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Well, for all that he contributed to the sport, what he achieved and what he stands for today I would say Arnold!
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Bo Jackson!
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Jim Thorpe
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ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER!!!!!!!!!! ;D
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Jim Thorpe
Thorpe by far or Paul Robeson
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Thorpe by far or Paul Roberson
Arnold hands down
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Bo knows it's Bo Jackson. He was a monster and all-star in two leagues.
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Tiger Woods yall. Tiger Woods yall.
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No Neion Deion?
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No Neion Deion?
We all know Arnold would win!!
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No Neion Deion?
He was def great but no Bo Jackson. Deion was not nearly as good at baseball as he was in football.
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AHNULLLLDDDD!!!!!!!
7 time Mr. Olympia, box office movie star, Gov. of California. Doesn't get much bigger than that. Next stop, the White house.
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AHNULLLLDDDD!!!!!!!
7 time Mr. Olympia, box office movie star, Gov. of California. Doesn't get much bigger than that. Next stop, the White house.
Agreed.... mucho atheltic talent required to hold down 7 olympia titles. Plus he is a God.
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Randy Couture, Skill, accomplishments and longevity.
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Andre The Giant (cuz nobody could slam him til Hogan partially did)
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Andre The Giant (cuz nobody could slam him til Hogan did)
Wrong, Arnold could slam him im sure.
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a few contenders, muhammad ali, jack nicklaus, tiger woods, arnold, then all round athletes like carl lewis, daley thompson etc
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Jim Thorpe
Yup, this has been agreed upon by numerous commissions, polls and just plain opinion. It is all but fact.
/those who said ahnold. you just outed yourself as idiots. ::)
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Yup, this has been agreed upon by numerous commissions, polls and just plain opinion. It is all but fact.
/those who said ahnold. you just outed yourself as idiots. ::)
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME!?!?!?? ARNOLD DAMN IT!!
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Trying to compare athletes from different sports is pointless.
That said, there were some atheletes that were so far "above the norm" that they are widely recognized as "best" in their sport by many.
For basketball, it was Michael Jordan, for hockey Wayne Gretzsky, and for golf Tiger Woods. Arnold could be said to be that superstar for bodybuilding, but his status is as much the result of his personality as his physique.
Baseball and Football really don't seem to have any single individual that is their one "Superstar" the way the above sports do.
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Trying to compare athletes from different sports is pointless.
That said, there were some atheletes that were so far "above the norm" that they are widely recognized as "best" in their sport by many.
For basketball, it was Michael Jordan, for hockey Wayne Gretzsky, and for golf Tiger Woods. Arnold could be said to be that superstar for bodybuilding, but his status is as much the result of his personality as his physique.
Baseball and Football really don't seem to have any single individual that is their one "Superstar" the way the above sports do.
Basketball is Wilt. They didnt' change the rules for jordan (although they bent them)
Baseball I'd go with Ted Williams or Ty Cobb
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/those who said ahnold. you just outed yourself as idiots. ::)
Why?
He's considered THE best BBer of alltime. He's worked with the President on fitness projects, been involved in the Special Olympics and still stands for fitness this very day.
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Basketball is Wilt. They didnt' change the rules for jordan (although they bent them)
Baseball I'd go with Ted Williams or Ty Cobb
YOU THINK ARNOLD CAN't SHOOT A BASKETBALL!!!???!?!
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Dan Gable. Ali. Jordan.
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a few contenders, muhammad ali, jack nicklaus, tiger woods, arnold, then all round athletes like carl lewis, daley thompson etc
Ali. Jordan.
None of these excelled in more than one "sport" except the track guys.
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Ali.
I forgot about Ali. He's boxing's "Arnold" for sure.
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Jesse Owens, Jim Brown, Bo.
Jim Thorpe's the stock answer; it was more common then to do many sports. I don't think he would've done as well playing in later eras.
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Jordan, but Tiger woods is now attaining global domination and his bank account is getting swole. they say by the time he's 50, his fame and wealth will be second to none
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Jesse Owens, Jim Brown, Bo.
Jim Thorpe's the stock answer; it was more common then to do many sports. I don't think he would've done as well playing in later eras.
O.J. Simpson
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Jordan, but Tiger woods is now attaining global domination and his bank account is getting swole. they say by the time he's 50, his fame and wealth will be second to none
Neither's proven anywhere close to having all-round athletic abilities outside of what they do.
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Muhammed ali.
Hes done so much for boxing, for black people, for people with parkinsons, for people in general.
davie
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Neither's proven anywhere close to having all-round athletic abilities outside of what they do.
Jordan sucked in baseball.
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a little something about Arnold...
http://www.schwarzenegger.com/en/life/hislife/index.asp?sec=life&subsec=hislife
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Multi-sport excellence is not a useful criterion - as too few athletes pursue it.
Mark Spitz won 7 gold medals in a single Olympics, a feat still unmatched... setting a world record in each event.
He was 22.
This is indisputably the greatest athletic accomplishment in any sport.
[ insert swimmer's physique joke here :) ]
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Multi-sport excellence is not a useful criterion - as too few athletes pursue it.
Mark Spitz won 7 gold medals in a single Olympics, a feat still unmatched... setting a world record in each event.
He was 22.
This is indisputably the greatest athletic accomplishment in any sport.
[ insert swimmer's physique joke here :) ]
Was he on the juice?? lol na im playing. I dont really follow swimming. but 7 world records is amazing.
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ok i just saw his pics....he isnt on the juice.
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stan collymore
emile heskey
eddie the eagle edwards.
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Basketball is Wilt. They didnt' change the rules for jordan (although they bent them)
Baseball I'd go with Ted Williams or Ty Cobb
They were great for their time no doubt, but for baseball, as far as athleticism goes I'd have to say Cal Ripkin Jr. and Ozzy Smith!
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Who even mentions another bodybuilder as being an athlete (let alone the best "athlete") is a complete retard >:(!!
Hope this helps!
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Multi-sport excellence is not a useful criterion - as too few athletes pursue it.
Mark Spitz won 7 gold medals in a single Olympics, a feat still unmatched... setting a world record in each event.
He was 22.
This is indisputably the greatest athletic accomplishment in any sport.
[ insert swimmer's physique joke here :) ]
According to you; Most don't pursue multi sports because they can't.
Spitz was impressive but it's not just a numbers criteria. 7 golds in swimming's not any more impressive than Owens' accomplishments in track, especially considering the context in 1936. And the top athletes are generally in track, not swimming, especially in '72. Owens did it in jumping events that didn't directly involve running, Spitz only swam.
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According to you; Most don't pursue multi sports because they can't.
