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Originally Posted by billym
I had a very long think and came up with Chris Hoy..............and Gordon Brown of course
then I thought of Liz Mcwhatever who was a great athlete and then I got totally stuck.
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some more famous Scots.... in the world of sport .. Andy will soon be joining them
Jim Clark
THE Borders farmer was twice world champion in Formula 1, and at the time of his death he had won more Grand Prix races (25) than anyone other driver.
Jackie Stewart
THREE-TIME world champion in Formula 1, winning the title in 1969, 1971 and 1973. Recorded 27 wins in a career of 99 races.
Kenny Dalglish
SCOTLAND'S most capped footballer played in two World Cups and won three European Cups.
Jock Stein
CELTIC became the first British side to win the European Cup under the guidance of manager Stein.
Denis Law
THE Scotland internationalist remains his country's only footballer to be named European player of the year, in 1964.
Alex Ferguson
THE Manchester United manager is arguably the most successful British football manager of all time. Twice a Champions League winner.
Colin McRae
DRIVER McRae became the first British winner of the World Rally Championship, as well as the youngest winner, when he lifted the title in 1995.
Stephen Hendry
AT 21 he became the youngest ever snooker world champion in 1990, and has now won the title seven times – a record in the modern era.
Liz McColgan
THE long distance runner won gold in the 10,000m at the 1991 World Championships.
Eric Liddell
SCOTLAND rugby player turned sprinter won gold in the 400m at the 1924 Olympics in a world record time.
Chris Hoy
SCOTLAND'S most successful Olympian, the first Briton to win three golds at a Games since 1908, and the most successful Olympic male cyclist ever.
David Wilkie
AT the 1976 Olympic Games, Wilkie won gold in the 200m breaststroke in a world record time.
Ken Buchanan
THE Edinburgh fighter was WBA and WBC world lightweight boxing champion in the early 1970s.
Jim Watt
WATT was world lightweight boxing champion (WBC) from 1979 to 1981, making four successful defences of his title. He recorded 38 wins in a career of 46 fights.
Sandy Lyle
IN 1985 Lyle became the first British winner of the Open since 1969, and in 1988 he was Britain's first Masters winner.
Allan Wells
THE 100m winner at the 1980 Olympics was the first Scottish track triumph since Eric Liddell in 1924. The Americans boycotted the event, but Wells beat them all after the Games.
same as when any scot does well,
Oi!
Murray loses like all from these shores.
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