JSeahawks":j6g5kz34 said:
As an out of towner when I think historically (for me that goes back about 30 years) about Seattle sports the first two guys that come to mind are Griffey jr and Gary Payton. There are really no seahawks that stand up above all the others to icon status.
Big walt was our best player, but he's an olinemen, hard to reach icon status. Tez was a beast but his teams sucked. Largent was loved locally, but I don't know how much he was appreciated nationally.
If you're looking for a seahawk icon I think it might be Shawn Alexander, marshawn lynch or Russell Wilson.
I don't really know how well known Steve Largent was nationally. Being that we exist in a sports backwash, especially back in Largent's days when we hadn't even gone to a Super Bowl and considering how the nation had yet to experience the internet, social media, et al, I would not be at all surprised that a casual fan in someplace outside the PNW might not have heard of him.
But in the late 70's and 80's, Steve Largent was unbelievably huge in this area. The only thing that would make any of the aforementioned Seahawks anymore of an icon was the time he played in and the younger generation's unfamiliarity with who he was.