"Your" Championship teams during your lifetime

[MUEng92]

Just curious for the couple of you that posted all of your teams are Chicago teams but then also the Packers instead of the Bears. How does that happen?

I grew up in Rockford in the 70's. We were able to get WGN on tv so I watched the Cubs starting when I was about 6-7.  My uncle was a Packers fan and brainwashed me.  Neither the Packers nor the Bears were any good at that time so it didn't really matter...until 1985, which was my worst year of high school.  That freaking Super Bowl shuffle every freaking time you turned on the radio!!  Bear fans coming out of the woodwork!! Insufferable!
 

[warriorchick]

Probably will never be beaten... 1987 Twins.. 13, 7 rows directly behind home plate and the madness that ensued for weeks after.

1991 was cool too, but ‘87. Yeesh.

(Oh, and Lynx noine times)

Not to mention those Vikings!  Oh, wait....

[SaveOD238]

This is complicated.  As a kid, I lived in Connecticut, so I was big Red Sox and UConn fan.  My mom was from Wisconsin so she raised me a Packer fan though.   I moved to Illinois in 2000, but I count the early 2000s wins for the Red Sox and Huskies as mine.  Once I started at MU in 2007, I switched college allegiances (duh) but also got really into the Brewers and Bucks.  I also sorta cheer for the Blackhawks, but I only follow hockey in playoffs and I just bandwagon.

So here’s my list

Packers 1996 and 2011
Red Sox 2004 and 2007 (and only sorta 2013)
UConn 1999 and 2004 (but not 2009 or 2011)

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

Barely a child of the 1960's born in 1969.

Yankees: 1977, 1978, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000 & 2009
MU: 1970 NIT & 1977 NCAA
Giants: 1986, 1991, 2008, 2012

[Spotcheck Billy]

Probably will never be beaten... 1987 Twins.. 13, 7 rows directly behind home plate and the madness that ensued for weeks after.

1991 was cool too, but ‘87. Yeesh.

(Oh, and Lynx noine times)

I moved to St. Paul in August 1987 and LMAO seeing the Corvette convertibles starting on fire from too much paper in the "ticker-tape" parade.

 
Packers 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1996, 2010
Bucks 1971, so close in 1974
MU 1970 & 1977
Brewers close call 1982 but still an exciting time (damn you St. Louis!)
MKE Admirals 1976, 2004

[NWarsh]

Great topic for the off season! Born in 1983

Michigan Basketball - 1989 (the team that made me fall in love with the game of basketball)
Michigan Football - 1997
Packers - 1996 & 2010

Near misses: Fab 5 teams, Packers '97

The Packer ones were extra special for me as I had lost my grandmother way too young to cancer in December of '96, and then lost my younger sister to suicide January of '11.  Those victories were a welcome reason to celebrate and a very nice break from reality.

Order now of who I want to see win next, MU, Brewers, Bucks, Packers, Michigan Football

[ATL MU Warrior]

Good thread idea!

Born early 70's, will only include what I remember/rooted for at the time.

Born in Nebraska, lived 18 years...
Huskers - 1994, 1995, 1997

Lived in South FL 8 years...
Marlins - 1997, 2003 (Game 7 of 1997 WS most intense sporting event I have ever attended)
Heat - 2006, 2012, 1013

[MerrittsMustache]

It's been surprising to see how many people on here have favorite teams each from a variety of cities and how many adopted a team now considered to be their "own" based on where they moved. Not saying it's good, bad or otherwise (although, there are clearly some bandwagoners on here  ).

My family is from Illinois, mostly the Chicago area so I have always cheered for Chicago teams. Admittedly, if MU had won a title prior to 1998, I wouldn't count it either since I wasn't a fan before becoming a student. Having lived in Milwaukee for basically 20 years, I've become fond of the Bucks but would never count a Bucks championship as one of "my team's" championships. I'd probably root for the Brewers as well if they were still in the AL (i.e. fans wouldn't have the obnoxious hatred of all things Cubs) but I could NEVER root for the Packers.

[TallTitan34]

Cubs - 16
Blackhawks - 10, 13, 15
Bulls - 91, 92, 93, 96, 97, 98
Bears - 86

Boylan High School Football - 11, 12

Shawn Michaels - 96, 96, 97
Triple H - 99, 99, 00, 00, 02, 07, 08, 09, 16

[Silkk the Shaka]

In order of importance/enjoyment:

Heat 2006
Rockets '94
Rockets '95

*Large drop-off*

Heat 2012
Heat 2013
Braves '95

An MU championship would instantly move to #1, I want to see nothing more in sports

[Goose]

Bucks
MU NCAA
Packers Two SB wins

Have to add the '82 Brewers were as much fun as I ever had watching a team. The last six weeks of the season postseason were a blast. I was a perfect age, 21y MU student, with ZERO responsibilities. I lived every minute of that run. Only wish they had won it all.