Spitz was impressive but it's not just a numbers criteria. 7 golds in swimming's not any more impressive than Owens' accomplishments in track, especially considering the context in 1936. And the top athletes are generally in track, not swimming, especially in '72. Owens did it in jumping events that didn't directly involve running, Spitz only swam.
I see your point.
But Owens was black. Spitz was Jewish.
Which would you say had less to work with genetically? :)
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I see your point.
But Owens was black. Spitz was Jewish.
Which would you say had less to work with genetically? :)
Thank you Jimmy the Greek :-\!!
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I see your point.
But Owens was black. Spitz was Jewish.
Which would you say had less to work with genetically? :)
That doesn't mean there aren't genetically gifted athletic jews! ;)
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That doesn't mean there aren't genetically gifted athletic jews! ;)
Bill Goldberg anyone?
I think its a SES thing that explains the dominance of blacks in certian sports...great book..Taboo by John Entine.
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Don't forget about Sammy Davis Jr. He was a black Jew ;D
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Thank you Jimmy the Greek :-\!!
Look, I'm Jewish and very proud of it.
Relative to our numbers, we fucking own the Nobel Prize.
Olympic medals, not so much. :)
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Don't forget about Sammy Davis Jr. He was a black Jew ;D
Sammy davis was half puerto rican like me.
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Sammy davis was half puerto rican like me.
Really? I did not know that :-\!
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ok i just saw his pics....he isnt on the juice.
Yeah because everyone gets supersized on steroids right? ::)
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Yeah because everyone gets supersized on steroids right? ::)
I was makin a joke fucktard
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I was makin a joke fucktard
It wasn't funny asswipe.
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I was makin a joke fucktard
Ya, Sammy on roids. The thread's at new lows. ;D
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Really? I did not know that :-\!
Holy crap...i was lied to....read this
Sammy Davis Jr. claimed that his mother was Puerto Rican, however the 2003 biography In Black and White alleges that he made this claim due to the political sensitivities of the 1960s (during the Cuban Missile Crisis), and that his mother was born in New York of Cuban descent rather than in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Sorry for the misinfo.
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Steve Redgrave - five gold medals in five consecutive olympic games. A stunning achievement in a brutal sport. Also nine gold world championship medals.
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Steve Redgrave - five gold medals in five consecutive olympic games. A stunning achievement in a brutal sport. Also nine gold world championship medals.
What a surprise that UK Golden Shower points out an annonymous Brit. Great accomplishments but only in one type of sport. Physically underwhelming. He'd be completely dominated & tossed aside like a ragdoll by some of the Americans mentioned here.
http://www.steveredgrave.com/
Is the buttplug ready for this weekend? :-\
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What about Teh Carl Lewis...
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What about Teh Carl Lewis...
Agreed but Jesse Owens was just a little better.
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Come on people, NO Athlete has ever been so godlike as Jordan compared to the rest of the people in his sport. Ali lost 4 times, Woods blows hot and cold too much, Gretzsky was good but not enough titles, Federer is playing in a waterdown era of Tennis, Sampras sucked on Clay, Pele and Maradonna were Overrated, Carl Lewis has had his records broken and lost too much on Olympic stage, NFL doesnt even have a clearcut best, Ruth was a fatfuck, shows how good the rest of the league was for a Obese guy to be the best in the League.If Jordan was playing in todays Internet age he'd be so much bigger than Woods on a global scale it wouldnt even be funny.Espn always vote Jordan number 1 and rightly so.Check this vid, his 9th game as a pro, Enough said.
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Aleksandr Karelin deserves a mention too.
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Come on people, NO Athlete has ever been so godlike compared to the rest of the people in his sport. Ali lost 4 times, Woods blows hot and cold too much, Gretzsky was good but not enough titles, Federer is playing in a waterdown era of Tennis, Sampras sucked on Clay, Pele and Maradonna were Overrated, Carl Lewis has had his records broken and lost too much on Olympic stage, NFL doesnt even have a clearcut best, Ruth was a fatfuck, shows how good the rest of the league was for a Obese guy to be the best in the League.If Jordan was playing in todays Internet age he'd be so much bigger than Woods on a global scale it wouldnt even be funny.Espn always vote Jordan number 1 and rightly so.Check this vid, his 9th game as a pro, Enough said.
What a joke; Jordan proved that he couldn't do anything other than basketball. Even in basketball i think Wilt and Magic were better.
I think he's been watching to many Nike commercial reruns.
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What a surprise that UK Golden Shower points out an annonymous Brit. Great accomplishments but only in one type of sport. Physically underwhelming. He'd be completely dominated overall by some of the Americans mentioned here.
Is the buttplug ready for this weekend? :-\
Annonymous? Hardly. He is usually touted by sports writers as being the worlds greatest living olympian.
Physically underwhelming? You've obviously never seen him!
One thing is damn sure, NONE of the athletes mentioned built used a bowflex!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I think UK Golden Shower's obsession has to do with using a Bowflex while sitting on this weekend's choice of butt plugs. :-* He already admitted to this butt plug thing a few weeks ago. Even i was embarassed.
That British geezer's a horrible choice BTW.
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Steve Redgrave - five gold medals in five consecutive olympic games. A stunning achievement in a brutal sport.
Never heard of him... so I looked him up.
Rowing??
If it's performed sitting down, it's not a sport.
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Never heard of him... so I looked him up.
Rowing??
If it's performed sitting down, it's not a sport.
Irrelevant, except to an overly-nationalistic, butt plug obsessed british hoser like UK Golden Shower:
http://www.steveredgrave.com/
Ya he must've been awesome! ::)
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What a joke; Jordan proved that he couldn't do anything other than basketball. Even in basketball i think Wilt and Magic were better.
I think he's been watching to many Nike commercial reruns.
Magic played on Pratical all star teams and still didnt win as many Titles, mvps etc as Jordan. Wilt played in a league where shot attempts per game were nearly double that of today, thus the inflated Points, rebounds etc.Also wilt was a 7 foot black guy playing against 6'7 white stiff centers in an 8 team league,the standard sucked back then.Even then he only won 2 titles to Jordans 6 ::)
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Magic played on Pratical all star teams and still didnt win as many Titles, mvps etc as Jordan. Wilt played in a league where shot attempts per game were nearly double that of today, thus the inflated Points, rebounds etc.Also wilt was a 7 foot black guy playing against 6'7 white stiff centers in an 8 team league,the standard sucked back then.Even then he only won 2 titles to Jordans 6 ::)
Jordan did absolutely nothing outside of basketball, and proved that he couldn't hack it in another sport. Wilt & Magic are easily comparable if not better than Jordan-Magic had only one less championship playing against great Boston & Philly teams while Jordan played only nobodies.
