who was your childhood hero

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    apart from my dad, who though I loved sadly had clay feet,my childhood hero was Alan Clarke, had a picture of him on a white t-shirt, my mum put it in with the red washing and it turned pink, I still wore it and that was pretty brave on council estate
     
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    Ronnie Glavin.

    and Bobby Horn. I wanted to be a Goalie when I was a kid :)
     
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    Closely followed by the greatest footballer ever imo. George Best.
     
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    I worked at Oakwell when Alan Clarke was manager second time around. Have to say he was absolutely lovely. Always asked me how I was (even though I was only there on matchdays), always really appreciative of everything. He was before my time as a player but he was a hero of mine as a fan of Barnsley.
     
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    My first football hero was Steve Coppell. At that time I was about 8 years old and hadn't set foot in Oakwell, so it was based on the limited stuff I'd seen on TV and in football magazines. As soon as I went to Oakwell it was Glavin, but also Alan Birch and Gordon Owen. Loved a winger I did.
     
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    The marvellous mullet himself, Ian Wright and Bobby Ball.
     
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    Scott Tracey then Mick Butler.
     
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    Ian Rush.
     
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    Kevin Keegan, in later life nearly hit him with a golf ball.

    Nice bloke
     
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    George Best then Trevor Aylott and King Ronnie
     
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    At Barnsley, Glavin was my hero at 6 years old. In my teens, I loved Steve Cooper even though it was David Currie who was seen as the star man. Other players who I loved were Futcher, De Zeeuw and Thompson.

    My first genuine sporting hero, aside from Barnsley, was Ian Botham. 1980 onwards is where I can clearly remember sporting events generally, and the 1981 Ashes stands out with Botham. I also took to Tom Watson, the golfer, and from 1991 when I started going to The Open, I always made an effort to watch him for a full round. Had he won at Turnberry in 2009, aged 59, I think it would have been the greatest individual sporting achievement in living memory.
     
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    Could’ve been Andy Pandy, then Batman and Robin. Although dad took me to Oakwell a few times and Barnsley were my team in my pre-teens, I was obsessed with Liverpool. Steve Heighway was my favourite player, then came the Keegan/ Toshack era followed by Dalgliesh and Rush. Never went to watch them. By the time I hit my teens I went to Oakwell as much as my dad allowed me to. My Liverpool obsession had long since dwindled by the time I was 17/18. Too many reds players to mention over the years.
     
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    I was a child of the 60's, so for me it was Bobby Charlton, George Best, and Denis Law.
    A good few years before I discovered Oakwell and the delights of live football.
     
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