyrone Keys, Glen Collins, Billy Jackson, Curtis Stowers, John Bond, Donald Ray King, Michael Haddix, Mardye McDole, Glen Young, Kent Hull, Wayne Harris, et al.

BMFs.

 

[Hoover Dawg]

Jody Hurst, Pete Young, Bobby Reed, Burke Masters

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

because I was at MSU with Clark & Palmiero. Childhood heroes Ray White, Wiley Peck, Johnnie Cooks, & Glen Collins.

Lump me in their and add Felker and Bond.

 

[HammerOfTheDogs]

Dak Prescott

 

[jb1020]

Darryl Wilson...Dampier gets a little love

 

[coach66]

Rocky, Dennis Johnson, Walter Packer were fun to watch.

Nm

 

[PineGroveBully]

I'm exactly one day older than Lawrence

So I hafta go with Dontae, Dampier, and Daryl

 

[punterjoe]

When I was a kid :
Football JJ Johnson was the first

Daryl Wilson in bball

Brooks Bryan for baseball

 

[HaleStater]

My favorite defensive player in football was Ashley Cooper. Also JJ Johnson, Smoot. Loved Dontae Jones and Dampeer in basketball.

 

[The Usual Suspect]

John Bond, Johnny Cooks

 

[MSU601Dawg]

Football
Tony Shell... sad, but vaguely I remember crying because my dad wouldn't get me a #19 jersey. I wouldn't have either if I had known how bad he and the team were at the time.

Basketball
Tony Watts sticks out as the first player I was excited about trying to emulate in the driveway.

Baseball
Jon Shave was my favorite player on those early loaded teams that I have my first vivid memories of. I was a middle infielder in little league, so I always liked he and brad hildreth the most even though Hurst, Young, and later Cohen and Raffo were the bombers you wanted to be. Later on loved Ricky Joe Redd

 

[josebrown]

Greg Grim, Mardye McDole, D. D. Lewis

 

[512taylor]

D.D. Lewis and tommy Pharr.

along with David Smith and Sammy Milner

 

[BulldogBlitz]

Dutch Reule

 

[PBRME]

Will Clark.

I played little league with his cousin. It always amazed me how Will was so good, but his cousin had trouble walking and chewing bubble gum at the same time.

 

[Hoover Dawg]

My favorite defensive player in football was Ashley Cooper. Also JJ Johnson, Smoot. Loved Dontae Jones and Dampeer in basketball.

Ran into Ashley Cooper in a Remax in Destin a few years ago. Still jacked.

 

[yee dawgy]

Rockey Felker
Walter Packer
Jimmy Webb

 

[mcdawg22]

Will Clark. Nobody even came close.

 

[tcdog70]

Jerry Graves, DD Lewis,Hoyle Grager, Del Unser and Tommy Pharr