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Jordan did absolutely nothing outside of basketball, and proved that he couldn't hack it in another sport. Wilt & Magic are easily comparable if not better than Jordan-Magic had only one less championship playing against a great Boston team while Jordan played only nobodies.
And how many of the Consensus top 10 best ever did anything outside of 1 sport?Oh yeah thats right none.If Magic was so much better than Jordan why was it acknowledged by most that by 88-89 Jordan was already the best player ever to play before even winning a title, when magic at that time had 5 titles to Jordans 0?
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Jim Thorpe.
No one else is even close.
He won Olympic gold medals in the pentathlon and decathlon, starred in college and professional football, played Major League Baseball and also had a career in basketball.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Thorpe
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I bet 'pumpster' curses ND everytime someone posts that bowflex pic!!! Ha ha ha, i just can't believe he has the temerity to give people 'training' advice!
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Ali lost 4 times... Pele and Maradonna were Overrated
I don't think anyone considers Ali even the single greatest boxer of all time. But I think it's clear that there has never been a more famous athlete - not even Michael Jordan. At his height, the only person on the planet more widely recognized than Ali was the Pope. In a celebrity culture such as ours, that has to count for something.
Since you bring him up, you might say that Maradona was the Flex Wheeler of futbol. Incomparable natural gifts and (if you'll permit some brief gayness) really beautiful to watch at the height of their game. Plus drugs, craziness, etc.
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Well, for all that he contributed to the sport, what he achieved and what he stands for today I would say Arnold!
Michael Schumaker
PB
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Jim Thorpe.
No one else is even close.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Thorpe
100 years ago doesn't mean as much now.
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I bet 'pumpster' curses ND everytime someone posts that bowflex pic!!! Ha ha ha, i just can't believe he has the temerity to give people 'training' advice!
The funniest thing is that UK buttplug man is no more perceptive than ND in the inability to pick up on the fact that the pic is meaningless. LOL here.
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Look, I'm Jewish and very proud of it.
Relative to our numbers, we fucking own the Nobel Prize.
Olympic medals, not so much. :)
LOL. Got to go back to Airplane to see Elaine handing Ted that leaflet of 'Famous Jewish Sports Legends.'
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Buttman UK Golden Shower on the other hand actually confirmed here on getbig that he's into plugs. Which one's on tap for this weekend? LOL
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Edwin Moses
122 Consecutive Wins
Born in Dayton, Ohio, Moses accepted an academic scholarship to Morehouse College in Atlanta and majored in physics and engineering while competing for the school track team. Morehouse did not have its own track, so he used public high school facilities around the city to train. Initially, Moses competed mostly in the 180-yard hurdles and 440-yard dash. Before March, 1976, he ran only one 400-meter hurdles race, but once he began focusing on the event he made remarkable progress. His trademark technique was to take 13 steps between all the hurdles (or even 12 between some hurdles), pulling away in the second half of the race as his rivals changed stride pattern. That summer, he qualified for the US team for the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. Though it was his first international meet, Moses won the gold medal and set a world record of 47.64 seconds.
After breaking his own world record the following year, Moses lost to Germany's Harald Schmid on August 26, 1977 in Berlin, his fourth defeat in the 400-meter hurdles. Beginning the next week, when he beat Schmid by 15 meters in Düsseldorf, Moses would not lose again for almost a decade.
By the time American Danny Harris beat Moses in Madrid on June 4, 1987, Moses had won 122 consecutive races, set the world record two more times, won three World Cup titles, won two World Championships, and earned his second Olympic gold medal in Los Angeles, where he was selected to take the Olympic Oath. After losing to Harris, he won 10 more races in a row, then finished third in the final 400-meter race of his career at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.
that is crazy 122 consecutive races won...EPIC
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Edwin Moses
Awesome but even within track & field he was never the best athlete.
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Why do you get so emotional when someone posts a bowflex pic, 'pumpster'? Ha ha ha, you're a bitter old man that darn't use a real gym so you have to 'train' using a bowflex ;D
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Why do you get so emotional when someone posts a bowflex pic, 'pumpster'? Ha ha ha, you're a bitter old man that darn't use a real gym so you have to 'train' using a bowflex ;D
I think this must be buttman's home gym...how does that butt plug feel while working out at home. ahahahahahahah
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Edwin Moses
122 Consecutive Wins
Born in Dayton, Ohio, Moses accepted an academic scholarship to Morehouse College in Atlanta and majored in physics and engineering while competing for the school track team. Morehouse did not have its own track, so he used public high school facilities around the city to train. Initially, Moses competed mostly in the 180-yard hurdles and 440-yard dash. Before March, 1976, he ran only one 400-meter hurdles race, but once he began focusing on the event he made remarkable progress. His trademark technique was to take 13 steps between all the hurdles (or even 12 between some hurdles), pulling away in the second half of the race as his rivals changed stride pattern. That summer, he qualified for the US team for the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. Though it was his first international meet, Moses won the gold medal and set a world record of 47.64 seconds.
After breaking his own world record the following year, Moses lost to Germany's Harald Schmid on August 26, 1977 in Berlin, his fourth defeat in the 400-meter hurdles. Beginning the next week, when he beat Schmid by 15 meters in Düsseldorf, Moses would not lose again for almost a decade.
By the time American Danny Harris beat Moses in Madrid on June 4, 1987, Moses had won 122 consecutive races, set the world record two more times, won three World Cup titles, won two World Championships, and earned his second Olympic gold medal in Los Angeles, where he was selected to take the Olympic Oath. After losing to Harris, he won 10 more races in a row, then finished third in the final 400-meter race of his career at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.
that is crazy 122 consecutive races won...EPIC
YESSSSSSSSSSS A fellow MOREHOUSE man
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Anybody remember Dave Winfield? The dude was a MONSTER and was at the top of the game in basketball, football AND baseball in college... decided to go with baseball, where he is a hall of famer... could have easily been a hall of famer in football and basketball if he chose to take either route...
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Pelé and Ayrton Senna, bar none! ;)
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Michael Jordan. No one can even come close to him.
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Michael Jordan. No one can even come close to him.
Go do a search for Pelé and Ayrton Senna, then! ;) Both of them competed in worldwide sports, Jordan was the best in a domestic athletic modality.
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YESSSSSSSSSSS A fellow MOREHOUSE man
Morehouse, do you play schools like Jackson State?
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Has anyone said Lance Armstrong?
The greatest cyclist of all time (and the 20th Century)
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Has anyone said Lance Armstrong?
The greatest cyclist of all time (and the 20th Century)
I think of the 20th century would go to Eddy Merckx.
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This thread got me to pondering which sport might be said to the most challenging in terms of overall athleticism. I mean, I've read that the Tour de France is the most demanding endurance event in the world - but Lance Armstrong might not be able to lift his bike over his head for all we know.
