Athlete/Coach Encounters

[terribletowel39]

I have Franco Harris, Terry Bradshaw, and Mean Joe Greene's autograph.

Old school FTW.

[Hines]

Originally Posted by slightlyabroncosfan

I work as a cashier, and I've seen Daniel Alfreddson, Jason Spezza, Mike Fisher and Jarko Ruutu come through my cash. Also, not me personally but one of my buddies almost fought Ray Emery at a nightclub. Also his hummer is parked near where I work a lot. ALSO SAW TEAM ****** CANADA WJHC BUS when they were in the restaurant next door. Wanted to see PK sooooo bad.

I miss Ruutu on the Pens. He is so badass.

I also went against Everson Griffen in high school if that counts.

[Smokey Joe]

Nothing much. Last year, my coach got Tom Zbikowski to speak to us (this is before the draft), and my coach is also good friends with David Diehl and he came in to talk to us as well.

[The_Dude]

I've posted this somewhere else on here, but this is me with Jim Mora. I met him in the hotel lounge in Washington DC 2 weeks ago.

[cdub11]

Originally Posted by The_Dude

I've posted this somewhere else on here, but this is me with Jim Mora. I met him in the hotel lounge in Washington DC 2 weeks ago.

awesome, did you say anything about PLAYOFFS?

[The_Dude]

Originally Posted by cdub11

awesome, did you say anything about PLAYOFFS?

My buddy taking the picture said: "say playoffs" instead of "say cheese"...

He was not annoyed... he laughed a bit

[Paul]

Originally Posted by cdub11

awesome, did you say anything about PLAYOFFS?

I'm pretty sure he gets that all the time. He'd probably be annoyed by it if anything.

[drowe]

I run into Packers all the time. I can't even count the number of times i've just seen 'em out at the bar or mall or grocery store.

some of the best ones were:

went out after a packer game and Bubba Franks was there..so, my brother and were eyeballing him to see if he was taller than my brother (he is 6' 7)..so, eventually, i just told him to go stand next to Bubba..so, he did. and we were all staring at him trying to figure out who was taller...Bubba eventually noticed we were up to something, so he turned and asked my brother; "can i help you with something?" sounded kinda annoyed. so, my bro told him what was going on and, next thing we knew, they were standing back to back comparing height. they were dead even.

another time, during the miserable 4-12 season of 2005, we were out at a bar, talking about how much the packers sucked...and, my wife was kinda drunk..and in a mode where she could be counted on to give a loud negative response to any packer player mentioned...so, my friend said; "how about Mark Tauscher?" and, wifey loudly exclaimed "he sucks." I couldn't stop this from happening, but after the fact i told her that Mark Tauscher was sitting about 3 feet away from her when she said this."

my brother had the best stories though. he worked at one of the nicer golf courses in GB, so he saw all the players and coaches regularly. he had some great stories.

remember the commercials with NFL players giving tours of their homes? AJ Hawk did one. he came into the pro shop and asked to borrow a set of golf clubs...so, my bro gave him a loner pair...but, found it weird since he's seen AJ play with his own clubs before...well...he understood when he saw the commercial air with AJ throwing a set of clubs off his balcony.


also, one time when Brett Favre came in to golf a quick 9 holes, my brother asked if he "wanted some company out there." he got shot down..but, can't blame him for trying.

[kalbears13]

I totally forgot, I used to work at a car wash and Anthony Davis would come in all the time with his black PT Cruiser and he would get free detailing because the owners were USC fans.

[TheBuffaloBills]

I was on the All-Star Baseball '07 team bus. I sat across from Barry Zito and he had two perfect tens sitting next to him. It was a pretty sweet experience.

[M.O.T.H.]

Originally Posted by Brent

Oh ****, I forgot about Cowboys players:

Chad Hutchinson, Antonio Bryant, Jason Witten, Troy Hambrick, and I forget the others. Some of them always go to Coppell Deli after game days to get breakfast for film meetings.

I met Hambrick in a Texas Walmart. ha. I used to love the guy.

[TimD]

-my best friends dad is Randy Velischek (Hobie Baker finalist, 10 year NHL pro).
-I was coached by Sergei Starikov (former Devils defenseman, 1980 soviet union hockey team)
-I've met Bruce Driver, Ken Daneyko, Scott Stevens, Martin Brodeur, Paul Martin, Lou Lamarillo, the Devils Owner, and a bunch more i just cant remember who haha

[CC.SD]

I played football with Ramses Barden, NYG, in high school. I've talked to him a bunch of times but haven't seen him in about a year.

