Greatest Athlete of All Time
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Someday... Jon "Bones" Jones will take the crown.
Mighty NorCal
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Billy Gunn too. Ask JR, he will tell you all about it.
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There really can't be much of a question about it, as I've said earlier. People are trying to guess who's better in different sports not their own, the answer to EVERY one is Jim Thorpe. The guy practically did everything. He was a great decathlete, pentathlete, great professional American Football player, very good professional baseball player, and a professional basketball player. If Hockey was known when Thorpe was a pro, he'd probably be a good pro hockey player too. The sumbitch could do it all at a professional level.
I was also thinking about Ryan Leaf and Matt Leinart, too.
Mighty NorCal
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I know everyone will boo and hiss at this but
Lebron James was a top 5 recruit in football in HS. Also, uh, good at basketball, obviously. Dude is 6'8 270 pounds and probably has a 50 inch vert. Pretty sure he could bust a 4.6 40 as well.
Lebron James was a top 5 recruit in football in HS. Also, uh, good at basketball, obviously. Dude is 6'8 270 pounds and probably has a 50 inch vert. Pretty sure he could bust a 4.6 40 as well.
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Is there a reason you CLEARLY missed Jim Thorpe there, a better athlete then Deion and Bo combined?
I ain't gonna boo and hiss bout it. Hell, I would find it hysterical if he pulls a Jordan, retires from Basketball to sign with the Browns and win a Super Bowl. He'd bring Cleveland a championship.
Jim Thorpe is still a better athlete then everyone else combined though.
Jim Brown arguably the greatest running back of all time, a hall of fame lacrosse player, and a double digit scorer in college basketball. He also lettered in track and was offered a minor league contract by the yankees
Jackie Robinson was an all american running back UCLA, a starting point guard who led the Pac 10 in scoring, a greatb track athlete, and he wasn't too bad at baseball either.
Dave Winfield was drafted in both MLB, the NFL, the NBA, and the ABA.
So many great options were out there.
Jackie Robinson was an all american running back UCLA, a starting point guard who led the Pac 10 in scoring, a greatb track athlete, and he wasn't too bad at baseball either.
Dave Winfield was drafted in both MLB, the NFL, the NBA, and the ABA.
So many great options were out there.
Mighty NorCal
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Straight up forgot Jim Brown, very correct, very good pick
I made a case for him with the opening post in the sports stadium thread, but decided it would be best to just defend the guy I believed was the best out of the three the competitors picked.
Mighty NorCal
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I would still probably go with Deion Sanders, but still, good look.
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Athletics in general must not be ver popular in North America fullstop... outside of Thorpe, Owens, Bolt and Johnson, there has been basically no mention of any Olympian.
What about Olympic speed skaters and biathletes? Two forms of athlete that would make Wayne Gretzky look like an unfit hack.
What about Olympic gymnasts whose combination of speed, strength, balance and agility would make Michael Jordan look like an amateur?
Suggesting an NFL player is also very suspect in my mind. Not only is it a team game but everything they do is anaerobic - short, sharp bursts. A professional rugby player is not only as big as any NFL player but he covers far more ground and plays for longer stints that 10 secs at a time. Also, I would put someone like Bryan Habana up against any NFL player in a footrace and I think he would more than hold his own.
What about Olympic speed skaters and biathletes? Two forms of athlete that would make Wayne Gretzky look like an unfit hack.
What about Olympic gymnasts whose combination of speed, strength, balance and agility would make Michael Jordan look like an amateur?
Suggesting an NFL player is also very suspect in my mind. Not only is it a team game but everything they do is anaerobic - short, sharp bursts. A professional rugby player is not only as big as any NFL player but he covers far more ground and plays for longer stints that 10 secs at a time. Also, I would put someone like Bryan Habana up against any NFL player in a footrace and I think he would more than hold his own.
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It's not the most athletic sportsman, it's the greatest athlete.
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Darelle Revis? I agree, he might be one of the greatest athlete of all time.... Still doesn't have anything on Jim Thorpe though.
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sarcasm. But Revis at the end of his career will be on par with Deion.
If he stays healthy then it's a definite possibility.