There's the decathlon, of course. But if we restrict it to the commonly followed sports, I think a good case could be made for the NFL wide receivers. It requires agility, explosive speed, some degree of strength (in breaking tackles), an extraordinary amount of coordination, and - perhaps the tiebreaker - courage in face of certain pain. [They go up for those catches knowing they're going to get slammed by a defensive tackle before they can even try to prepare for the impact.]
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secretariat. there is no question.
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Check this out, freaking crazy........
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Mike MacDonald or Joelocalpt would have to be up there too.
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tiger woods. mark spitz. barry sanders. mike tyson. michael jordan. babe ruth. michael schumaker.lance armstrong. dan gable. jim thorpe.tony hawk. ronnie coleman .....arguing who is superior would be inconclusive, and a waste of time.
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Come on people, NO Athlete has ever been so godlike as Jordan compared to the rest of the people in his sport. Ali lost 4 times, Woods blows hot and cold too much, Gretzsky was good but not enough titles, Federer is playing in a waterdown era of Tennis, Sampras sucked on Clay, Pele and Maradonna were Overrated, Carl Lewis has had his records broken and lost too much on Olympic stage, NFL doesnt even have a clearcut best, Ruth was a fatfuck, shows how good the rest of the league was for a Obese guy to be the best in the League.If Jordan was playing in todays Internet age he'd be so much bigger than Woods on a global scale it wouldnt even be funny.Espn always vote Jordan number 1 and rightly so.Check this vid, his 9th game as a pro, Enough said.
woods is as consistant in his dominance of the game as nyne an ve be expeced tbe. golf s much diffeent tan basketball....if it were judged based on level of skill every tournament, he would never lose. basketball; is not judged solely on one players performance; and, a player can have a succcessful game even when he isnt shooitng well; or passing well. in golf.....if your driver is misfiring, your screwed. if you cant make a putt, you have no chance. all of the weapons must be in working order. not so in basketballl and team sports.
like i said....comparing them is useless....they were all great.
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arguing who is superior would be inconclusive, and a waste of time.
You do remember that you're posting on Getbig, right?
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AHNULLLLDDDD!!!!!!!
7 time Mr. Olympia, box office movie star, Gov. of California. Doesn't get much bigger than that. Next stop, the White house.
michael schumacher
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do any of you cocksuckers know who secretariat was? goddam sports illiterates.
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How about Slyvestor stallone, he's a great actor with a physique worthy of any athlete. He even has he has even outdone his rival athlete Arnold Schwartzenerger in being a real actor in a film career that isn't dependant on roids.
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Arnold, Muhammad Ali and Bruce Lee.
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Lance Armstrong.
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Carl Lewis and it's not even close.
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Carl Lewis and it's not even close.
Not that I know anything you guys don't; but I suspect Carl - like every other sprinter in that era worth his salt - was on drugs. Therefore, Ben Johnson was faster and in my opinion better. The difference being he got caught.
240, back me up on this conspiracy against Canadian sprinters!
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Lance Armstrong.
Yes, of course, Lance, how could I have forgotten him..........Armstrong by a landslide!
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Anyone who is Australian or in a commonwealth country would say,
SIR DONALD BRADMAN.
There is no other athlete who has dominated a sport. Try to prove me wrong.
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Try to prove me wrong.
Ok, I'll give it a shot..............who the hell is he?
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mohamed ali:
He has been named Sports Illustrated's "Athlete of the Century," the BBC's "Sports Personality of the Century," the World Sports Award's "World Sportsman of the Century," and the State of Kentucky's "Kentuckian of the Century." In 2005, he received the United States of America's highest civil award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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Anyone who is Australian or in a commonwealth country would say,
SIR DONALD BRADMAN.
There is no other athlete who has dominated a sport. Try to prove me wrong.
I'm an Australian and I don't think Bradman at all - cricket is not anywhere near as competitive as cycling or sprinting, for example.
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Yes, of course, Lance, how could I have forgotten him..........Armstrong by a landslide!
This might sound weird, but I had a dream about Lance last night - he's a hero to me and I don't even like cycling - that's when you know someone is so good they transcend their sport. What a champion.
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This might sound weird, but I had a dream about Lance last night - he's a hero to me and I don't even like cycling - that's when you know someone is so good they transcend their sport. What a champion.
Man, I agree with that 100%, I've been working with one of Lances teammates on the Discovery Cycle Team, Tony Cruz, and he says the man is just an incredible inspiration to him and the rest of his teammates, were suppose to take a trip to the Velodrome at the Olympic Center In Colorado Springs sometime this year, I'm really hoping to meet Lance and his trainer Chris Carmichael!
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a few contenders, muhammad ali, jack nicklaus, tiger woods, arnold, then all round athletes like carl lewis, daley thompson etc
Athletes, NOT golfers.
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My friend was named Best Weightlifter of the Century by Sports Illustrated. Can anyone name him?
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A toss up between Michael Jordan and Michael Schumacher. I remember Schumacher in his prime was untouchable, tremendous amount of skill, he dominated season after season. It got to the point where the F1 had to change the rules because he was destroying the competition and was getting boring.
Even when Schumacher started from the back of the grid the cameras would be on the ferrari regardless, like jordan people came to watch schumacher.
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My friend was named Best Weightlifter of the Century by Sports Illustrated.
of course he was your "friend" ::)
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I'm an Australian and I don't think Bradman at all - cricket is not anywhere near as competitive as cycling or sprinting, for example.
Its the 3rd most popular sport in the world. Given that no one has even come close to Don Bradmans batting average certainly gives the man recognition of the of the best athletes in the 20th century.
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Walter Lindrum
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Lance Armstrong.
Yeah, I already said Lance, Bruce.
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gretzky
and this thread sucks balls
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23 michael jordan
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Most people here mentioned athletes in sports that only interest Americans. No one cares about American football and baseball outside the U.S, and basketball is far less popular outside America than it is at home.
If you're going to have to name the greatest athtlete in the 20th Century, you'd either have to pic the greatest athlete in the World's most popular sport or the greatest winner of Olympic gold medals. In the first case, there'e a short answer to who's the World's greatest athlete in the 20th Century: Pele. As for Olympic gold medals, I think that the record is seven, and there are more than one athlete who's won that amount.
In any case, even when it comes to Olympic multi-medalists, it still doesen't tell as much, because they won several medals in only one sport, and they are usually sports like running, throwing and swimming that most people don't care about. In my opinion, the greatest athlete I can think of would be the guy who won the pentathlon the most times. There's a modality that combines five sports in one. I don't know who that was, but I do know for sure that Dolph Lundgren has won an Olympic gold medal in pentathlon.
