Local Sporting Heroes

Local sporting heroes are many they are not or were never rare The cricketer and local tennis star and the town's best football player They share one thing in common they know of local fame Though they all do aspire to a far greater name And most local sporting heroes yearn to be known far and wide Beyond their hometowns and their home countryside Though local sporting heroes to be found in towns everywhere There are far greater champions in the big World out there Most local sporting heroes to sporting greatness to aspire To be World famous a thing they desire Though behind the World greats the local sporting heroes may lag To be best in your hometown is surely worth a brag When i am out walking in the park or on the street A local sporting hero or two every day i do meet.