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So I'm quite curious if there are any notable Kong-like figures in other sports outside of Starcraft. Of course, SC2 has MKP and BW had YellOw, but I've always wondered if similar silver-miners exist outside of Starcraft. Unfortunately, I have very limited knowledge of sports in general.
However, my younger brother does play tennis extensively, and he has said that Andy Murray is quite a Kong when it comes to tennis, having never won a Grand Slam despite reaching the finals and semi-finals of quite a few of them.
So are there any players or teams outside of Starcraft that would qualify as Kongs of their respective sports?
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Yeah, there is. There is Fenerbahçe in Turkish Soccer, they even celebrated 2nd place once and their title last year turned out to be match fixing, which would result into another 2nd place if the matches weren't fixed.
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The 1990-1993 Buffalo Bills lost 4 straight super bowls in a row.
players != teams, but Dan Marino is famous for being one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time, but he never led his team to a super bowl victory
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Andy Roddick, Andy Murray in Tennis
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Raymond Poulidor in cycling. He finished the Tour de France 3 times second, and 5 times third. While being always very well placed, he never ever wore the Yellow jersey lol.
It even has become an expression in French language. When you say someone is a Poulidor, it's like saying he always finishes second.
edit : oh and he did very well at special events, which makes him a proud member of the Kong Line.
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Marian Hossa before he won with the Chicago Blackhawks.
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If getting into national championships are the gold, then any non SEC team is a Kong
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German football (in the sense of soccer ) team Bayer Leverkusen managed to place second in the national league (Bundesliga, losing their first place in the last match), second in the national cup (DFB Pokal) and second in the Champions League, losing 1-2 to Real Madrid (with that genius goal of Zidane..) in the 2001/2002 season.
Since then they are sometimes called "Bayer Vizekusen", analogous to e.g. Vice-President.
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Maybe the Dutch national football team in World Cup. 3 final, 3 2nd place.
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Mike Tyson lost the WBA heavyweight title twice to Evander Holyfield. Mike Tyson never actually beat anyone good though.
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On January 04 2012 18:00 don_kyuhote wrote: Maybe the Dutch national football team in World Cup. 3 final, 3 2nd place.
germany as well
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On January 04 2012 18:18 jlim wrote:Show nested quote +On January 04 2012 18:00 don_kyuhote wrote: Maybe the Dutch national football team in World Cup. 3 final, 3 2nd place. germany as well + Show Spoiler +
Bastard. Just wait till this summer lol 1-0 the OTHER way around -.- lol
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Seeker
Where dat snitch at?36904 Posts
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On January 04 2012 19:32 Seeker wrote: Orlando Magic T-T
LOL! This! As well as 97-98 Utah Jazz.
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Jan Ullrich was kinda kong-ish. Unfortunately, he has won ONE tour de france, so he's not a real kong anymore.
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On January 04 2012 20:24 Black[CAT] wrote:LOL! This! As well as 97-98 Utah Jazz. Karl Malone in general... :O
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