SUCKMYMUSCLE
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Bo Jackson!
Bo Jackson wasn't even the best in either of his two sports.
One of the best oval ball players of the late 80's/early 90's, yes. But Jim Thorpe won the Olympic decathlon and pentathlon, then went on to dominate in ovalball and was a great baseball player.
There's no comparison.
Even Bo knows that. 8)
-Hedge
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If you're going to have to name the greatest athtlete in the 20th Century, you'd either have to pic the greatest athlete in the World's most popular sport or the greatest winner of Olympic gold medals.
I'm inclined to agree. And I've already nominated Spitz previously for this very reason.
However, hardly anyone talks about Spitz any more. And even in his prime, his fame didn't extend all the way into the world's slums the way Pele's did.
But Maradona was not only a technically greater player, and in an era of tougher competition, he's already been chosen over Pele in a global FIFA poll as player of the century. In his native Argentina, he's literally a legend - like the Lone Ranger, or John Henry the Steel-Driving Man.
So there you go. The greatest athlete of the 20th century was that crazy fat fuck Diego Maradona.
For those of you who have no idea who the hell we're talking about, here's the man in his "Willie Mays making the over-the-shoulder catch at the centerfield fence" moment - the Goal of the Century against England in the 1986 World Cup. [the good stuff starts at 0:28]
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I anticipate UKGold's response. ;D
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WITHOUT A SHADOW OF A DOUBT , THE ABSOLUTELY MOST DOMINANT ATHLETE OF THE PAST CENTURY HAS BEEN JAHANGIR KHAN . hOWEVER, THE SPORT LACKED TRUE DEPTH..SO THAT BEING SAID, I'LL HAVE TO SAY IT'S BETWEEN MICHAEL JORDAN AND PETE SAMPRAS WHO BOTH DOMINATED THEIR SPORTS OVER A 6 YEAR SPAN WITH AUTHORITY.
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WITHOUT A SHADOW OF A DOUBT , THE ABSOLUTELY MOST DOMINANT ATHLETE OF THE PAST CENTURY HAS BEEN JAHANGIR KHAN . hOWEVER, THE SPORT LACKED TRUE DEPTH..SO THAT BEING SAID, I'LL HAVE TO SAY IT'S BETWEEN MICHAEL JORDAN AND PETE SAMPRAS WHO BOTH DOMINATED THEIR SPORTS OVER A 6 YEAR SPAN WITH AUTHORITY.
Roger Federer is IMO more dominant than Pete Sampras.
Sampras was vulnerable on clay, Federer has a good shot at winning the Roland Garros this year.
Björn Borg won the Roland Garros 6 times and the Wimbledon 5 times, he should also be considered.
Alexander Karelin suffers the same fate as Khan, in that greco-roman wrestling didn't have the depth, he remained undefeated for over 12 years however, if I remember correctly.
Eddy Merckxx makes a good case as well. Greatest cyclist ever. Won everywhere, and was complete.
You can't compare Armstrong to Merckxx.
-Hedge
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Brian Olfield, Bo Jackson, or Jim Thorpe.
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Most people here mentioned athletes in sports that only interest Americans. No one cares about... baseball outside the U.S
Japan? Korea? Taiwan? Pretty much every Carribean nation? Much of Latin America?
Might wanna rethink that one.
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john holmes
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I'm inclined to agree. And I've already nominated Spitz previously for this very reason.
However, hardly anyone talks about Spitz any more. And even in his prime, his fame didn't extend all the way into the world's slums the way Pele's did.
But Maradona was not only a technically greater player, and in an era of tougher competition, he's already been chosen over Pele in a global FIFA poll as player of the century. In his native Argentina, he's literally a legend - like the Lone Ranger, or John Henry the Steel-Driving Man.
So there you go. The greatest athlete of the 20th century was that crazy fat fuck Diego Maradona.
For those of you who have no idea who the hell we're talking about, here's the man in his "Willie Mays making the over-the-shoulder catch at the centerfield fence" moment - the Goal of the Century against England in the 1986 World Cup. [the good stuff starts at 0:28]
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I anticipate UKGold's response. ;D
I agree ,even american people don't know who Maradona is , in my opinion he is top 5 of the greatest athletes of all time,with Michael Jordan and ALI...etc
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Takeru "The Tsunami" Kobayashi
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Japan? Korea? Taiwan? Pretty much every Carribean nation? Much of Latin America?
Might wanna rethink that one.
much of latin america? only one country ,Venezuela ,nobody else care about baseball in South America,since when the Caribbean nations are so important in world sports ???
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Takeru "The Tsunami" Kobayashi
shawn ray would love him dressed up as a girl.
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Japan? Korea? Taiwan? Pretty much every Carribean nation? Much of Latin America?
Might wanna rethink that one.
Not really. Let's see. In Korea, football or "soccer" drives hundreds of thousands of people to the stadium and the 2002 World Cup there mobilized the entire nation. Only a miniscule percetage watch baseball in comparison. In Japan, it is slightly more popular, but it still pales in compariso to "soccer". These countries were occupied by the U.S in World War II and the Korea War, so American sports became more popular there. Regardless, it goesd to show something that even in these countries football is far more popular.
Carribean nations? Latin America? Well, the Carribeans are included in Latin America, so there was no need for you to mention it twice. Regardless, you're mistaken. Baseball is most definitely not popular in Latin America. I lived in Latin America or three years, and all they care about is: football first, and Formula 1 second. Period. Everything else is secondary. They actually go to war over football, you know that?
Because Americans are so isolated from the rest of the World, they have no idea that everything they hold dear is actually very, very small in global terms. Let's compare the two footballs, shall we? The last Superbowl was watched by 200 million people and envolved 5 billion Dollars in contracts, endorsements and the like. The last World Cup was watched five billion people, and envolved 120 billion Dollars in endorsement deals and contracts. In other words, twenty five times more people watched the World Cup than the Super Bowl, and there was 24 times more money envolved. It is extremely unlikely that football will ever become popular in America, in the same way that it is extremely unlikely that American sports will thrive elsewhere.
SUCKMYMUSCLE
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I agree ,even american people don't know who Maradona is , in my opinion he is top 5 of the greatest athletes of all time,with Michael Jordan and ALI...etc
Nope; none of those guys were great outside of one sport.
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Not really. Let's see. In Korea, football or "soccer" drives hundreds of thousands of people to the stadium and the 2002 World Cup there mobilized the entire nation. Only a miniscule percetage watch baseball in comparison. In Japan, it is slightly more popular, but it still pales in compariso to "soccer". These countries were occupied by the U.S in World War II and the Korea War, so American sports became more popular there. Regardless, it goesd to show something that even in these countries football is far more popular.
