Best athletes you've seen in your lifetime

CalState · Jan 2, 2006

A vote for Michael Johnson (you can use Jim Brown if you saw some of his playing days).

Another vote for Bo Jackson

And Budworth is torn between Bo Jackson and Julius Peppers......which one is/was better from what you've seen???

Updated tally........

Bo Jackson (7)
Barry Sanders (2)
Michael Johnson (1)
Shaq Diesel (1)
Wayne Gretzky (1)
Pedro Martinez (1)
Willie Mays (1)
Michael Jordan (1)

Kiss1 · Jan 2, 2006

Edwin Moses

CalState · Jan 2, 2006

Wow.....these results are surprising to me. I thought Jordan would take it, although I knew Bo and Barry Sanders would be in the mix, along with some track & field athletes.

Updated tally........

Bo Jackson (7)
Barry Sanders (2)
Edwin Moses (1)
Michael Johnson (1)
Shaq Diesel (1)
Wayne Gretzky (1)
Pedro Martinez (1)
Willie Mays (1)
Michael Jordan (1)

Budworth22 · Jan 2, 2006

While Peppers is a better athlete, I will go with Bo because he had a bigger margin of greatness over his competition.

CalState · Jan 2, 2006

None of the baby-boomers for Sandy Koufax, Bob Gibson, Jim Brown? How about Wilt the Stilt? Carl Lewis? Dr. J? Dominique Wilkins? Magic or Bird? Kobe, Garnett, Iverson? Elway? Montana? Jerry Rice?

John Daly? Phil Helmuth? Anybody?

:smoker2:

CalState · Jan 2, 2006

Bo Jackson (8)
Barry Sanders (2)
Edwin Moses (1)
Michael Johnson (1)
Shaq Diesel (1)
Wayne Gretzky (1)
Pedro Martinez (1)
Willie Mays (1)
Michael Jordan (1)

kermit16 · Jan 2, 2006

Skating ... My cousin Tonya Harding !:lolBIG:

CalState · Jan 2, 2006

kermit16 said:
Skating ... My cousin Tonya Harding !:lolBIG:

Is she really your cousin?????

catsfan · Jan 2, 2006

Bo Jackson.
I met him after the Alabama/ Auburn game a few weeks back.. He looks like he could still play today. The guy was solid as a rock and a really classy man.

CalRedwood · Jan 2, 2006

CalState that was real nice doing a list for your late father...I lost my dad in 2005 also and he was a great sportsfan. I had this discussion with him and he mandated a rule that you had too see the guy perform in person not just tv.
His List: Jim Thorpe,Bob Mathias,Ted Williams,Jesse Owens and Jackie Robinson
My List:Ali,Koufax,Sayers,Walton(college not pro) and ReggieBush

viking611 · Jan 2, 2006

2 best athletes, easily, hands down is deion sanders and bo jackson.

Hitman26 · Jan 2, 2006

The American Dream

Dusty Rhodes

VIEJODINOSAUR · Jan 2, 2006

1. Jim Brown
2. Bo Jackson
3.Secretariat

gijoe · Jan 2, 2006

Jim Brown

Babe (beer Belly) Ruth

Ty (IN YOUR FACE) COBB

sandmanfromlv · Jan 2, 2006

Len Bias and myself (I was hell in Little League)

CAPNCRUNCH · Jan 2, 2006

VIEJO DINOSAUR said:
1. Jim Brown
2. Bo Jackson
3.Secretariat

Capn Crunch will be number 1 on that list when I kick your ass in golf the next time I see you you big mfer! :toast:

CalState · Jan 3, 2006

Cal Redwood - Thanks for saying what you did. I definitely got my love of sports from the old man. Sorry to hear about your dad. I'd like to think the 2 of them are having a laugh together over this thread.

Hitman - I think Dusty is going to make a comeback and beat Bo Jackson in the popular vote here.

It looks like, going off of the responses thus far, that in the last 30 years or so, Bo Jackson seems to be the overwhelming favorite. I think it's generational though -- the baby-boomers and the.........wise old owls ("walked to school in the snow era")........might be the ones that have something to say about it. Some support for Thorpe, Ruth, Jim Brown, etc.

I was campaigning for Phil Helmuth too, but I guess he's not as good of an athlete as I thought. Greg Raymer maybe????

PatPatriot · Jan 3, 2006

1) Mickey Mantle
1a Roger Clemens
1b Carl Yastrzemski
2) Bobby Orr...the man who really put hockey on the map only to see the player take it off again
3) The living legend himself 3 ring Tom Brady.
3a Adam Vinetieri(got his autograph)
4 Sugar Ray Leonard (saw him get knocked on his ass by the name of a guy named Kevin howard in 1985 in Worcester Ma.
5) Tera Patrick at the foxy lady Providence RI.