"Popular" Pro Athletes Born In...

[mike23theking]

PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ADD TO THE PLAYERS/STATES LISTS... I'M SURE THERE ARE MORE THAT I MISSED.



[color= rgb(255, 0, 0)]CALIFORNIA[/color]
Ray Allen
Barry Bonds
Tom Brady
Baron Davis
Terrell Davis
(Joe DiMaggio)
Jeff Gordon
Flo-Jo
Tony Gwynn
Richard Jefferson
Randy Johnson
Keyshawn Johnson
Marion Jones
Jason Kidd
(Billie Jean King)
Michelle Kwan
Mark McGwire
Reggie Miller
Lorenzo Neal
Paul Pierce
(Jim Plunkett)
Tayshaun Prince
The Rock
Jimmy Rollins
Junior Seau
(OJ Simpson)
Dontrelle Willis


NEW YORK
(Kareem Abdul-Jabbar)
Carmelo Anthony
Riddick Bowe
(Bob Cousy)
Lou Gehrig
(Michael Jordan)
Stephon Marbury
Lamar Odom
A-Rod
Mike Tyson


[color= rgb(255, 0, 0)]FLORIDA[/color]
VinceCarter
Daunte Culpepper
David Duval
(Dwight Gooden)
Hulk Hogan
(Michael Irvin)
Chad Johnson
Chipper Jones
Roy Jones
Ray Lewis
Willis McGahee
T-Mac
Santana Moss
(Warren Sapp)
Lito Sheppard
(Emmitt Smith)


PENNSYLVANIA
Andretti Brothers
Kobe Bryant
(Wilt Chamberlain)
MARQUES COLSTON
(Tony Dorsett)
Ken Griffey
Rip Hamilton
Marvin Harrison
Bernard Hopkins
Rocket/Qadry Ismail
(Reggie Jackson)
Eddie Jones
(Jim Kelly)
Ty Law
(Dan Marino)
Cat Mobley
(Joe Montana)
(Joe Namath)
(Arnold Palmer)
(Johnny Unitas)
Rasheed Wallace


[color= rgb(255, 0, 0)]TEXAS[/color]
LaMarcus Aldridge
Lance Armstrong
Josh Beckett
Chris Bosh
Drew Brees
(Earl Campbell)
Roger Clemens
(Eric Dickerson)
(George Foreman)
Michael Johnson
Adrian Peterson
(Nolan Ryan)
Sheryl Swoopes
Ladainian Tomlinson
Vince Young





Sheer boredom.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethlehem,_Pennsylvania

 

[kb8sandiego]

No Marcus Allen under Cali?

SD baby!

 

[thekingofva]

Gilbert Arenas Cali

 

[gunna get it]

Eddie Jones is from South Florida. He went to College in Philly

 

[ballinboykz]

Canada: Steve Nash...

 

[stringer bell 32]

Illinois

Isiah Thomas
Derrick Rose
Jim Thome
Dwayne Wade
Antoine Walker

 

[airpenny]

Philippines: Tim Tebow (not pro)

 

[mike23theking]

There aren't any complete lists anywhere... most of these were from Wikipedia, so I don't even know how accurate they are(ie. Eddie Jones).

Like I said, I'm sure there are more that I missed.

I was gonna do Illinois, until I got sidetracked when I found out KG wasn't originally from there.

 

[kobekid24]

Originally Posted by Stringer Bell 32

Illinois

Isiah Thomas
Derrick Rose
Jim Thome
Dwayne Wade
Antoine Walker

Donovan McNabb and Mike Finley

 

[frenchblue23]

Just a few...


Cali:

Nomar Garciaparra
Jeff Kent


Luke Walton
Bill Walton

 

[guillermo gutierez]

VIRGINIA!!!!!

(newport news tho, #%$$ everywhere else )

 

[coolnificent]

Originally Posted by GUILLERMO GUTIEREZ

VIRGINIA!!!!!

(newport news tho, #%$$ everywhere else )

That's how we roll in the 757

 

[stringer bell 32]

Originally Posted by KobeKid24

Originally Posted by Stringer Bell 32

Illinois

Isiah Thomas
Derrick Rose
Jim Thome
Dwayne Wade
Antoine Walker

Donovan McNabb and Mike Finley

Julian Wright

Jannero Pargo

Shawn Marion

Darius Miles

Tim Hardaway

Luther Head

David Diaz

Dee Brown - Illinois PG

 

[breakinyourankles]

Seattle:
Nate Robinson
Jamal Crawford
Spencer Hawes
Brandon Roy
Aaron Brooks

 

[acidicality]

not really much:
Norcal- Roy Williams, Bonds, Marshawn Lynch, Gary Payton, Jason Kidd

 

[guillermo gutierez]

technically AI aint from Newport News, but he damn sure dont rep hampton

and he got East End on his calf.

 

[kobekid24]

Originally Posted by Stringer Bell 32

Originally Posted by KobeKid24

Originally Posted by Stringer Bell 32

Illinois

Isiah Thomas
Derrick Rose
Jim Thome
Dwayne Wade
Antoine Walker

Donovan McNabb and Mike Finley

Julian Wright

Jannero Pargo

Shawn Marion

Darius Miles

Tim Hardaway

Quentin Richardson, Eddy Curry, (Kevin Garnett),

 

[the gr8]

^Eddy Curry aint famous N' sucks

and you GOTTA have Hester for Florida

 

[stringer bell 32]

Originally Posted by KobeKid24

Originally Posted by Stringer Bell 32

Originally Posted by KobeKid24

Originally Posted by Stringer Bell 32

Illinois

Isiah Thomas
Derrick Rose
Jim Thome
Dwayne Wade
Antoine Walker

Donovan McNabb and Mike Finley

Julian Wright

Jannero Pargo

Shawn Marion

Darius Miles

Tim Hardaway

Quentin Richardson, Eddy Curry, (Kevin Garnett),

I really don't think KG counts.

 

[mike23theking]

Originally Posted by acidicality

not really much:
Norcal- Roy Williams, Bonds, Marshawn Lynch, Gary Payton, Jason Kidd

Riverside, homey...

Originally Posted by KobeKid24

(Kevin Garnett)

KG's actually born in South Carolina...

EXACTLY the reason I set up this post.

 

[sensaciondelbloque]

florida

deion sanders
fred mcgriff
gary sheffield
tino martinez
amare stoudamire
mike hampton
macho man randy savage
darius washington
marquis daniels
udonis haslem
carlos arroyo


wasnt the rock from pennsylvania

 

[80jerryrice80]

How bout Frank Gore he's from Miami, Florida, BTW there are A TON of NFL players from FLorida

 

[Retroballer]

Maine.....ummm...i think we had a pitcher, Bill Swift but thats all i know

 

[TheGodFresco]

Originally Posted by acidicality

not really much:
Norcal- Roy Williams, Bonds, Marshawn Lynch, Gary Payton, Jason Kidd

My friend's cousin knows Roy Williams, they went to school together or something so Roy comes to the bay sometimes and my friend gets to see him fromtime to time.

 

[gunna get it]

Louisiana
The Mannings
Pistol Pete Maravich
Billy Canon
Marshall Faulk
Joe Dumars?
Mark Duper
Glen Dorsey
Kerry Kittles
Kevin Faulk
Ron Guidry
Terry Bradshaw
Bobby Hebert
Kordell Stewart
Jake Delhome
Andy Pettite
Warrick Dunn
Patrick Surtain
Travis Minor