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Who are the 3 greatest athletes you personally saw in every sport ?
My list :
Baseball: Willie Mays ,Ted Williams ,Stan Musial
Basketball: Wilt Chamberlain ,Roger Brown ,Oscar Robertson
Tennis:Serena Williams , Pancho Gonzalez , Andre Agassi
Football: Johnny Unitas , Peyton Manning ,Tom Brady
Golf: Jack Nicklaus , Gary Player ,Bubba Watson
Handball:Oscar Obert ,Myron Kaufman ,John Wright
BaseBallWillie Mays, Pete Rose, Mickey Mantle
Football Terry Bradshaw, Mean Joe Greene, Payton Manning
Basketball Earl "The Pearl" Monroe, Walt Frazier, Micheal Jordan
Boxing Ali, Marvin Hagler, Ray "Boom Boom Mancini.
Football: Jerry Rice, Steve Young, John Elway, Peyton Manning...I'm sure there should be others in that list too, we used to have Seahawks Seasons Tickets.
Hockey: Mario, Wayne, Yzerman, Crosby, etc. A lot of the old timers, Hull, Howe, LaFleur
Basketball: Jordan, Bryant, Shaq
Baseball: Yankees game a couple of years ago, too many to list. Clements was pitching
Golf: Payne Stewart (sniff), Peter Jacobson, Mike Weir for his first PGA win... I'm sure there were others in that tournament that I just can't remember
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I guess the key word here is ever saw, or in other words, in my lifetime.
Baseball...Pete Rose, Rod Carew, Nolen Ryan
Basketball...Micheal Jordon, Larry Byrd, Elvin Hayes
Football...Walter Payton, Joe Montana, Clay Matthews
Nascar...Darrel Waltrip, Richard Petty, Dale Ernhardt
Bowling....Earl Anthony, Walter Ray Williams, Norm Duke
Boxing....Roberto Duran, Muhamid Ali, Sugar Ray Leneord
Tennis...Bjorn Borg, John McEnroe, Chris Everitt
Wrestling....Ric Flair, Randy Savage, Legion of Doom
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Since the only pro games I ever attended were basketball I will say
John Havlicek
Bill Russell
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Baesball: Stan Musial, and once Ted Williams was on the other team. I went to a Giants game years ago but I think it was in between Willie Mays and Barry Bonds.
Basketball: I do remember going to a basketball game once.
Football: Never been to a pro game in my life.
Ah, but when I was a kid, Roller Derby! There was a gal named Toughie Brashun who could knock other girls over the wall with one elbow! Now there was a great athlete.
On this subject, Smithsonian has a very good article on Jim Thorpe, possibly the greatest athlete the world has ever seen. Stripping him of his Olympic medals for playing a bit of semi-pro baseball is widely regarded as one of the great outrages of sports, never yet corrected.
On this subject, Smithsonian has a very good article on Jim Thorpe, possibly the greatest athlete the world has ever seen. Stripping him of his Olympic medals for playing a bit of semi-pro baseball is widely regarded as one of the great outrages of sports, never yet corrected.
His medals were returned with an apology I believe in 1982. The Jim Thorpe painting is one of four on permanent display in the upper rotunda of the Oklahoma State Capital Building.
I was an Oklahoma History major and researcher at OU in the early 1970's and met several members of the Thorpe family.
He was IMHO the worlds greatest athlete of all time.
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His medals were returned with an apology I believe in 1982. The Jim Thorpe painting is one of four on permanent display in the upper rotunda of the Oklahoma State Capital Building.
I was an Oklahoma History major and researcher at OU in the early 1970's and met several members of the Thorpe family.
He was IMHO the worlds greatest athlete of all time.
Well, according to Smithsonian, Jim Thorpe's family were given COPIES of the medals but he was not reinstated. However he is listed on the IOC site as a co-gold medalist. Smithsonian seems to be a bit confused on the topic.
Well, according to Smithsonian, Jim Thorpe's family were given COPIES of the medals but he was not reinstated. However he is listed on the IOC site as a co-gold medalist. Smithsonian seems to be a bit confused on the topic.
I believe they were given new sets of Olympic medals as no one knew where the originals were located. The word 'copies' may imply that they were not real gold, etc., they were. I actually visited the family in the old Thorpe home in Yale, Oklahoma while they were in the process of this. His brother and sister also were trying to get his remains moved back to the family cemetery.
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A friend of mine held political office until recently in Oklahoma and he is very much a fan of Jim Thorpe and shares the belief that Thorpe may be the greatest all around athlete of all time.
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