Carribean nations? Latin America? Well, the Carribeans are included in Latin America, so there was no need for you to mention it twice. Regardless, you're mistaken. Baseball is most definitely not popular in Latin America. I lived in Latin America or three years, and all they care about is: football first, and Formula 1 second. Period. Everything else is secondary. They actually go to war over football, you know that?
Because Americans are so isolated from the rest of the World, they have no idea that everything they hold dear is actually very, very small in global terms. Let's compare the two footballs, shall we? The last Superbowl was watched by 200 million people and envolved 5 billion Dollars in contracts, endorsements and the like. The last World Cup was watched five billion people, and envolved 120 billion Dollars in endorsement deals and contracts. In other words, twenty five times more people watched the World Cup than the Super Bowl, and there was 24 times more money envolved. It is extremely unlikely that football will ever become popular in America, in the same way that it is extremely unlikely that American sports will thrive elsewhere.
SUCKMYMUSCLE
Thanks for stating the obvious in long-winded fashion once again. *yawn*
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mohamed ali:
He has been named Sports Illustrated's "Athlete of the Century," the BBC's "Sports Personality of the Century," the World Sports Award's "World Sportsman of the Century," and the State of Kentucky's "Kentuckian of the Century." In 2005, he received the United States of America's highest civil award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
The accolates are irrelevant re: overall athleticism; like most greats in a single sport, never showed any ability beyond that one skill.
Oldfield's a good choice; maybe not the very best but he was a freak.
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A toss up between Michael Jordan and Michael Schumacher. I remember Schumacher in his prime was untouchable, tremendous amount of skill, he dominated season after season. It got to the point where the F1 had to change the rules because he was destroying the competition and was getting boring.
Even when Schumacher started from the back of the grid the cameras would be on the ferrari regardless, like jordan people came to watch schumacher.
Only one sport. Jordan's not even necessarily the best basketball player of all time, and proved that he couldn't cut it outside of basketball.
Michael Schumacher a race car driver as best athlete? Let's include the best bowlers of all time then too. bwahahahahaahahahahaahah ahah
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I'm inclined to agree. And I've already nominated Spitz previously for this very reason.
However, hardly anyone talks about Spitz any more. And even in his prime, his fame didn't extend all the way into the world's slums the way Pele's did.
But Maradona was not only a technically greater player, and in an era of tougher competition, he's already been chosen over Pele in a global FIFA poll as player of the century. In his native Argentina, he's literally a legend - like the Lone Ranger, or John Henry the Steel-Driving Man.
So there you go. The greatest athlete of the 20th century was that crazy fat fuck Diego Maradona.
For those of you who have no idea who the hell we're talking about, here's the man in his "Willie Mays making the over-the-shoulder catch at the centerfield fence" moment - the Goal of the Century against England in the 1986 World Cup. [the good stuff starts at 0:28]
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I anticipate UKGold's response. ;D
I disagree here. I don't think Maradona was greater or even as great as Pele. He was undoubtedly a great player, no doubt, but Pele almost single-handedly gave Brazil three World Cups. In the 1970 World Cup, Pele made the winning goals of three games all by himself, including the final match. He would make goals from mid field, with his head, doing a bicycle, with the tip of his feet, with his chest, etc. The guy was a phenom. I personally don't like him, because he's arrogant. However, I think even Maradona would agree that Pele was greater than him.
Now, as for his popularity in Argentina, no doubt. The guy's a living god there. That goal was very significant, as the Argentineans saw their victory as a revenge against their defeat at the Malvines War four years before; Maradona acquired status of almost a war hero. Pele vs Maradona? I give it to the former, although I'm sure the Argentineans will beg to differ. ;)
SUCKMYMUSCLE
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Thanks for stating the obvious in long-winded fashion once again. *yawn*
Pumpster, the greatest Bowflex athlete ever! :P
SUCKMYMUSCLE
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I agree ,even american people don't know who Maradona is , in my opinion he is top 5 of the greatest athletes of all time,with Michael Jordan and ALI...etc
The thing is that Americans are only 4% of the World's population, so it's really not relevant overral that they don't know who he is. The other 96%, I assure you, are aware of who Maradona is.
SUCKMYMUSCLE
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Pumpster, the greatest Bowflex athlete ever! :P
SUCKMYMUSCLE
At least SUCKMYDICK's not predictable...LOL
It's always the blockheads who are the last to realize that no one else finds them funny-they're being laughed at, not with. hahahahahaahah
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The thing is that Americans are only 4% of the World's population, so it's really not relevant overral that they don't know who he is. The other 96%, I assure you, are aware of who Maradona is.
SUCKMYMUSCLE
It's always the dummies who waste multiple posts trying to explain obvious information they don't realize everyone already knows. LOL
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At least SUCKMYDICK's not predictable...LOL
It's always the blockheads who are the last to realize that no one else finds them funny-they're being laughed at, not with. hahahahahaahah
Meltdown.
Arn't you sick of being regulary humiliated? Lol, it must really suck to be a bitter old man that tries to gain 'respect' by posting on a messageboard.
Hows the bowflex?
[hey, its uk gold! He likes fingers and dildos up his butt - YAWN ;)]
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It's always the blockheads who are the last to realize that no one else finds them funny-they're being laughed at, not with. hahahahahaahah
This has to be the most ironic statement I have ever seen.
Christ
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I disagree here. I don't think Maradona was greater or even as great as Pele. He was undoubtedly a great player, no doubt, but Pele almost single-handedly gave Brazil three World Cups. In the 1970 World Cup, Pele made the winning goals of three games all by himself, including the final match. He would make goals from mid field, with his head, doing a bicycle, with the tip of his feet, with his chest, etc. The guy was a phenom. I personally don't like him, because he's arrogant. However, I think even Maradona would agree that Pele was greater than him.
Now, as for his popularity in Argentina, no doubt. The guy's a living god there. That goal was very significant, as the Argentineans saw their victory as a revenge against their defeat at the Malvines War four years before; Maradona acquired status of almost a war hero. Pele vs Maradona? I give it to the former, although I'm sure the Argentineans will beg to differ. ;)
SUCKMYMUSCLE
George Best was better than both :P
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of course he was your "friend" ::)
hahahaha You know whats funny is how stupid you continue to be even though everyone has owned you on this board. Plus the numerous time you have owned yourself. Look it up then come back on here and apoligize. And where is that video you said you were doing a couple weeks ago. Monster ownage
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hahahaha You know whats funny is how stupid you continue to be even though everyone has owned you on this board. Plus the numerous time you have owned yourself. Look it up then come back on here and apoligize. And where is that video you said you were doing a couple weeks ago. Monster ownage
Just ignore him. He's obviosly jealous.
