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Jesse Owen. Lucky Hitler left so he didn't have to shake that sh*thead's hand.
James Thorpe. Fricking awesome in everything he tried. |
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Some years Babe Ruth hit as many home runs as the rest of the American League combined
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The Great One was a man playing against boys. Most of his records will never be broken. "protection". |
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Michael Phelps
Michael Fred Phelps II is an American competition swimmer and the most decorated Olympian of all time, with a total of 22 medals in three Olympiads. |
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Wow, people here do not have much grasp of sport, or history.
Living? Probably Cael Sanderson. Dead, probably Jesse Owens. Owens excelled a lot of events, and owned many world records. Sanderson went undefeated over four years in what is probably the most challenging 1:1 sport. |
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Johnny Weissmuller. A swimmer who apparently never worked out or even tried, just outswam everyone. View Quote |
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He was after my time, but Jimmie Johnson is a real dominator in nascar.
John Force was a dominating force (npi) in Funny cars. Tennis tends to go through dominate eras. |
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Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, Michael Phelps, Dale Earnhardt, Wayne Gretzky? Someone else? View Quote Michael Schumacher. |
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Eh I've got to throw out Mickey Mantle. I still argue there has yet to be another player that offered what he did. Hit balls further than anyone before or after, from both sides of the plate, I'm fairly sure the fastest or one of to 1st base. Had it not been for a freak injury and a self destructive attitude there is no telling what he could have accomplished.
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Thinking more about it, Rocky Marciano has to be at or near the top. 49-0, 43 KO's. Fought real contenders. Defended his title like a man.
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NHL: Gretzky
NFL: Brown MLB: Young NBA: Jordan MLS: Beckham Swimmer: Phelps Golf: Palmer Cycling: Lance Boxing: Mayweather MMA: Fedor / Silva |
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Secretariat - Belmont Stakes 1973 |
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I used to live a few houses down from McGrath. My roomate was a pro rider (douchebag) and he wanted to teach me to ride. So he had me start on a mini-bike and zip up a down the block. McGrath was outside and we shot the shit for a bit. Super nice guy. View Quote Also, in a more limited timeframe, Mike Tyson and Bo Jackson. |
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Came here to post this. View Quote ETA: From Wikipedia Edwin Corley Moses is an American former track and field athlete who won gold medals in the 400 m hurdles at the 1976 and 1984 Olympics. Between 1977 and 1987, Moses won 107 consecutive finals and set the world record in the event four times |
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Dennis connor he pushed world class sailing to catamarans, it never went back to the classic 11 meters
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I've heard that from numerous people - in a sport that has plenty of douchenozzles, nice to hear that he and Pastrana are down to earth dudes. Also, in a more limited timeframe, Mike Tyson and Bo Jackson. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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I used to live a few houses down from McGrath. My roomate was a pro rider (douchebag) and he wanted to teach me to ride. So he had me start on a mini-bike and zip up a down the block. McGrath was outside and we shot the shit for a bit. Super nice guy. Also, in a more limited timeframe, Mike Tyson and Bo Jackson. |
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M.J. hands down. Tiger woods was on his track til the hookers/blow phase set in
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RC had 48 supercross wins. JM had 72. In his prime, he was unbeatable in supercross.
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RC had 48 supercross wins. JM had 72. In his prime, he was unbeatable in supercross. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Michael Jordan is the obvious choice. But there were plenty of other athletes who were essentially unbeatable at their peak. Usain Bolt sprinting, Jeremy McGrath at supercross, Tucker Hibbert in Snocross. |
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Not. While Lemiuex had talent and skill, he did not have the head for the game G-Man had. View Quote And Edmonton won the cup the year AFTER Gretzky went to L.A., no way Pittsburgh wins a cup without Lemieux. |
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I've heard that from numerous people - in a sport that has plenty of douchenozzles, nice to hear that he and Pastrana are down to earth dudes. Also, in a more limited timeframe, Mike Tyson and Bo Jackson. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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I used to live a few houses down from McGrath. My roomate was a pro rider (douchebag) and he wanted to teach me to ride. So he had me start on a mini-bike and zip up a down the block. McGrath was outside and we shot the shit for a bit. Super nice guy. Also, in a more limited timeframe, Mike Tyson and Bo Jackson. But it most pro athletes I've met were dicks. High school jocks that never grew out of the phase. Not all. But most. The one one exception was pro fighters. All that I met were super humble and super nice. I suspect getting your teeth knocked out on television humbles your ego a bit. Pro fighters, who have the right to be Alpha dicks, never were. JME. YMMV. |
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Tiger Woods Michael Jordan Mike Tyson Ricky Carmichael Michael Phelps Nolan Ryan |
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Michael Jordan is the obvious choice. But there were plenty of other athletes who were essentially unbeatable at their peak. Usain Bolt sprinting, Jeremy McGrath at supercross, Tucker Hibbert in Snocross. |
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McGrath was the better Supercross racer, but Little Ricky was the better overall racer (Moto/Supercross). View Quote Ricky would blast full throttle and just skip across the top like a flat stone over water. Insane balls of iron. |
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Eric Heiden, 1980 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid. 5 individual Gold medals, encompassing every distance, from sprints (500M) up through long distance endurance (10,000M) events. The only person to ever do so in the Winter Olympics. And I haven't even gone into his career and dominance aside from the Olympics.
Essentially, imagine if Carl Lewis won every individual running event from the 100 Meters up to, and including, the marathon in a single Olympics. Heiden did that AND he did it against the world's best, as there wasn't a boycott of his games by any of the best competition. |
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