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re: Greatest athlete ever...
Posted on 7/5/15 at 7:09 am to Ohiotigerfan
Posted on 7/5/15 at 7:09 am to Ohiotigerfan
Jim Brown singlehandedly changed a rule in lacrosse that is still in effect today. He used to tuck the ball to his chest and no one could get the ball from him. He was the best lacrosse player in America when he played for Syracuse. Now all lacrosse players have to keep the ball outside of their bodies.
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Posted on 7/5/15 at 7:41 am to LC-LSU-FAN
HeHateMe
Posted on 7/5/15 at 7:59 am to MadMaxwell
Jim Thorpe
Posted on 7/5/15 at 8:01 am to ELVIS U
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NOT Bruce Jenner
LOL. He has to be considered in any discussion of the greatest athlete ever as an Olympic decathlon champion like Rafer Johnson.
Posted on 7/5/15 at 8:13 am to Ralph_Wiggum
Bo Jackson just has marketing and media hype behind him. There are far more appropriate answers to this question than bo. How bout Dave Winfield for example..
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Following college, Winfield was drafted by four teams in three different sports. The San Diego Padres selected him as a pitcher with the fourth overall pick in the MLB draft and both the Atlanta Hawks (NBA) and the Utah Stars (ABA) drafted him. Though he never played college football, the Minnesota Vikings selected Winfield in the 17th round of the NFL draft.
Posted on 7/5/15 at 8:23 am to WG_Dawg
Jackie Robinson has to be considered in this conversation.
He and Thorpe stand out as far as all-around athletic ability.
He and Thorpe stand out as far as all-around athletic ability.
Posted on 7/5/15 at 8:25 am to LC-LSU-FAN
Bo
Posted on 7/5/15 at 8:35 am to LC-LSU-FAN
Jim Thorpe
Posted on 7/5/15 at 8:42 am to LC-LSU-FAN
E.G. Green
Posted on 7/5/15 at 8:51 am to Paul Allen
Ratphuc Hobley
Posted on 7/5/15 at 8:57 am to LC-LSU-FAN
1. Magic Johnson
2. Michael Jordan
3. Bo Jackson
4. Pete Maravich
5. Deion Sanders
2. Michael Jordan
3. Bo Jackson
4. Pete Maravich
5. Deion Sanders
Posted on 7/5/15 at 9:07 am to UsingUpAllTheLetters
Kaitlyn Jenner
Only woman in history to win the men's Olympic decathlon gold medal.
Only woman in history to win the men's Olympic decathlon gold medal.
Posted on 7/5/15 at 9:09 am to LC-LSU-FAN
Winfield was drafted in baseball, basketball and football. He should be near the top.
ETA: Dawg beat me to DW.
ETA: Dawg beat me to DW.
This post was edited on 7/5/15 at 9:11 am
Posted on 7/5/15 at 9:18 am to LC-LSU-FAN
LBJ is the best athlete I've ever seen. His combination of physical tools: size/speed/athleticism/power/endurance/durability mixed with his intangibles: mature/leader/competitiveness/iq/discipline is the rarest I've ever seen. I am truly in awe watching him a lot of times.
Posted on 7/5/15 at 9:54 am to CtotheVrzrbck
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and there's this tiny gymnast Simone Biles who's now a 2 time US National and World champion. That girl is stupidly athletic. Just crazy how explosive she is
Did you really put a gymnastics chick in the greatest athletes of all time discussion?
Posted on 7/5/15 at 9:58 am to EastNastySwag
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He used to tuck the ball to his chest and no one could get the ball from him.
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He was the best lacrosse player in America when he played for Syracuse
Sounds like he found a loophole in the rules. That's a lot different than being the greatest in a sport.
Posted on 7/5/15 at 10:42 am to Mr.Perfect
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Sounds like he found a loophole in the rules. That's a lot different than being the greatest in a sport.
He's in the lacrosse Hall of Fame, so he was pretty decent. And what he did was perfectly legal at the time, sooooo.....
Posted on 7/5/15 at 10:58 am to LC-LSU-FAN
Emil Zatopek
This guy was pretty dominate in long distance running. The Czech team was short on runners during the olympics and he decided he would run a marathon for the first time....during the olympics. During the 1952 olympics, he set world records in the 5,000m, 10,000m, and the marathon (on his first attempt).
As he was running in the marathon, he went up besides the British (and current world record holder) Jim Peters and asked if they were running too fast. Peters said "No" even though he was running pretty hard, so Emil ran past him and went on to break his record.
Ann Trason was also insane at long distance running. During the high point of her career, she was running something near an ultra every other month, and won every one, like 64 straight, in the women's category.
Running fascinates me.
This guy was pretty dominate in long distance running. The Czech team was short on runners during the olympics and he decided he would run a marathon for the first time....during the olympics. During the 1952 olympics, he set world records in the 5,000m, 10,000m, and the marathon (on his first attempt).
As he was running in the marathon, he went up besides the British (and current world record holder) Jim Peters and asked if they were running too fast. Peters said "No" even though he was running pretty hard, so Emil ran past him and went on to break his record.
Ann Trason was also insane at long distance running. During the high point of her career, she was running something near an ultra every other month, and won every one, like 64 straight, in the women's category.
Running fascinates me.
Posted on 7/5/15 at 11:46 am to LC-LSU-FAN
I'm surprised no-one has mentioned a hockey player since they can skate so fast and are so athletic ,you know. 
Posted on 7/5/15 at 2:13 pm to Plankton
Vitali Klitschko
-45 wins 41 KOs. Greatest KO% of any heavyweight champion in history
-Never been knocked down. Only heavyweight champion history who's never been down in his career
-Never been down on the cards at any point in any fight
-Six-time kickboxing world champion, twice as an amateur and four times as a professional. His record was 34-1 with 22 knockouts.
-45 wins 41 KOs. Greatest KO% of any heavyweight champion in history
-Never been knocked down. Only heavyweight champion history who's never been down in his career
-Never been down on the cards at any point in any fight
-Six-time kickboxing world champion, twice as an amateur and four times as a professional. His record was 34-1 with 22 knockouts.
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