[MUBurrow]

I love how many fans there are here of the '94 and '95 Rockets.  I count those two in my championship teams along with the  '91, '92, '09, '16 and '17 Penguins (though I was really young for the Lemieux championship years.

I've got a random assortment of of teams - Dolphins, Brewers, Rockets (though Bucks are probably right there too - I'm a crappy NBA fan) Penguins. 

To echo Goose's point on the '82 Brewers, I had more fun with the 2011 Brewers than probably any of the championship teams. 

[StillAWarrior]

Good topic.

1973 - Notre Dame (sorry...)
1977 - Marquette (although truth be told, MU wasn't even on my radar at this point)
1977 - Notre Dame
1985 - KC Royals
1988 - Notre Dame
1998 - Denver Broncos
1999 - Denver Broncos
2015 - KC Royals (still sentimental even though I've been more of an Indians fan since moving here in 1991)
2016 - Denver Broncos
2016 - Cleveland Cavaliers

[muwarrior69]

Barely a child of the 1960's born in 1969.

Yankees: 1977, 1978, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000 & 2009
MU: 1970 NIT & 1977 NCAA
Giants: 1986, 1991, 2008, 2012

Now how could I have forgotten the 2012 Giants.

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

Now how could I have forgotten the 2012 Giants.

All those championships in NY it's easy to overlook one!

[brewcity77]

My first was technically Marquette's 1977 win, though I was only 35 days old at the time. Ordered by how they mattered to me at the time.

Chicago Cubs: 2016
Chicago Blackhawks: 2010, 2013, 2015
Chicago Bulls: 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998
Arrowhead HS Football: 1993, 1994, 1996, 2007, 2012, 2013
Chicago Bears: 1985
USA Soccer (Gold Cup): 1991, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2017
Marquette Basketball: 1977

There are two that I hope to see in my lifetime. Marquette basketball winning another title and USA Soccer winning the World Cup. I figured I would never get the Cubs, so that one was the most special. The run by the Bulls was amazing and as a teenager at the time, I don't think I fully appreciated how amazing it was. The Blackhawks ones were really special too because there were a lot of lean years between when I started cheering for them in the early 1990s and when they finally won it.

[Sheriff]

Born in the 50's

Cubs 2016
Blackhawks 61, 10, 13, 15
USA Hockey Gold Medal 80
Bears 63, 85
Bulls 91, 92, 93, 96, 97, 98
Marquette 77
Loyola 63

[MUCrew]

Cubs - 16
Blackhawks - 10, 13, 15
Bulls - 91, 92, 93, 96, 97, 98
Bears - 86

Boylan High School Football - 11, 12

Shawn Michaels - 96, 96, 97
Triple H - 99, 99, 00, 00, 02, 07, 08, 09, 16

This....so much this. 

[TallTitan34]

This....so much this.

[Galway Eagle]

Y'all are lucky to see your high schools win state championships my HS is no slouch in basketball or football but still have not made it past super sectionals in my lifetime in either.

[DegenerateDish]

I'm dumb, but I tried posting that internet pic of Triple H holding literally every title belt. Always makes me laugh.

[DegenerateDish]

Cubs - 2016
Bulls - 91, 92, 93, 96, 97, 98
Packers - 97, 11
Blackhawks - 10, 13, 17

In order of importance.

Waiting on Marquette, you got about 51 years left until I pass at the ripe, perfect age of 83.

Titan beat me to it, but I see what you did there.

[GGGG]

Y'all are lucky to see your high schools win state championships my HS is no slouch in basketball or football but still have not made it past super sectionals in my lifetime in either.

I stopped caring about what my high school did in sports the day I left the place.

Regardless there are a few minor ones, but the only ones that I truly care about and remember are the Packers and the Warriors. 

[buckchuckler]

nm

[Dr. Blackheart]

Cubs - 2016
Bulls - 91, 92, 93, 96, 97, 98
Packers - 97, 11
Blackhawks - 10, 13, 17

One of these is not like the other three. If this was an ACT test, I'd pick C.