Can you name the sports figures on these 1980's Sports Illustrated covers?

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Sports Illustrated Covers of the '80s Quiz

by zalkon2004

Created Jun 13, 2012 in Sports
Featured Jul 15, 2012
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	DashDixon:	Jul 15th, 2012 at 17:31 GMT		-4 points
	Make your own quiz, Eurotrash. ;) How hot is "boiling" for European blood, btw? A scorching 24, 25 degrees Celsius?

	tffl0384:	Jul 15th, 2012 at 18:49 GMT		3 points
	Steffi Graf? Looks like Jimmy Connors to me.

	CraigBerger:	Jul 15th, 2012 at 20:16 GMT		9 points
	@stormypetrol No one wants to do a quiz where they have to identify 25 soccer players...

	Beatlezfann:	Jul 15th, 2012 at 20:41 GMT		7 points
	@stormypetrol: I hope you're aware that your comment is about to be voted down into submission.

	hodgetiger:	Jul 15th, 2012 at 20:50 GMT		18 points
	@stormypetrol: I only got 13 right cos I didn't recognise the faces, but when time was up I recognised 7 more names. I am a British soccer fan, but I like taking quizzes like this BECAUSE I LEARN THINGS!!

	mrgenova:	Jul 15th, 2012 at 21:04 GMT		17 points
	I am so angry that this quiz about the covers of a US magazine does not have enough European athletes on it. Can you please alter this quiz so that it covers a completely different genre of material?

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	shampoowoody:	Jul 15th, 2012 at 23:02 GMT		1 point
	no mark gastineau? i am shocked!!! LOL

	shampoowoody:	Jul 15th, 2012 at 23:12 GMT		2 points
	some of these names and faces bring back such fond memories. how young they all look! remember hanging out with friends in a club on the upper east side of manhattan one night in the latter part of 1986, and in walks gary carter, keith hernandez and lenny dykstra. they bought me and my friends drinks, and we had a fantastic time talking about everything BUT baseball. this quiz just brought back that night. gary was a complete gentleman. dykstra was a player. keith was quiet and more of an observer. then i got married and had kids

	caknuck:	Jul 15th, 2012 at 23:43 GMT		-1 points
	33/35 -- Just missed Bobby Knight (not used to seeing him without white hair) and Steffi Graf (thought it was a dude). tndawg - Not a lot of people recognized the SMU uni and made the connection. If he was in a Cowboys or Vikings uni, however...

	gnatural:	Jul 16th, 2012 at 00:06 GMT		8 points
	@zalkon2004: Okay, so where are the other decades? Bring it on! 60s, 70s, 90s, 00s!

	MrMN:	Jul 16th, 2012 at 01:24 GMT		4 points
	@caknuck: He's wearing a New Jersey Generals uni in that picture. Like tndawg said, he went to Gerogia. You might be thinking of Dickerson. He went to SMU

	tevster1316:	Jul 16th, 2012 at 01:53 GMT		6 points
	When boxing was still revered...

	Pogues:	Jul 16th, 2012 at 02:34 GMT		3 points
	Holy boxers Batman. Not that I'm complaining...I got all 5...but missed the two not so interesting NFL commentators pictured above. I knew I knew Collinsworth's goofy smile...just couldn't place it looking so young.

	ajaxfam:	Jul 16th, 2012 at 03:23 GMT		4 points
	I think you should allow Eruzione for USA Hockey - lol (only kidding). Fun quiz!

	zalkon2004:	Jul 16th, 2012 at 04:54 GMT		3 points
	@gnatural & others who are interested - Quizzes for 2000s, 90s, 70s, and a second 80s quiz are located here. (I'm still piecing together the 60s quiz.) http://www.sporcle.com/games/zalkon2004/sports-illustrated-covers-of-the-2000s http://www.sporcle.com/games/zalkon2004/sports-illustrated-covers-of-the-90s http://www.sporcle.com/games/zalkon2004/sports-illustrated-covers-of-the-80s-ii http://www.sporcle.com/games/zalkon2004/sports-illustrated-covers-of-the-1970s Thanks for playing all!

	wtb2612:	Jul 16th, 2012 at 06:51 GMT		2 points
	Wow, that doesn't look like Dominique Wilkins at all.

	mrmanheim:	Jul 16th, 2012 at 09:35 GMT		3 points
	nailed all. very fun, but that was also decade that I followed all sports. caknuck: what SMU uniform? Makes no sense

	unkpoker:	Jul 16th, 2012 at 12:01 GMT		2 points
	Steve Young is not Doug Flutie - no matter how many times you try it...good quiz for this 46...um - I mean 35 year old... ;)

	biskit67:	Jul 16th, 2012 at 13:57 GMT		2 points
	I finished this quiz with 4:50 left on the clock. Guess I watched a lot of sports in the 80s. Great quiz.

	slowthinker:	Jul 17th, 2012 at 04:09 GMT		1 point
	can't believe I didn't recognize Howie Long. Only one I missed.

	ArtVandaley:	Jul 18th, 2012 at 00:59 GMT		1 point
	I think I tried to spell Eruzione 10 different ways.

	McHinch:	Jul 20th, 2012 at 03:16 GMT		1 point
	Had all but one pretty quickly... I was looking at his pic, could SWEAR I saw "Hagler" written on the magazine, and voila! There is ABSOLUTELY NO REASON I should know "Marvin Hagler" by picture. All I know about him- he's black and he's a boxer and he boxed in the 80s and early 90s. Haha, maybe I saw "Baddest" as "Hagler" quickly? Maybe the short A sound resonated in my head? I'll never ever know....

	McHinch:	Jul 20th, 2012 at 03:22 GMT		1 point
	The first poster has been bashed plenty, and deservedly so. No apology yet? Some f'n nerve! Haha, mrgenova- good point. A North American magazine will indeed tend to show North American athletes on it. No one's mentioned anything about that silly "60s" remark. I'd IMAGINE that the vast majority of quiz-takers were born or grew up in hte 80s for nostalgia-sake. If we're trying to find European sporting from the 60s, maybe a SPORCLE.COM quiz about SPORTS ILLUSTRATED isn't the place to find it....