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.