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Who do you think is the Greatest Sports person of all time
This is so hard to choose as there are so many. So im going to do it in categories
Athletics, Usain Bolt Basketball, Michael Jordan Boxing, Sugar Ray Robinson Cricket, Don Bradman Football, Diego Maradona Golf, Tiger Woods Rugby Union, Richie McCaw Swimming, Michael Phelps Tennis, Rod Laver |
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Eddie the Eagle
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Jocky Wilson
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To each his own, I'm not a dedicated sports fan, although originating in East London, but domiciled for years in South London, I still like to check on West Ham's results.
I digress, for me, having spent a great deal of time in the U.S. in the nineties, the home run race between Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals, and Sammy Sosa, of the Chicago Cubs was electrifying in the 1998 season. It finished with McGwire hitting 70, and Sosa 66, but I always rooted for McGwire, he was a great ball player, and a sporting gentleman. Last I heard he was a bench coach for the San Diego Padres. |
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Paula's marathon World Record is the most outstanding record on the books being nearly 3 minutes faster than any other woman has ever run.
Can't see any other record as good as this one. It may not be beaten for another few decades. She must then be considered the GOAT. |
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Rocky
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Gazza.
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Cycling - Eddie Merckx
Flat jockey - Lester Piggott Jumps jockey - AP McCoy Sports animals - NH Horse - Arkle Flat horse - Frankel Greyhound - Mick The Miller |
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Maradona, my arse!
General discussion, my arse! |
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Michael Schumacher and Usain Bolt.
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This is so hard to choose as there are so many. So im going to do it in categories
Athletics, Usain Bolt Basketball, Michael Jordan Boxing, Sugar Ray Robinson Cricket, Don Bradman Football, Diego Maradona Golf, Tiger Woods Rugby Union, Richie McCaw Swimming, Michael Phelps Tennis, Rod Laver More modern day equivalents would be people like Garfield Sobers, Brian Lara, Viv Richards, Sachin Tendulkar, Steve/Mark Waugh, Jacques Kallis, Ian Botham, Chris Gayle, Cory Anderson, AB de Villiers etc. Tennis: Roger Federer or Pete Sampras. Formula 1: Michael Schumacher. |
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The only four sports I find very easy to say who the greatest are -
Rally - Sebastien Loeb Athletics sprint - Usain Bolt Swimming - Michael Phelps Snowboard Half-pipe - Shaun White But a lot of other sports have so many possibles and 'clash of eras', like boxing, football and tennis. You know, the usual argument of "would such and such have been able to compete in today's game" etc. |
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Isnt Muhammad Ali the greatest????
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Muhammad Ali without any doubt.
Nobody else in the ball park. |
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Hughie Teape
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Senna would have raced rings around Schumacher in equal cars.
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Muhammad Ali
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Ayrton Senna.
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I'd definitely go for Don Bradman. No modern cricketer is going to get a batting average like he did.
More modern day equivalents would be people like Garfield Sobers, Brian Lara, Viv Richards, Sachin Tendulkar, Steve/Mark Waugh, Jacques Kallis, Ian Botham, Chris Gayle, Cory Anderson, AB de Villiers etc. Tennis: Roger Federer or Pete Sampras. Formula 1: Michael Schumacher. |
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maybe Michael Ballack.
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Over all sports I would go for Michael Jordan. Best Brit I would go for Daley Thompson.
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Undertaker.
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Isnt Muhammad Ali the greatest????
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Cycling - Eddie Merckx
Flat jockey - Lester Piggott Jumps jockey - AP McCoy Sports animals - NH Horse - Arkle Flat horse - Frankel Greyhound - Mick The Miller ![]() For me, (even though I was a young child) Flat race horses such as Mill Reef, Nijinsky, and a little known superstar, Brigadier Gerard were just wonderful and mesmerising to watch. And for the Steeplechaser's, Red Rum. For the humans, Muhammad Ali, Usain Bolt, Pele, George Best and probably a few more that I can't think of right now. |
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THIS. Can't believe it took until the 13th post before his name was even mentioned. Tsk tsk..
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