Best athletes you've seen in your lifetime

[golfer70]

My choice Is Tiger Woods of course.

 

[charleslanger]

It's gonna be a thrillah, and a chillah!
When i beat the Gorilla in Manila!!!

Pure all-round athleticism:
bo jackson, magic johnson, bruce jenner, pele

best athlete & promoter/enhancer of his sport:
muhammad ali, pele

best athlete & physical specimen:
muhammad ali

best athlete who overcame physical defficiencies or lack of physical skills(as compared to those of his peers):
larry byrd, pete rose, julie krone

best athlete who overcame adversity and/or injury to reach the very highest level:
greg lemond, lance armstrong, julie krone

most exciting to watch:
sugar ray leonard, larry byrd, joe montana, tiger woods, pele, julie krone, The American Dream Dusty Rhodes, The All American Boy Bob Backlund

best & combo most unselfish & valuable(improved teammates' numbers & took team to highest levels):
pele, larry byrd, wayne gretsky, magic johnson, joe montana

best & most intelligent:
larry byrd, wayne gretsky, jerry bailey, pele, joe montana

best athlete with highest work ethic:
larry byrd, pele, wayne gretsky, julie krone, The All American Boy Bob Backlund, joe montana

best with most sustained longetivity at highest level:
pele, joe montana

best & most dominant in his sport(prolonged period):
pele, wayne gretsky, joe montana, tiger woods, larry byrd, jerry bailey, annika sorenstam

best athlete & combo sports & human role model:
wayne gretsky, pele

 

[Railbird]

football- Doug Flutie
basketball- Dan Ainge
baseball- Fernanado Valenzuela
boxing- Oscar Delahoya
tennis- Jana Novotna

 

[Railbird]

best athlete ever Dan Ainge

could have gone pro in 5 sports.

 

[Birdman]

Babe Didreckson Zaharias

 

[Railbird]

I got 2 buddys that are better athletes than any name on lany list here, but not pro atheletes.

 

[5teamparlay]

2 words ...

BO JACKSON

Happy 54th BO

Vincent Edward "Bo" Jackson (born November 30, 1962) is a former baseball and American football player. He is one of the few athletes to be named an All-Star in two major sports, and the only one to do so in both baseball and football.[1] He is widely considered one of the greatest athletes of all time.

While at Auburn University, Jackson won the 1985 Heisman Trophy, annually awarded to the outstanding collegiate football player in the United States.

 

[festeringZit]

best athlete ever Dan Ainge

could have gone pro in 5 sports.

Which ones?

Baseball... basketball...


LOL

 

[CarolinaKid]

too many to even start with for me

 

[aclv1]

walter payton
ricky henderson
bo jackson
steve nash
lance armstrong
terell owens

 

[MattyMatt]

Travis Pastrana

 

[Willie99]

In person

Football -- Tom Brady
Baseball -- Big Pappi / maybe others like Jeter or Mo
Basketball -- Ray Allen
Hockey -- Ron Francis / Patrick Roy
Soccer -- N/A
Golf -- N/A
Tennis -- N/A
Boxing -- N/A
Track & Field -- N/A
Horse Racing -- some horse on slow day at Saratoga
Cycling -- N/A

 

[JohnBlue123]

Bo and Thorpe.

These guys were like the high school star athlete that excels in multiple sports except these guys did it at the highest levels. They were just naturally gifted and probably would have been great at most any sport.

 

[michael777]

Julie Krone

 

[shdw01]

If we are talking athletes only, we should be looking at olympians.

But generally, everyone is crazy if Lebron is not on the list.