What was the first Professional Sporting Event You Attended??

[Tim L]

Good late evening question for a Monday...Mine was in 1965, Atlanta Stadium, baseball (and not the Braves). Watched the Atlanta Crackers play the Florida Suns..

[specialk]

AMS back in 2000.......

[lab]

in the 70's as a young kid we always went to the Masters on Sat. & Sun.

[maker4life]

Had to be a Braves game in the early eighties . Unless you want to count Deep South Wreslting !:bounce:

[riprap]

Fulton Co. staduim (early 80's) Chris Chambliss hit a homerun for the Braves.

[BlackSmoke]

Fulton Co stadium in the late 80s. We had season tickets on the 2nd row in right field for years.

[yellowduckdog]

AMS in 73 maybe Richard Petty won...I hate nascar but that sticks out.First football was Dallas Cowboys in the early seventies as well.

[Resica]

I think it was a Phillies-Mets game in the late 70's/early 80's.

[SKINNERZ71]

atlanta fulton county stadium in 1985.went with my tball team and we got to walk around the field.got my picture made with chief nockahoma.wish i could find that pic.dale murphy was the man back then.

[SlipperyHill Mo]

ABA exibition game, I guess, in 1970 in Jackson, MS. I think it was the New Orleans team, Jazz I guess. Red White and Blue balls.

[sleepindawg]

Does rasslin' count?

[Tim L]

Does rasslin' count?

:D I don't know, sporting events are for fun; but wrasslin in a universal struggle between the forces of good and evil, between the light and the dark; life and death.......awwww I've watched too much of that junk in my life....have known it's not real for almost 50 years but still get mad as Edited to Remove Profanity ----Edited to Remove Profanity ----Edited to Remove Profanity ----Edited to Remove Profanity ---- when I watch it!

[RipperIII]

1966 Atlanta-Fulton Co. stadium Braves vs. SF Giants...Aaron vs Mays
I was 6 years old....still have the pop corn mega-phone.
We've had season tickets since then, second row behind the catcher.

[coggins]

Braves back with Benedict, Hubbard, Horner, Chief Nockahoma, etc., etc. First NASCAR was '91 or '92, I think, Davey Allison won @ Talledega. Also watched the Rock & Roll Express and the Boogie Woogie Man in Carnesville, GA quite a while ago!!! Best game I saw though was college, GA vs. AU '96 I think 4 OT's! (we won)

[GAranger1403]

Atlanta braves game, early 80s. B. Benedict went deep, braves still lost. I think I was seven. First college game was a UGA, Auburn game, some dude named Walker played. Heard he became a halfway decent back. My dad never really liked sports and worked out of town alot, thank goodness my mom liked sports a little. Somewhere there is a picture of me around 6 years old with an Auburn shirt on, my mom is an Aubby fan. Someone should have reported her to DFCS, that is definately putting a child in an unsuitable/unhealthy environment. RTR!

[Jeff Phillips]

The Valleydale 500 at Bristol in 1966.

[LanierSpots]

Superbowl of motocross at the stadium when I was just a kid..

[GAranger1403]

WoW!! Thats a nice animal in the avatar Jeff Phillips!

[BrotherBadger]

my first game was for Robin Yount's 3000th hit vs the indians back in 1992 at Milwaukee County Stadium.

[Ruger#3]

Cleveland Indians, watched the tribe back in the 60s at the lake front.

[marknga]

1966 Atlanta Fulton County Stadium to watch the Braves. Sorry I don't remember who they played. Can't believe I've forgotten that but I was only 6 years old. We went to at least one Braves game a year after that, usually a couple.

[huntfish]

Opening day for Riverfront Stadium (1970) in Cincinnatti.

[rlshunter]

1984 Rich Stadium in Buffalo. Bills vs Browns
Joe Ferguson's last year with the Bills.

[rhbama3]

St. Louis Cardinals vs. Chicago Cubs in St. Louis. Mid 80's. Left Montgomery on a beer run and ended up in St. Louis.:biggrin3:

[Mechanicaldawg]

I saw the Braves play a few times in '66 & '67 but barely remember them.

By far the most memorable was Falcons vs. Lions in December '68.

I have never been so cold in my life. I have no idea what the temperature was but I shiver at the thought to this day.

We had awesome seats no more than 10 rows from the field. The Lions had a linebacker get his face mask pushed into his nose and gashed it. They walked him to the bench right in front of me and a doctor straddled him, stitched him up and within 10 minutes the dude was back on the field!

That made one heck of an impression on a 10 year old!

[swampstalker]

Never Been to anything

[Lane Morrell]

Supercross in Atlanta in 94.

[Xeroid]

It was sometime in the late 70s I went to see the old Atlanta Flames (before they moved to Calgary).

[mikef61]

Late 50's...my Uncle took me to see the Phillies in Phila. Saw Robin Roberts pitch. Later that year we saw Mantle in NY.

[mikef61]

Just remembered another one: my Dad took me to the old stadium in San Francisco (think it was Keizar) and saw Y.A. Tittle with the 49er's throwing the alley-oop passes in the end zone. Late 50's again.

[hunter rich]

It was either a Buffalo Sabres or Buffalo Bills game...either way it was cold!

[tjl1388]

1984 in the REAL Orange Bowl.

UM defeated Cincinnati 38-0 to start the 58 game home win streak.

[yellowduckdog]

Great Thread!

[Greg Tench]

Braves game in the late 60s I believe. Clete Boyer, Tony Cloninger, Pat Jarvis, Felipe Alou, Cecil Upshaw,were among some of the players .

