That's true
But the American ones sure as hell are
Name one just one American jooooo athlete in a hard tough guy sport like baseball, basketball, boxing, football

Cal Abrams, US, outfielder[2]
Rubén Amaro, Jr., US, former outfielder, assistant (Boston Red Sox)[2]
Morrie Arnovich, US, outfielder, All-Star[2]
Brad Ausmus, US, catcher, All-Star, 3x Gold Glove, manager of the Detroit Tigers[2]
José Bautista, Dominican-born, pitcher[2]
Robert "Bo" Belinsky, US, pitcher. Pitched no-hit game as rookie with Los Angeles Angels in 1962.[3]
Moe Berg, US, catcher & shortstop, and spy for US in World War II[2]
Richard Bleier, US, pitcher (Baltimore Orioles)
Ron Blomberg, US, DH/first baseman/outfielder, Major League Baseball's first designated hitter[4]
Lou Boudreau, US, shortstop, 8x All-Star, batting title, MVP, Baseball Hall of Fame, manager[2]
Ralph Branca, US, pitcher, 3x All-Star[5]
Ryan Braun, US, outfielder, 2007 Rookie of the Year, home run champion, 5x All-Star, 5x Silver Slugger, 2011 National League MVP (Milwaukee Brewers)[6]
Alex Bregman, US, infielder (Houston Astros)
Craig Breslow, US, relief pitcher (Minnesota Twins)[2]
Mark Clear, US, relief pitcher, 2x All-Star[7]
Andy Cohen, US, second baseman, coach
Harry Danning, US, catcher, 4x All-Star[2][8]
Ike Davis, US, first baseman[9]
Cody Decker, US, first baseman
Moe Drabowsky, US, pitcher[10]
Harry Eisenstat, US, pitcher[11]
Mike Epstein, US, first baseman[2]
Harry Feldman, US, pitcher[2]
Scott Feldman, US, pitcher (Cincinnati Reds)[2]
Gavin Fingleson, South African-born Australian, Olympic silver medalist[12]
Nate Freiman, US, first baseman (Boston Red Sox)[13][14]
Max Fried, US, pitcher (Atlanta Braves)[15]
Sam Fuld, US, outfielder (Oakland Athletics)[16]
Brad Goldberg, US, pitcher (Chicago White Sox)[17]
Sid Gordon, US, outfielder & third baseman, 2x All-Star[2]
John Grabow, US, relief pitcher[2]
Shawn Green, US, right fielder, 2x All-Star, Gold Glove, Silver Slugger[2]
Hank Greenberg, US, first baseman & outfielder, 5x All-Star, 4x home run champion, 4x RBI leader, 2x MVP, Baseball Hall of Fame[2]
Ken Holtzman, US, starting pitcher, 2x All-Star[2]
Joe Horlen, US, pitcher, All-Star, ERA leader[2]
Gabe Kapler, US, outfielder[2]
Ty Kelly, US, utility player[2]
Ian Kinsler, US, second baseman, 4x All-Star (Los Angeles Angels)[18]
Sandy Koufax, US, starting pitcher, 6x All-Star, 5x ERA leader, 4x strikeouts leader, 3x Wins leader, 2x W-L% leader, 1 perfect game, MVP, 3x Cy Young Award, Baseball Hall of Fame[2]
Barry Latman, US, pitcher[11]
Ryan Lavarnway, US, catcher (Oakland Athletics)[19]
Al Levine, US, relief pitcher[2]
Jesse Levis, US, catcher, (Cleveland Indians and Milwaukee Brewers)[20]
Mike Lieberthal, US, catcher, 2x All-Star, Gold Glove[2]
Elliott Maddox, US, outfielder & third baseman[2]
Jason Marquis, US, starting pitcher, Silver Slugger, All Star (free agent)[2]
Erskine Mayer, US, pitcher[2]
Bob Melvin, US, catcher & manager of the Oakland Athletics[21]
Jon Moscot, US, pitcher (Cincinnati Reds)[22]
Sam Nahem, US, pitcher[2]
Jeff Newman, US, catcher & first baseman, All-Star, manager[2]
Joc Pederson, US, outfielder (Los Angeles Dodgers)[23]
Barney Pelty, US, pitcher[2]
Lipman Pike, US, outfielder, second baseman, & manager, 4x home run champion, RBI leader[2]
Kevin Pillar, US, outfielder (Toronto Blue Jays)
Aaron Poreda, US, pitcher [2]
Scott Radinsky, US, relief pitcher[2]
Dave Roberts, US, pitcher[2]
Saul Rogovin, US, pitcher[2]
Al Rosen, US, third baseman & first baseman, 4x All-Star, 2x home run champion, 2x RBI leader, MVP[2]
Goody Rosen, Canada, outfielder, All-Star[2]
Harry Rosenberg, US, outfielder[21]
Lou Rosenberg, US, second baseman[21]
Josh Satin, US, second baseman [24]
Richie Scheinblum, US, outfielder, All-Star[2]
Scott Schoeneweis, US, pitcher[2]
Art Shamsky, US, outfielder & first baseman[2]
Ryan Sherriff, US, pitcher (St. Louis Cardinals)[25]
Larry Sherry, US, relief pitcher[2]
Norm Sherry, US, catcher & manager[2]
Mose Solomon, US, outfielder[2]
George Stone, US, outfielder, 1x batting title[26]
Steve Stone, US, starting pitcher, All-Star, Cy Young Award[2]
Danny Valencia, US, third baseman (Seattle Mariners)[27]
Phil "Mickey" Weintraub, US, first baseman & outfielder
Steve Yeager, US, catcher[2]
Kevin Youkilis, US, first baseman, third baseman, & left fielder, 3x All-Star, Gold Glove, Hank Aaron Award[2]
Josh Zeid, US, pitcher[28]