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Kongs in other sports?

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eviltomahawk
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States11135 Posts
January 04 2012 08:01 GMT
#1
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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Djagulingu
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Germany3605 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-04 08:08:16
January 04 2012 08:08 GMT
#2
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.
"windows bash is a steaming heap of shit" tofucake
xxpack09
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States2160 Posts
January 04 2012 08:11 GMT
#3
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
Xeris
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
Iran17695 Posts
January 04 2012 08:11 GMT
#4
Andy Roddick, Andy Murray in Tennis
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dongmydrum
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
United States139 Posts
January 04 2012 08:16 GMT
#5
Look up Elgin Baylor
endy
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Switzerland8970 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-04 08:19:22
January 04 2012 08:17 GMT
#6
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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BrassMonkey27
Profile Joined May 2011
Canada616 Posts
January 04 2012 08:27 GMT
#7
Marian Hossa before he won with the Chicago Blackhawks.
HoneyBadger.784 Diamond KR "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
PrinceXizor
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States17713 Posts
January 04 2012 08:33 GMT
#8
If getting into national championships are the gold, then any non SEC team is a Kong
hns
Profile Joined January 2010
Germany609 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-04 08:50:37
January 04 2012 08:48 GMT
#9
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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don_kyuhote
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
3007 Posts
January 04 2012 09:00 GMT
#10
Maybe the Dutch national football team in World Cup.
3 final, 3 2nd place.
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Silidons
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States2813 Posts
January 04 2012 09:09 GMT
#11
Mike Tyson lost the WBA heavyweight title twice to Evander Holyfield. Mike Tyson never actually beat anyone good though.
"God fights on the side with the best artillery." - Napoleon Bonaparte
jlim
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Spain943 Posts
January 04 2012 09:18 GMT
#12
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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OmniEulogy
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Canada6596 Posts
January 04 2012 09:36 GMT
#13
On January 04 2012 18:18 jlim wrote:
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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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Bastard. Just wait till this summer lol 1-0 the OTHER way around -.- lol
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Profile Blog Joined April 2005
Where dat snitch at?37061 Posts
January 04 2012 10:32 GMT
#14
Orlando Magic T-T
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Black[CAT]
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Malaysia2589 Posts
January 04 2012 11:24 GMT
#15
On January 04 2012 19:32 Seeker wrote:
Orlando Magic T-T


LOL! This! As well as 97-98 Utah Jazz.
You mean ESPORTS isnt a synonym for SC2? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ -Proud owner of a Filco Majestouch 2 with Cherry Blue Switches- BW or SC2? Why not both?
virpi
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Germany3599 Posts
January 04 2012 11:39 GMT
#16
Jan Ullrich was kinda kong-ish. Unfortunately, he has won ONE tour de france, so he's not a real kong anymore.
first we make expand, then we defense it.
Urth
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
United States1252 Posts
January 04 2012 12:04 GMT
#17
On January 04 2012 20:24 Black[CAT] wrote:
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LOL! This! As well as 97-98 Utah Jazz.

Karl Malone in general... :O
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corumjhaelen
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
France6884 Posts
January 04 2012 12:25 GMT
#18
Raymond Poulidor is kinda famous in France, and clearly has that reputation^^
‎numquam se plus agere quam nihil cum ageret, numquam minus solum esse quam cum solus esset
FryBender
Profile Joined January 2011
United States290 Posts
January 04 2012 15:33 GMT
#19
LeBron James.
TensaiSakuragi
Profile Joined November 2011
Croatia224 Posts
January 04 2012 15:56 GMT
#20
What about this one? I heard he is the King of Kongs:

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