local hero

And in the process, he has become something of a local hero with children.

The last thing he wanted was to be the local hero.

Or to feel that you are by rights the local hero.

Within the first few minutes all the local heroes were out of the race.

This has not been a good month for local heroes.

You are quite a local hero, especially to my parents, who still know nothing of our special friendship.

I got the impression that the three men were popular and might even be local heroes.

Don't get me wrong here, I like the guy specially when this article about him being a local hero.

The success of this attack increased his reputation as a local hero.

He retains his status as a kind of local hero.