Who Is Your Favorite Louisiana Athlete? [POLL]

There are many famous athletes from our state of Louisiana. There's Terry Bradshaw from right here in Shreveport, Shaquille O'Neal and Hal Sutton just to mention a few.

Check out our list of 10 Louisiana athletes and tell us who your favorite is.

Shaquille O'Neal
Louisiana State's Shaquille O'Neal -- all 7-foot-1, 303 pounds of him -- was the center of attention in college basketball in the early 1990s. His Bunyonesque presence belied his speed and agility; only his Gulliver's travails from the free throw line rendered him mortal. After three seasons at LSU, O'Neal was selected No. 1 overall by the Orlando Magic in the 1992 NBA draft.

Terry Bradshaw Shreveport
April 11, 1966 -- Terry Bradshaw, 17, a senior at Woodlawn High in Shreveport, La., set a national schoolboy javelin record with a throw of 243 feet 7 inches at a meet in his home town. A quarterback at Woodlawn, Terry will enroll at LSU this fall on a football scholarship.

Career highlight: Led Steelers to four Super Bowl titles.

Karl (Mailman) Malone, Summerfield
Averaged 20.9 points at Louisiana Tech; has won two NBA MVP awards; named All-NBA first-team a record 11 times; 26.1 career scoring average.

Eddie Robinson, Baton Rouge
Former Leland College quarterback won NCAA-record 408 games as coach at Grambling (1941 to '97).

Joe Ferguson, Shreveport
Threw for 29,817 yards in 18-year NFL career (1973 to '90), including a league-high 2,803 for Bills in '77.

Hal Sutton, Shreveport
Won PGA Championship in 1983 and topped Tour money list with $426,668; has 11 career tournament victories.

Peyton Manning, New Orleans
National high school player of the year in 1993 at Isidore Newman High; three-time AP All-America at Tennessee; excelling with Colts in second NFL season.

Drew Brees
Quarterback for the new Orleans Saints.

Joe Dumars, Natchitoches
Averaged 22.3 points at McNeese State and 16.3 points in NBA (1986-87 to '88-99); six-time All-Star.

Jim Taylor, Baton Rouge
All-America fullback at LSU had five straight 1,000-yard rushing seasons for Packers of 1950s and '60s.

Via [sportsillustrated.cnn.com]