|Montana Bengal| Posted August 17, 2008 Report Share Posted August 17, 2008 Wayne Gretzky...of course it depends on how you define greatest athlete. [quote]Upon his retirement on April 18, 1999, he held forty regular-season records, fifteen playoff records, and six All-Star records.[8] He is the only NHL player to total over 200 points in one season—a feat he accomplished four times. In addition, he tallied over 100 points in 15 NHL seasons, 13 of them consecutively. [b]He is the only player to have his number (99) officially retired by the NHL for all teams.[/b][/quote] [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Gretzky"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Gretzky[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Bunghole| Posted August 17, 2008 Report Share Posted August 17, 2008 [quote name='ThurmanMunster' post='688015' date='Aug 16 2008, 09:06 AM']well he didnt hurt his knee playing golf.[/quote] Hurt it from going through all the chapters of the [i]Kama Sutra [/i]with his hot white she-devil, maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTBengalsFan Posted August 17, 2008 Report Share Posted August 17, 2008 Michael Phelps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Bengal Migration| Posted August 17, 2008 Report Share Posted August 17, 2008 [quote name='CTBengalsFan' post='688156' date='Aug 17 2008, 01:23 PM']Michael Phelps.[/quote] I'll second that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jason Posted August 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2008 [quote name='CTBengalsFan' post='688156' date='Aug 16 2008, 11:23 PM']Michael Phelps.[/quote] Probably the greatest swimmer of all time. But greatest athlete? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTBengalsFan Posted August 17, 2008 Report Share Posted August 17, 2008 [url="http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=hill/080816"]http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=hill/080816[/url] [url="http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/summer08/columns/story?columnist=forde_pat&id=3539324"]http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/summer08/col...&id=3539324[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|BlackJesus| Posted August 17, 2008 Report Share Posted August 17, 2008 [b]1. Jesse Owens 2. Red Grange 3. Jim Thorpe[/b] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Bengal Migration| Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 [quote name='Jason' post='688203' date='Aug 18 2008, 12:16 AM']Probably the greatest swimmer of all time. But greatest athlete?[/quote] I'm not sure, but I think he's earned being in the discussion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted August 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 [quote name='BlackJesus' post='688247' date='Aug 17 2008, 03:22 PM'][b][color="#FF0000"]1. Jesse Owens[/color] 2. Red Grange 3. Jim Thorpe[/b][/quote] See, BJ, you are an Ohio State fan, you just don't know it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claptonrocks Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 You have to look at it in eras... Jim Thorpe did many things well.. Babe Ditrickson Zaharis was a marvel as well... Deion Sanders can play most sports at a high level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#22 Posted August 6, 2009 Report Share Posted August 6, 2009 (ThurmanMunster @ Aug 15 2008, 02:41 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=687851"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->funny how i use something to support my case such as what he has DONE and u just mention what he looks like. yet he was offered a contract to play pro soccer...................looks dont mean shit. he isnt slow.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--> _____________________________________________________ He's right, you know. Just look at this guy! [img]http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/3277/warioml8.jpg[/img] There's a soccer player who isn't going to be barfing into the trash cans on the side of the field. Really, though, I'd nominate one of these guys (probably BO): [img]http://image.allmusic.com/13/adg/cov200/dru200/u293/u29317eitmp.jpg[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Bengal Migration| Posted August 8, 2009 Report Share Posted August 8, 2009 Impressive necro bump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThurmanMunster Posted August 9, 2009 Report Share Posted August 9, 2009 After last night it might be Anderson Silva. And when he retires from UFC and boxes Roy Jones Jr and wins he will add to that legacy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooky Posted October 9, 2009 Report Share Posted October 9, 2009 As much as I hate him, Danny Ainge deserves mention. I'm not nominating him, but he was a pretty amazing athlete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmishBengalFan Posted October 9, 2009 Report Share Posted October 9, 2009 Why is this thread even here? This was settled more than 30 years ago... [img]http://cdn3.ioffer.com/img/item/115/926/093/5tySXe71ZBqgPwK.jpg[/img] it's