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Roger Federer has nothing to do with the last century Hedge...do some math...;)
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Dan Gable. Ali. Jordan.
Wow, my thoughts exactly. These three can`t be compared to each other but stand out above any others.
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Jesse Owens
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It's funny to me as an american that most of the best athletes of all time hail from the US by most of your opinions. There must be lots of foreign athletes who were equal or better than our athletes that we have never even heard of. And the topic is all sports so rowing does count
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It's funny to me as an american that most of the best athletes of all time hail from the US by most of your opinions. There must be lots of foreign athletes who were equal or better than our athletes that we have never even heard of. And the topic is all sports so rowing does count
Well, if you really want to get technical, since "futbol" is the biggest sport in the world...
You'd have to say Pele I suppose... Since he's probably more recognized in the world than anyone else in the 20th century.
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JOHN KRUC !
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JOHN KRUC !
"If you don't like me... I'll take my "ball" and go home!"
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JIM BROWN Hands Down.
1) Greatest football player all time
2) One of the best Lacrosse players in history
3) Averaged 38 pts per game in high school basketball
4) NY Yankees offered him $150,000 to play for the YANKEES
5) 5th in the nation in the Decathlon
6) Excelled in boxing at a young age. Boxing coach at Syracuse said he could have been heavyweight
champ. Bert Sugar (espn boxing analyst) called Brown the greatest
athlete in history
7) Acting career
8) Met with the gang leaders in Los Angeles in his HOME to quell the violence (after the Rodney King
fiasco I believe.)
9) Named #4 athlete of all time by ESPN. Everybody that placed higher than him was a 1-sport athlete.
10) Earned 10 Varsity letters at Syracuse University
11) Was the KICKER on the Syracuse football team
JIM BROWN STANDS ALONE
ARNOLD ?? Paleeeze !! A one-dimensional athlete ? No comparison
See link below:
http://www.orangehoops.org/JBrown.htm (http://www.orangehoops.org/JBrown.htm)
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HE ALSO BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF ALL THREE OF HIS WIVES LOL ! :-*
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HE ALSO BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF ALL THREE OF HIS WIVES LOL ! :-*
Well I guess he is the best at that too.
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Jackie Robinson
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Wow, I don't know where to begin.
First, since the thread says the 20th century, to even mention Tiger Woods or Federer is crazy. Jack Nicklaus is clearly the best golfer up till 1999, and you would also have to put Palmer, if not Hogan ahead of Woods in the 20th century. Even counting to the present, sure Woods and Federer are most likely going to break each sports' record for majors. But what if they don't win anymore majors somehow? Are they still better than Nicklaus and Sampras? Of course not.
Other people have been mentioning one sport people, and either saying how much they accomplished and dominated that sport, or have been arguing how famous or far reaching across the globe they were. Well by this criteria, you have to mention George Herman Ruth, better known as the Babe.
Not only did he tear it up as probably the best left-handed pitcher ever up until the time he stopped pitching, but he totally dominated with his bat. The league leaders in homers were often single digits, or just over. Ruth's last year in Boston, when they let him play rightfield when he wasn't pitching, he set the all time record with 29 homers. His next year, his first as a Yankee, he hit 54 almost doubling his own record, which he did do the next year, hitting 59 homers. He also out homered every other entire team in the majors those years. The Babe even outhomered some teams 7 years later when he set the record again with 60.
Ruth saved the game after the 1919 Black Sox scandal, and kept it the most popular sport in America, which it stayed, until the mid 50's. But he was easily the first true sport celebrity. Babe Ruth lived life large. He hung out and partied with movie stars, gangsters, and high level politicians. He was the first athlete to make a higher yearly salary then the president. When asked about this, Ruth said he deserved it, as he had a better year. He endorsed everthing under the sun, and was the first athlete to be more popular endorsing products than movie stars.
Ruth was routinely in the news on the radio, newsreels at the theaters, and in the headlines of every paper , without even doing anything on the field. Either he was caught carousing with strippers or gangsters, or he was donating his money and time to underpriveled or sick children, And with no internet or television, people knew who were Babe Ruth was around the globe. During WW2, more than 5 years after he retired, Japanese soldiers would yell " To hell with Babe Ruth " as they would attack the allied forces.
In short, Babe Ruth was Jordan and Tiger, about 6 or 7 decades before them.
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You're all idiots...serious....
It's CARL FREAKING LEWIS and it's NOT CLOSE. Just look at what the man DID, along with his pathetic National Anthem presentation....
No one has done more...
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JIM BROWN Hands Down.
1) Greatest football player all time
2) One of the best Lacrosse players in history
3) Averaged 38 pts per game in high school basketball
4) NY Yankees offered him $150,000 to play for the YANKEES
5) 5th in the nation in the Decathlon
6) Excelled in boxing at a young age. Boxing coach at Syracuse said he could have been heavyweight
champ. Bert Sugar (espn boxing analyst) called Brown the greatest
athlete in history
7) Acting career
8) Met with the gang leaders in Los Angeles in his HOME to quell the violence (after the Rodney King
fiasco I believe.)
9) Named #4 athlete of all time by ESPN. Everybody that placed higher than him was a 1-sport athlete.
10) Earned 10 Varsity letters at Syracuse University
11) Was the KICKER on the Syracuse football team
JIM BROWN STANDS ALONE
ARNOLD ?? Paleeeze !! A one-dimensional athlete ? No comparison
See link below:
http://www.orangehoops.org/JBrown.htm (http://www.orangehoops.org/JBrown.htm)
Yeah but Pumpster insists Cookie Gihlchrist was a better running back than Jim Brown!
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This has to be the most ironic statement I have ever seen.
Christ
Sage words.
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Can't think of one specifically but I've had a few ideas:
Michael Johnson - the way he took a 200m world record which had stood for nearly 25 years and utterly destroyed it would have to put him up there.
Carl Lewis - excelling in both sprinting and long jump for so many years.
Steve Redgrave - I don't care what the Yanks say - this guy's acheivements were phenomenal irrespective of the sport.
Tiger Woods
Muhammed Ali - even though he did lose a coupla times.
Pele - best in the world at what he did in the biggest sport in the world.
Diego Maradona - singlehandedly took an average Argentina side to World Cup glory. Who says football/soccer is a team sport?
And finally, if one more person says Arnold I will freak - bodybuilding is not a "sport". >:(
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In short, Babe Ruth was Jordan and Tiger, about 6 or 7 decades before them.
He dominated at a time when the best competition was prevented from playing against him.
There are probably 2 or 3 Negro League players equally as impressive.
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He dominated at a time when the best competition was prevented from playing against him.
