# Who was your childhood hero? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 20, 2010, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-your-childhood-hero/561302 "2010-11-20T03:25:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2010, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-your-childhood-hero/561302/41 "2010-11-25T15:43:16Z")
I was 6 in 1968, which helps explain both Batman & Captain Kirk as my childhood heroes. Although I didn’t think of him as a hero at the time, in retrospect, I’d say Forrest J Ackerman. ---
**Author:** ![brainstall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@brainstall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brainstall)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2010, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-your-childhood-hero/561302/42 "2010-11-25T15:47:06Z")
Captain Kirk. I still have a crush on William Shatner. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2010, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-your-childhood-hero/561302/43 "2010-11-25T16:44:00Z")
Bowling was my sport, growing up in the 60s. My idols were Billy Welu, Dick Weber and Carmen Salvino. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2010, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-your-childhood-hero/561302/44 "2010-11-25T18:14:45Z")
Bob Lilly, defensive tackle, Dallas Cowboys. ---
**Author:** ![perfectparanoia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a5b964/32.png) [@perfectparanoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/perfectparanoia)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2010, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-your-childhood-hero/561302/45 "2010-11-25T19:32:54Z")
My mom. Still is. ---
**Author:** ![bartleby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bartleby/32/10491_2.png) [@bartleby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bartleby)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-your-childhood-hero/561302/46 "2010-11-26T13:07:36Z")
Ryne Sandberg ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-your-childhood-hero/561302/47 "2010-11-26T13:11:11Z")
Marie Curie. **Nava** , ChemE. ---
**Author:** ![KellyCriterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b3f665/32.png) [@KellyCriterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KellyCriterion)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-your-childhood-hero/561302/48 "2010-11-26T13:11:20Z")
[Gary Ablett, Sr](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Ablett,_Sr.) ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-your-childhood-hero/561302/49 "2010-11-26T18:02:54Z")
Superman, Bart Starr, and my dad. ---
**Author:** ![Tethered\_Kite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@Tethered\_Kite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tethered_Kite)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-your-childhood-hero/561302/50 "2010-11-26T18:08:25Z")
Wonder Woman. And my Aunt Addy, a true-life Auntie Mame. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-your-childhood-hero/561302/51 "2010-11-26T18:13:45Z")
I hate to admit it, but Batman was probably mine. And I’m talking Adam West Batman here. I so wanted to have all his neat toys. Later, I guess [Darryl Sittler.](http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/LegendsMember.jsp?mem=P198902#photo) ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-your-childhood-hero/561302/52 "2010-11-26T18:19:49Z")
Charles Schulz and Gregory “Pappy” Boyington. ---
**Author:** ![Trom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@Trom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trom)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-your-childhood-hero/561302/53 "2010-11-26T20:17:38Z")
My neighbor who was ~10 years older than me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-your-childhood-hero/561302.md?page=2)