Baker’s Hall of Heroes

Submitted by baker on Mon, 03/14/2005 - 08:36
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  1. Batman (DC Comics, Animated TV Series, Tim Burton movies)
  2. My Dad (Science specialist/all-around father)
  3. My Grandfather (WWII D-Day Veteran)
  4. My high school football coaches (Lynch, White, Martin, Ventura)
  5. Dan Marino (Legendary Miami Dolphins Quarterback)
  6. Superman (Christopher Reeve movies, DC Comics)
  7. William Wallace (Braveheart)
  8. Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
  9. Optimus Prime (Hasbro Transformers Cartoons)
  10. Maximus (Gladiator)
  11. The X-Men (Marvel Comics)
  12. Flint (Hasbro G.I. Joe Cartoons)
  13. Spider-Man (Marvel Comics, Toby McGuire movies)
  14. President Theodore Roosevelt
  15. Indiana Jones (Indiana Jones Trilogy)
  16. Founding Father/Philosopher Benjamin Franklin
  17. Leonardo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoons)
  18. President Abraham Lincoln
  19. Captain Miller (Saving Private Ryan)
  20. Civil Rights Activist Martin Luther King Jr.
  21. Zach Thomas (Short Statured Miami Dolphins Linebacker)
  22. Barry Sanders (Humble Detroit Lions Running Back)
  23. Astronaut John Glenn
  24. John Elway (“Comeback King” Denver Broncos Quarterback)
  25. President George Washington
  26. Luke Skywalker (Return of the Jedi)
  27. Physicist Isaac Newton
  28. Physicist Albert Einstein
  29. Artist/Inventor Leonardo Da Vinci
  30. Forrest Gump (Forrest Gump movie)
  31. Explorer Christopher Columbus
Author Comments: 

You may have noticed how real people are mixed in with fictional characters. I thought about making seperate lists, but I think one is sufficient. I pretty much just mixed them up, with a general rating scheme. Fictional characters have the power to inspire us and encourage us to emulate some higher ideals than we see in every day life.

stumpy03/14/2005

Nice call with Barry Sanders. How's your dad feel about taking second place to Batman? ~;^)

baker03/14/2005

Heh heh. I thought someone might notice that as a little strange. My Dad is definitely a huge hero in my life, but I honestly feel that it was fictional heroes like Batman that really taught me a lot about morality and about taking action to make the world a better place. Bruce Wayne has exorbitant wealth, yet chooses to dedicate his mind, body, and spirit towards making the people of Gotham City safe from dangerous criminals. That's the kind of stuff that inspires you to be something more than you are, to believe that you can be anything you want to be if you put your mind and muscle into it.