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re: Biggest sports deaths
Posted on 1/26/20 at 7:50 pm to baybeefeetz
Posted on 1/26/20 at 7:50 pm to baybeefeetz
Hank Gathers.
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Posted on 1/26/20 at 7:50 pm to baybeefeetz
I have always remembered the death of Hank Gathers, primarily because it occurred on the court during a game.
Posted on 1/26/20 at 7:51 pm to baybeefeetz
Easily “top” 2-3
Posted on 1/26/20 at 7:51 pm to northLAgoomba
Yeah during an event also adds a lot of significance to it. Part of why Earnhardt was so huge. Hank gathers is a big one to me.
Posted on 1/26/20 at 7:51 pm to baybeefeetz
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Closer they were to their prime, the bigger it is as to that person
Or conversely, potential unfulfilled, life not lived. To an athlete dying young, Len Bias, Hank Gathers, etc.
Posted on 1/26/20 at 7:51 pm to baybeefeetz
Reggie Lewis as well.
Posted on 1/26/20 at 7:51 pm to Cash
Who the hell is downvoting the Munich Air Disaster as a tragedy? I'm a 'pool fan and I know it was awful.
Posted on 1/26/20 at 7:52 pm to baybeefeetz
Kobe was one of the greatest to ever play his sport, and one of the most recognizable athletes in the last 20 years, dying only a few years after his retirement.
He’s #1 by a wide margin
He’s #1 by a wide margin
Posted on 1/26/20 at 7:52 pm to AUCE05
Mickey Mantle was THE childhood idol for a couple generations.
What’s up with calling him a drunk? Casting stones from a glass house, in reference to Bryant, eh?
You millennials are hilariously short-sighted.
What’s up with calling him a drunk? Casting stones from a glass house, in reference to Bryant, eh?
You millennials are hilariously short-sighted.
Posted on 1/26/20 at 7:52 pm to JakeFromStateFarm
Totally agree
Posted on 1/26/20 at 7:52 pm to baybeefeetz
I'll be 56 years old tomorrow and it's the biggest of my lifetime.
Posted on 1/26/20 at 7:53 pm to baybeefeetz
This is easily the biggest in my lifetime- 38yo.
The daughter aspect makes it infinitely worse.
I remember Payne Stewart and dale earnhardt, and no disrespect to either of them, this is bigger.
The daughter aspect makes it infinitely worse.
I remember Payne Stewart and dale earnhardt, and no disrespect to either of them, this is bigger.
This post was edited on 1/26/20 at 7:55 pm
Posted on 1/26/20 at 7:53 pm to Dubosed
Happy birthday
Posted on 1/26/20 at 7:53 pm to baybeefeetz
Though not as sudden a shock, Lou Gehrig.
Posted on 1/26/20 at 7:55 pm to baybeefeetz
I mean Kobe was retired. If you really want to rank deaths, I would put guys who died that were still active ahead of this one.
Posted on 1/26/20 at 7:56 pm to baybeefeetz
Lou Gehrig was 4 years younger than Kobe at the time of his death and would have still been a productive player had he not had ALS.
Posted on 1/26/20 at 7:56 pm to TchoupitoulasStreet
That is a factor but not dispositive. Youth is a big factor.
Posted on 1/26/20 at 7:56 pm to baybeefeetz
Growing up in NE Ohio, Steve Olin and Tim Crews was pretty big.
Posted on 1/26/20 at 7:56 pm to texashorn
Are you that slow? Everyone was surprised Mantle lived that long. Even Mantle. No one on the planet saw this coming.
Posted on 1/26/20 at 7:57 pm to LSU82BILL
Suddenness also a huge factor in the bigness.
Extent to which the person transcended his sport is also a big part of it.
Extent to which the person transcended his sport is also a big part of it.
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