Who Are Your Living Boston Icons?

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With the resurgence of the Celts and Bruins, and Patriots Day and the Marathon looming, I am getting a little nostalgic of how lucky we are to be fans of the New England teams. So, my question is, who are your top 5 living Boston icons (not greatest players, i.e. Pesky) in each of the 4 major sports, plus an anything goes category. Mine are:

:Redsox:

1) Johnny Pesky
2) Yaz
3) Dewey Evans
4) Tim Wakefield (screw you, Roger)
5) Tek

:Celtics:

1) Bob Cousy
2) Bill Russell
3) John Haviliceck (sp?)
4) Larry Bird
5) Tommy Heinsohn

:Bruins:

1) Robert Gordon Orr
2) Raymond Bourque
3) Terry O'Reilly
4) Cam Neely
5) Rick "Nifty" Middleton

:patriots!

1) Tom Brady
2) Troy Brown
3) John Hannah
4) Gino Cappelletti
5) Tedy Bruschi (sorry, grogs)

Anything Goes:

1) Doug Flutie
2) Mike Eruzione
3) "Marvelous" Marvin Hagler
4) Bill Rodgers
5) Joan Benoit


What U Say?
 
:Redsox:

1) Johnny Pesky
2) Yaz
3) Dewey Evans
4) Tim Wakefield (screw you, Roger)
5) Tek

Big Popi?!?!?!?!?!?!?! WTF BBQ! AND Curt Schilling, came here, filmed the Ford commercial and did it ON A GIMPY ANKLE

:Celtics:

1) Bob Cousy
2) Bill Russell
3) John Haviliceck (sp?)
4) Larry Bird
5) Tommy Heinsohn

:Bruins:

1) Robert Gordon Orr
2) Raymond Bourque
3) Terry O'Reilly
4) Cam Neely
5) Rick "Nifty" Middleton

RICK MIDDLETON?!?!?!?!?!?! Nice guy but an ICON? Did Gerry Cheevers die over the weekend?

:patriots!

1) Tom Brady
2) Troy Brown
3) John Hannah
4) Gino Cappelletti
5) Tedy Bruschi (sorry, grogs)

Bill Belichick anyone?

Anything Goes:

1) Doug Flutie
2) Mike Eruzione
3) "Marvelous" Marvin Hagler
4) Bill Rodgers
5) Joan Benoit
 
1) Big PAPI
2) Yaz
3) Pedro
4) Curt Schelling
5) Manny

Most of those guys= WS wins



1) Larry Bird
2) Bill Russell
3) Mchale
4)
5)



1) Robert Gordon Orr
2) Raymond Bourque
3) Terry O'Reilly
4) Cam Neely
5) Johny Buicyk



1) Tom Brady
2) Troy Brown
3) John Hannah
4) R.Harrisson
5) Tedy Bruschi

Anything Goes:

1) Doug Flutie



What U Say?
 
Why no Dennis Johnson?


Sigh, Adam, what could have been you:cuss::cuss::banghead::banghead::banghead:
 
:Redsox:

Many Ramirez
Carlton Fisk
Roger Clemens (not so much anymore)
Dwight Evans

:Celtics:

Larry Bird
Bill Russell
Kevin McHale
Tommy Heinsohn

:Bruins:

Bobby Orr
Derek Sanderson
Chris Nilan
Rick Middleton

:patriots:

Tom Brady
Irving Fryar
John Hannah
Drew Bledsoe
Doug Flutie
 
Even Wayne Cashman was a great players for Bruins
 
:Redsox:

Yaz

:Celtics:

Larry Legend

:patriots!

Grogan

:Bruins:

Terry O'Reilly and Rick Middleton
 
I guess first I'd have to define what we're talking about here.

i·con –noun
1. a picture, image, or other representation.
2. a representation of some sacred personage.
3. a sign or representation that stands for its object by virtue of a resemblance or analogy to it.
4. An important and enduring symbol.

So, if we're talking sports, I'd think we're talking, "an important and enduring symbol who, as a representation, stands for the team". The debate is around the word "sacred". I have a problem with that word, since none of us know what these people are really like. We can only go by their public personae, but for all we know they torture kittens and snort heroin in their off time. :shrug: So I'll 'dumb down' "sacred" and simply say that, in addition to representing the team, they should have been large contributors, and ASSUMEDLY be of a fairly high moral fibre. So, for me, that would eliminate someone like Manny. (Sorry, Manny. You're kind of dopey and lazy a lot of the time.)

For me, my list would be:
Bobby Orr
Larry Bird
Tom Brady
Tedy Bruschi
Troy Brown

I'm not sure I'd include any Red Sox. Yaz was pretty much a d*ck, and so was Jim Rice. As far as winning us a WS, Schilling was huge, but he's also kind of a d*ck and he was basically a late-addition "hired gun". Papi's getting there, but not quite there yet.
 
OK I'm a little younger than most of you guys who have posted so I'm gonna stick with guys I've seen play. Oh an JD makes a great point but I'll still give ya five of each

:Redsox:
1) Papi
2) Yaz
3) Dewey
4) Pedro
5) Tek


:Celtics:
1) Bird
2) Parrish
3) Haviliceck
4) KG
5) Pierce


:Bruins:
1) Robert Gordon Orr
2) Neeley
3) Terry O'Reilly
4) Bourque
5) Rick "Nifty" Middleton


:patriots!:pat:
1) Brady
2) Troy Brown
3) Hannah
4) Grogan
5) Tedy Bruschi
 
Are we talking about your favorite players? Or the living "faces" of each franchise?

Face of the Franchises:

Patriots:
Brady

Celtics:
Russell

Sox:
Ortiz

Bruins:
Orr
 
:Redsox:

Yaz
Manny
Dewey
Papi
Pedro

:patriots!

Tom Brady
Steve Grogan
Stanley Morgan
John Hannah
Tedy Bruschi

:Celtics:

Larry Bird
Kevin McHale
Robert Parrish
Dave Cowens
Dennis Johnson

:Bruins:

probably the only Boston-based sports fan who isn't a Bruins fan, so none
 
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