Comments on: Who is Philly’s Most Popular Player? http://pcpsports.com/2009/01/15/who-is-phillys-most-popular/ There's more than one side to every sports story...what's yours? Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:30:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Michael Gill http://pcpsports.com/2009/01/15/who-is-phillys-most-popular/#comment-1257 Tue, 20 Jan 2009 19:19:57 +0000 http://pcpsports.com/?p=2985#comment-1257 I really enjoyed this article, but since I am a little young Asburn doesnt get my vote. I think the most popular guy in my time was Barkley or maybe the Eagles D as a whole back in the Buddy Ryan days. The Philly fan base is not a fan of players so much as they seeem to be for units or teams.

I also think Lenny Dykstra was a fan favorite that was as popular as anyone for his short time here.

]]> By: tony mitchell http://pcpsports.com/2009/01/15/who-is-phillys-most-popular/#comment-1254 Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:38:08 +0000 http://pcpsports.com/?p=2985#comment-1254 Brian Dawkins is my favorite player of all time, in any sport. I am 26, so that is “all time” for me. I love the list and really couldn’t argue with any of the reasoning. The only other candidate who deserves top 3 consideration, in my opinion, is Allen Iverson. Most Philly athletes are heros here, but villians everywhere else, or at least less appreciated in other cities. Iverson was the most popular player in the NBA during his time here, sold more jerseys than anyone in history, and resurrected basketball in this city. Not only does every household in the tri-state area have a iverson jersey… most houses in north america do. For that matter, most professional athletes do. On top of that, watch the news, or olympics, or anything in Europe and you will see random Iverson jerseys.

To outsiders, Philly is not cool. It is viewed as a lesser city than the other big one’s and people don’t like its inhabitants. People who aren’t our fans hate our teams. They hate our players. That is, of course, except for Iverson. How many people by Yankees hats or Cowboys jerseys simply because of the name/logo. We hate those people, they are just frontrunners and just people who go with whats popular. No one does that for a Philly player…. except Iverson.

Iverson might not be the most popular in Philly, but he’s the most popular nationally/globally and that’s got to count for something.

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