I was at the American Cinematheque dinner honoring Sam Jackson; a bunch of actors were there, but also Magic Johnson. I shook his hand and said hello very briefly.

Sidenote: I played basketball the next day and couldn't miss. Also threw out some sick dimes. Coincidence?

[Sniper]

I know the entire Stastny family. I've also met Zdeno Chara, Eric Desjardins John Muckler, Miro Satan, Vlad Guerrero, Pedro Martinez, David Segui, Kris Draper, and Jose Vidro. I was right next to Wayne Gretzky as he did an interview at the World Cup and almost **** myself, but couldn't say anything to him because he was doing the interview.

[Sniper]

Originally Posted by slightlyabroncosfan

ALSO SAW TEAM ****** CANADA WJHC BUS when they were in the restaurant next door. Wanted to see PK sooooo bad.

Win. My aunt's getting me a P.K jersey for my birthday this summer. Double win.

[HawkeyeFan]

I've met Drew Tate, talked to him for a few minutes after he had a great game. He came tailgating with us, I don't remember which game.

I sold a computer to Rob Bruggerman's family, (Center for Iowa that was in this years draft).

Raef LaFrentz goes fishing with my uncle all the time during the summer. I'm always gone when they ask if I want to go unfortunately.

[jsa230]

I met Justin Miller at a local HS football game before he was drafted. I probably would not have recognize him if not for the goofy ass clemson track suit. talked to him and got an autograph, he is suprisedly laid back.

[Cicero]

Sat by Marquis Persley in class today.

[yodapoop]

I've talked to former major league baseball pitcher Jamie Navarro. Cool guy, I was like seven, and he gave me a baseball. That was when he was on the Brewers and they played in the AL, wore those old uniforms every game, and played against the Twins in Minnesota quite a bit.

Uh, other than that, I lived with UWM guard/forward Deonte Roberts this year. Shook hands with Coach Jeter. And I've had class with a few other UWM basketball players.

Also met some Twins at events most noteably Bert Blyleven.

Lastly, when a friend of mine and I went to Vikings training camp a couple years ago, he talked to Charles Gordon.

[HChu]

I've met Alex Ovechkin, Matt Bradley, Jose Theodore, Milan Jurcina, Derrick Dockery, Jason Campbell, and Ryan Zimmerman.

[bernbabybern820]

Met Ty Law at 2:00 A.M. on Christmas at an OnTheRun store/Exxon gas station.

[sbh15]

- Bill Cowher's daughter was a senior at my school this year, and he's at the basketball games all of the time.
- Coach K was at a bunch of our teams games recruiting 5* PF Ryan Kelly, who also goes to my school (and dates Cowher's daughter)
- Sidney Lowe came to a couple games when we played Word of God to see John Wall and C.J. Leslie
- Julius Peppers' niece is two grades below me (but I've never met him)
- Rob Brindamour's kid is like a 4th grader (never met him either)
- Ray Whitney lives in my neighborhood (have met him)

I've walked by most of these people and just been like hey, good luck this season, or something like that.

[OSUGiants17]

Terrel Davis, Mark Tiexieria(sp?), THE LT, Melky Cabrera, and Vince Carter

[Smokey Joe]

Originally Posted by TimDris

-my best friends dad is Randy Velischek (Hobie Baker finalist, 10 year NHL pro).
-I was coached by Sergei Starikov (former Devils defenseman, 1980 soviet union hockey team)
-I've met Bruce Driver, Ken Daneyko, Scott Stevens, Martin Brodeur, Paul Martin, Lou Lamarillo, the Devils Owner, and a bunch more i just cant remember who haha

Are you Canadian? If so, no problem.

But if you are American... did you at least attempt to kill him?

;)

[jkpigskin]

I was at Lenox mall in Atlanta on a saturday with my girlfriend and she notices a really tall man. I was like 'huh?' and i look at the man. I double take and its Amare Stoudamire! I start acting like a little kid. ahah my gf is like. Dont make a fool out of yourself! but i go up to him to shake his hand, but one of his friends (big bodyguards maybe?) says in a low voice "Mr. Stoudamire is eating". But Amare offers me a fist and we fist bump. My first and only encounter with an athlete