Fathers and Sons....Iiiiinteresting...

     Ask almost anyone and they'd remember when Mother's Day is.  Father's Day, though, is a whole different story.  In honor of the oft-forgotten special day to honor dads, here's my special post, featuring the most interesting father-son relationships in sports.










Bill and Luke Walton (NBA Basketball)












     NBA players with famous NBA fathers are growing in number nowadays, but few have the special relationship these two have.  Bill was the anchor of the 1976-77 Portland Trail BLazers team that won an NBA Championship.  Then, he went on to the Boston Celtics and also earned a championship there.  Although injuries would shorten his career, BIll would continue his affair with the NBA, by being a TV analyst.  Meanwhile, Luke was drafted into the NBA to, in the irony of ironies, hated Celtics rival LA Lakers.  As of this week, Luke has tied his dad, winning two championships with the Lakers.  As if a father and son playing for the Celtics and Lakers, respectively, isn't interesting enough, there were games about at least six times, where Bill did the coverage of the Luke's games.  BIll tried his hardest to sound objective, but his being silent during Luke's exploits is quite indicative that he had a difficult time analyzing his son's game to the public.







Cas and Chester King (Tenpin Bowling)

     Many a bowler started bowling by virtue of their bowler dads.  Usually, dads become the youth bowlers' first coach.  Since bowling features players of all ages, it's also common to see dads and their sons bowl together.  The Kings, though, took playing together to a different place altogether.  In 1973, Cas was named as the Philippine representative to the Bowling World Cup.  Over thirty years later, Chester topped the qualifying tournament to become the Philippine representative to the 2004 edition of the same Bowling World Cup. As if becoming the only father and son to represent the country in the World Cup isn't special enough, get this.  The 1973 World Cup was held in Singapore.  When Chester emerged national champion, he received his free plane tickets to, you guessed it, Singapore.


Robert Jaworski Sr. and Jr. (PBA Basketball)


     We've all heard about sons following in their father's footsteps, and we've all heard about fathers coaching their sons.  The Jaworskis, though, actually did both, in the same season! Robert, Sr. (Sonny) is one of the PBA's all time greats, an (1978) MVP, and holder of records like 5000 and 10000 points, 2000 defensive rebounds, 1000 offensive rebounds, 5000 assists and 500 steals.  Plus, he become the league's most successful playing coaches, with four championships to his name.  Meanwhile, Robert, Jr. (Dudut), was certainly nowhere near his legendary father, playing only three seasons, averaging 2.2 points per game.  Dudut does have an achievement, being part of the only father and son tandem in all of professional sports to have been teammates.  With Sonny also serving as coach, the Jaworskis were also the only tandem in pro sports to have been both father and son and coach and player.


photos courtesy of nba.com, taringa.net