There are probably 2 or 3 Negro League players equally as impressive.
I wish there was more history about the league itself.
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He dominated at a time when the best competition was prevented from playing against him.
There are probably 2 or 3 Negro League players equally as impressive.
Thats not true. Josh Gibson's statistics were greatly exaggerated and there were few great pitchers in the Negro leagues. Satchel Paige withstanding. As a matter of fact there has been some extremely great black pitchers since 1947 in MLB but they have been few and far in between compared to the many great black position players.
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Roger Federer has nothing to do with the last century Hedge...do some math...;)
Ouch. Got owned there.
Hehe.
I'd say whoever is the best footballer ever, could also be considered the best athlete.
Since football is the biggest sport in the world, it's also the sport where it's the hardest to become number one.
So this debate is the eternal "Pelé or Maradona" argument.
Personally, I'll give the nod to Pelé.
-Hedge
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LEE PRIEST
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Ouch. Got owned there.
Hehe.
I'd say whoever is the best footballer ever, could also be considered the best athlete.
Since football is the biggest sport in the world, it's also the sport where it's the hardest to become number one.
So this debate is the eternal "Pelé or Maradona" argument.
Personally, I'll give the nod to Pelé.
zinedine zidane was better
-Hedge
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If you consider pure dominance of one's particular sport compared to other athlete's dominance of their sport...there is only one answer:
Ed Coan.
The rest of your opinions are wrong.
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If you consider pure dominance of one's particular sport compared to other athlete's dominance of their sport...there is only one answer:
Ed Coan.
The rest of your opinions are wrong.
While I do consider powerlifting and athletic endeavor, I do not consider it a sport... like bodybuilding is not a sport, and "Motor Sports" are not sports... Neither is golf.
They are athletic endeavors, but I define a sport as something which requires offense and defense... Soccer (futbol), Football, (futbol americano), baseball, basketball, hockey, boxing, mma, any martial art, lacrosse, field hockey... list goes on and on...
They are sports... they require offense and defense... things which do not contain an offense and defensive element while athletic endeavors, are not sports.
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If you consider pure dominance of one's particular sport compared to other athlete's dominance of their sport...there is only one answer:
Ed Coan.
The rest of your opinions are wrong.
Well, considering that Eddie got caught cheating in IPF three times...
I definitely disagree.
Besides, Eddie isn't even the greatest strength athlete ever.
Alexeiev, Rigert and others comes to mind, although Suleymanoglü is in a league of his own.
-Hedge
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Jordan, Carl Lewis or Sergey Bubka...Bubka's records will last a very fuckin' long time... ;D
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EASILY Jordan or Gretzky
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Jim Thorpe could do it all!
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Ouch. Got owned there.
Hehe.
I'd say whoever is the best footballer ever, could also be considered the best athlete.
Since football is the biggest sport in the world, it's also the sport where it's the hardest to become number one.
So this debate is the eternal "Pelé or Maradona" argument.
Personally, I'll give the nod to Pelé.
-Hedge
Exactly! One of the patterns I have observed is that it's always Americans who were the greatest at some American sport who are regarded as the greatest ever. Like I said in my previous post, it's close to impossible to say who's the best athlete o the 20th Cetury, because there are so many diferet sports which involve so may different skills.
Regardless, some o the World's highest paid atheltes are American, for the simple reason that Americans have more money to pay them. However, I stand by what I said that Pele was the greatest ever, because he was the best of times at preferred sport of 96% of the World's population. People who have won the seven Olympic gold medals(Spitz, Popov, Lewis) ARE also contenders.
SUCKMYMUSCLE
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Michael Johnson, the freak to end all freaks. Not many world records will last for 30 years, not many will last for 40 years... his 200m record might last 50-80 years. No one has even come close to 19.32, the fastest time since then was q 19.70 run by MJ in 2000.
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http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2930278601849128935&q=wasim+akram+espn
thread over..
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http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2930278601849128935&q=wasim+akram+espn
thread over..
Off yourself...please
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Off yourself...please
that is the SECOND most popular sport on this planet.. :)
you r either a redneck hell bend on football :-\ or a nignog hell bend on..well some amrican black dominated sport that the rest of the planet does not recognize.. :-\ nor care about...
yanno what real football is.its caled rugby... ;)
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that is the SECOND most popular sport on this planet.. :)
you r either a redneck hell bend on football :-\ or a nignog hell bend on..well some amrican black dominated sport that the rest of the planet does not recognize.. :-\ nor care about...
yanno what real football is.its caled rugby... ;)
Dude...Im an american black and American football is king...How much does te best flatbat ball player make...?
Gayer than flat bats
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How much does te best flatbat ball player make...?
typical black american mentality..
all about $$ and nothing about passion..
i expected that from you....its in your culture. .sad..
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i think what your ass wants to ask is..how many people on this planet watch cricket and live and die for the game as opposed to football..
go to ANY cricket playing nation and around the world cup time there is a game of cric being played in EVERY street..
how many people ya see playing "football" ::)
btw..the name fotball ws already taken.. ;)
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i think what your ass wants to ask is..how many people on this planet watch cricket and live and die for the game as opposed to football..
go to ANY cricket playing nation and around the world cup time there is a game of cric being played in EVERY street..
how many people ya see playing "football" ::)
btw..the name fotball ws already taken.. ;)
I watch the world cricket championships... thank you directv...
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I watch the world cricket championships... thank you directv...
its the world cup..
heyyy..you a westindian?? :)
Lara ..i hold him at god status.. 8)
your team just bat my team then >:(
i'm just gonna hope the aussies take it..ponting just..well go to
www.cricinfo.com :) ricki ponting on fiah!
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Roman Šebrle, current WR holder and olympic champion for the decathlon.
It requires great strength, endurance. An alround athlete.
Probably ideal height 1m85 and weight 86 kg to be an alround athlete.
(http://www.triera.net/upload/sport/atletika/sebrle_2_show.jpg)
Should work a bit on his front double bi though.
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Roman Šebrle, current WR holder and olympic champion for the decathlon.
It requires great strength, endurance. An alround athlete.
Probably ideal height 1m85 and weight 86 kg to be an alround athlete.
agreed!
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typical black american mentality..
all about $$ and nothing about passion..
i expected that from you....its in your culture. .sad..
Dont ever say anything about people being racist toxic...you try to slip in your little .2 sterotypes and u couldnt be further from the truth
...The basis from which I inquire about the finincial status of the crickets most celebrated athlete is to point out the popularity and marketability of said sport....It is popular becaus of history. But America football on the other hand is extremely marketable hence you see the top players making 100mil dollars.
And I really thing you need to get out more because blanket statements reveal lack of exposure...
p.s. you are a gay