Jan-Michael Vincent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|High School Harry| Posted October 11, 2009 Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 [quote name='Chris Henrys Dealer' date='14 August 2008 - 05:36 PM' timestamp='1218746204' post='687626'] For overall best athlete, I'd put Jim Brown in there as well. He gets most of the credit for his football career, but he was a great all round athlete. Stanley Mathews from England played rugby, cricket and soccer for his country despite chain smoking. Very fast and a great athlete. Arguably any decathlon winner in the Olympics or world record holder has to be up there. For domination in one sport, Australian cricketer Don Bradman by a mile. England actually tried to fracture his skull to stop him. (they didn't, but one of his team mates did get his skull fractured) Then probably Jordan and Gretzky. [/quote] Jim Brown can be the subject of a great sports trivia question. Name the only athlete in both the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the College Lacrosse Hall of Fame. Lacrosse was actually his preferred sport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BengalRep85-9 Posted October 11, 2009 Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 I nominate Babe Ruth. Check out these stats: * 3rd on all-time home run list with 714 * 10th on all-time batting average list with .342 * 2nd on all-time RBI list with 2,217 * 1st on all-time slugging % with 0.690 * 2nd on all-time on-base % list with .474 * 1st on all-time OPS with 1.164 * 4th on all-time runs list with 2,174 * 6th on all-time total bases list with 5,793 * 3rd on all-time bases on balls list with 2,062 He also led the league in home runs 12 times, slugging percentage 13 times, OPS 13 times, runs scored eight times, and RBI's six times. The first 4 are still MLB records and will almost certainly never be broken. That's ALL TIME and only his batting stats. He also went 94-46 as a pitcher (that's a .671 win pct) with a 2.28 ERA. He pitched 107 complete games with 17 shut outs. From wiki: In 1998, The Sporting News ranked Ruth number 1 on the list of "Baseball's 100 Greatest Players." In 1999, baseball fans named Ruth to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team.[3] In 1969, he was named baseball's Greatest Player Ever in a ballot commemorating the 100th anniversary of professional baseball. In 1993, the Associated Press reported that Ruth was tied with Muhammad Ali as the most recognized athletes, out of 1000 dead or alive athletes, in America.[4] According to ESPN, he was the first true American sports celebrity superstar whose fame transcended baseball.[5] Did not know this: The Cincinnati Reds, who had an agreement with the Orioles, also passed on Ruth. Instead, the team elected to take George Twombley and Claud Derrick. OUCH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Elflocko| Posted October 11, 2009 Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 [quote name='BengalRep85-9' date='10 October 2009 - 07:29 PM' timestamp='1255224566' post='813300'] I nominate Babe Ruth. Check out these stats: * 3rd on all-time home run list with 714 * 10th on all-time batting average list with .342 * 2nd on all-time RBI list with 2,217 * 1st on all-time slugging % with 0.690 * 2nd on all-time on-base % list with .474 * 1st on all-time OPS with 1.164 * 4th on all-time runs list with 2,174 * 6th on all-time total bases list with 5,793 * 3rd on all-time bases on balls list with 2,062 He also led the league in home runs 12 times, slugging percentage 13 times, OPS 13 times, runs scored eight times, and RBI's six times. The first 4 are still MLB records and will almost certainly never be broken. That's ALL TIME and only his batting stats. He also went 94-46 as a pitcher (that's a .671 win pct) with a 2.28 ERA. He pitched 107 complete games with 17 shut outs. From wiki: In 1998, The Sporting News ranked Ruth number 1 on the list of "Baseball's 100 Greatest Players." In 1999, baseball fans named Ruth to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team.[3] In 1969, he was named baseball's Greatest Player Ever in a ballot commemorating the 100th anniversary of professional baseball. In 1993, the Associated Press reported that Ruth was tied with Muhammad Ali as the most recognized athletes, out of 1000 dead or alive athletes, in America.[4] According to ESPN, he was the first true American sports celebrity superstar whose fame transcended baseball.[5] Did not know this: The Cincinnati Reds, who had an agreement with the Orioles, also passed on Ruth. Instead, the team elected to take George Twombley and Claud Derrick. OUCH [/quote] That's one hell of an argument right there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmishBengalFan Posted February 2, 2010 Report Share Posted February 2, 2010 What, THIS topic again got bumped again? I'm telling y'all, fellas, the World's Greatest Athlete is Jan-Michael Vincent. Period. [img]http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51WPGK42ZFL._SL500_AA280_.jpg[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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