favorite sports movie charactors? (football, baseball, coach, manager)

[aardvarks]

hey just curious what everyone's favorite charactors are from sports movies.

Even if the sport was a sub plot to the movie it still qualifies.

Here's a couple of my favorites to start

Brian Piccolo (actor James Caan) was terrific in Brian's song

and Tanner from the bad news bears was hilarious.

thoughts?

[cougfan]

Manu "The Slender" from Necessary Roughness

Manager Lou Brown (RIP James Gammon) from the first Major League movie

[Charles]

Joe Pesci in Raging Bull.

Joey LaMotta: I'm not gonna answer that. It's stupid. It's a sick question and you're a sick fuhk and I'm not that sick that I'm gonna answer it. I'm leaving, If Nora calls tell her I went home. You know what you should do? Do a little more fuhking and a little less eating, so you don't have to blame it all on me and everybody else, you understand me? You're cracking up! Ya' fuhking screw ball ya'!

[plain and simple]

It's funny. I'm not a sports fan at all. It's become too much of a religion. (Not to mention the salaries are enough to pay off the national debt!)

But, I do enjoy a good movie about sports if it's about an underdog who triumphs.

One of my favorite films of all times is a fantastic football film called Facing the Giants. Rudy is another one that I really enjoyed.

[aardvarks]

all great choices so far

I liked Jimmy Dugan (Tom Hanks, Coach in a league of there own)

not just the no crying quote but the whoe scene (priceless)


YouTube - ‪no crying in baseball‬‏


and I liked the whole cast of "Hoosiers" especially Gene Hackman and Dennis Hopper

[plain and simple]

I enjoyed A League of Their Own when it came out. If it came out today I wouldn't watch it because I developed a severe dislike of Tom Hanks and Rosie O'Donnell in recent years. Funny though, I still remember how much fun the film was.

[Jude1948]

Rudy!