[raggedy ann]

Cincinnati Reds at Riverfront Stadium starting in 74 and throughout the 70's when they were the Big Red Machine. I was in high school. My best friend and I would take the bus downtown (route 78 down Vine Street) and buy the cheapest seats available. We would wait for the players after the games. It was great! Always a Joe Morgan fan. He would stop and talk to people and be generally a nice guy. We'd probably get killed if we tried to do that nowadays!

[westcobbdog]

Braves games in the late 60's, not pro but went to Dogs games in the 60's,too. Falcons about that time,too Then Flames around early 70's.

[centerc]

Christmas in the 80s got tics for WCW bunkhouse stampeade at the Omni

[Havana Dude]

Braves vs Reds- early 70's, Reds catcher was Johny Bench. First and last professional sporting event attended.

[breathe in]

Early 70's, Dolphins - Jets at the OB in Miama.

[MustangMAtt30]

Fulton County Stadium. 1982. Braves vs. Dodgers. I was five.

[John Cooper]

some where around 72-73 went to the braves game during 4-H camp......

[Big Mike]

Rode up from central FL with a friend and his dad to see the Braves play in about '81 or '82. I can't remember who they played, but they won. I do remember the jumbo screen with Claudell Washington's face on a dollar bill with the phrase, "In Claudell We Trust." I must have been 12 or 13.

[GADAWGS]

Been so long I cant remember which came first, it was either the Falcons vs Patriots ( preseason game and Plunkett was the QB for the Patriots) or it was the Harlem Globetrotters:biggrin2:

[Buck Nasty]

IF wrestlin is counted...the TV tapings on Saturday morning at the TBS studios. If not, it would be the Atlanta Flames at the Omni in the 70's.

[jmar28]

Braves int he 80's as well. Like the other post, I was in tball and Dale Murphy was my hero back then, I used to try and imitate his batting stance, where he shook the barrell of the bat at the ground three or four times before pulling it up. (just had a flashback of playing ball at Cochran Field in Stockbridge)

[bfriendly]

Bucs Vikings game in Tampa, back in prolly '91? We got there about 3 minutes after the game started. THe score was 14-0 with the Vikings leading.........I think we lost that game:banginghe

No wait, now I remember, it was some wrestling event that had DUSTY RHOADES VS ANDRE the GIANT at Robarts Sports Arena in Sarasota FL...........that was prolly back in '77?:cool:

you'd have to pay me to watch that stuff anymore!:D

[Twiggbuster]

Braves vs Pirates way back in 1968. Pop took me and my cousin on bat day-I MEAN BATDAY!!! none of this giving you a small stick and calling it a bat. We walk in and there are just boxes and boxes of REAL autographed Hank Aaron 31 oz bats!! Aw, the good ole days!! You just grab one and keep walking! Saw Torre playing 3rd for the braves.

[Tim L]

Braves vs Pirates way back in 1968. Pop took me and my cousin on bat day-I MEAN BATDAY!!! none of this giving you a small stick and calling it a bat. We walk in and there are just boxes and boxes of REAL autographed Hank Aaron 31 oz bats!! Aw, the good ole days!! You just grab one and keep walking! Saw Torre playing 3rd for the braves.

That was great, I used to love bat day! I got a bat in 68 too, a Felipe Alou bat; in 69 I got a Hoyt Wilheim bat....wonder where they are today (the bats)..?

[TRC]

78' Masters when I was in 2nd grade. Been going every year since.

[Doc_Holliday23]

A Braves game before I can remember. My parents were taking me when I was in diapers (c. 1983 or so.)

[Buck Nasty]

That was great, I used to love bat day! I got a bat in 68 too, a Felipe Alou bat; in 69 I got a Hoyt Wilheim bat....wonder where they are today (the bats)..?

I remember getting a Barry Bonnell bat on Batday one year.

[RacinNut]

Western Carolina 500, on Aug. 10, 1964, at the Asheville/Weaverville Speedway, Richard Petty bout killed himself in a bad wreck and David Person won.

[No. GA. Mt. Man]

Does rasslin' count?

If not a Braves game for me.LOl:D

[MCBUCK]

A Braves game in the late 60's. 69 I think( ?) All I can remember was Chief Knockahoma, "The Hammer" and I think Phil Neikro may have been pitching...I can't remember who all of th eplayers were. I was about 5 I think.

I do remember a Hawks game as my first real memory of a pro game. Hawks and San Antonio Spurs. Spurs had the Iceman, and the Hawks had Tree Rollins, and I got to see those guys up close; they were tall.:eek:

[gatorbob]

1950- Baseball at the Polo Grounds, NY Giants vs Boston Braves

[Fuller]

Braves game in 1988. Darryl Strawberry hit a home run to tie the game in the top of the ninth. The Murph smoked one over the centerfield wall in the bottom and it was a great day to be a braves fan. They don't make 'em like Dale Murphy anymore.

[paddlin samurai]

A braves home game in 1980, some players on the braves kept hitting on my girl and then i realized why they sucked so much...

[TurkeyCreek]

Atlanta Crackers at Ponce DeLeon Parrk, I'm guessing around 1962 or so.

First major league was Atlanta Falcons. We had season tickets for about the first 8-10 years they were in existance. Remember seeing some really bad Falcons teams but also saw some great football players.

[Wacenturion]

New York Yankees in the fall of 1960. Mantle, Marris, Yogi Bera, and all the rest of that dynasty. Got to see Maris hit a homer....one of his last 3 or 4. My uncle took me...was a freshman in high school.

[sclark88]

Braves in Fulton County Stadium in the 90's . . . i can still hear the "Sid" chants

[Madsnooker]

Watched the Cleveland Browns in 75 play in the old municipal stadium on Lake Erie. I was 8 yrs old.