The Greatest Athlete in San Francisco Bay Area History?

[Journeyman]

'Are you going to San Fran-cisco?'


Bonds?

A storied list from the golden bay area...

 

[blueedwards]

i'll beat railbird to the punch:

bill cartwright.

 

[JudgeWapner]

Chuck Hiller

 

[RIOSHILL]

Montana.

 

[HacheMan]

Cmon J~Man, Rice or Montana, no comparison........

 

[Fishhead]

The correct answer is BILL RUSSELL.

 

[Journeyman]

Judge does Quinton Dailey ring a bell?


Blue- Rail would say maybe Rick Barry

 

[wilheim]

IMO. Bill Russell, he won consectutive NCAA championships with the U. of San Francisco in 1955 and 1956, sandwiched around an Olympic Gold Medal he led the US men's basketball team to in 56.

wil.

 

[bulldog77]

Ronnie Lott

 

[JudgeWapner]

JM,yeah I remember Daily.He was no Chuck Hiller though.

 

[Journeyman]

What about that San Fransisco Seal , and Mr Coffee, Mr Marylyn Monroe, what was his name, the guy who hit in all those games lol?

 

[Journeyman]

Cardinal Gibbons, Dailey goes on to star and then throws it all away in a SF dorm..

 

[blueedwards]

i always liked johnny lemaster

 

[wilheim]

The problem with Dimaggio is that he performed all his heroics in New York, not San Francisco. Simply being born there really doesn't make him the Greatest Athlete in San Francisco Bay Area History, but hey what do I know?


wil.

 

[JudgeWapner]

JM,you were a Gibbons boy huh?Good school.Yeah Daley had some major talent.Shame.

 

[Fishhead]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by FISHHEAD:
The correct answer is BILL RUSSELL.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Roger Craig and Ronnie Lott would be worthy of honorable mention.

 

[HacheMan]

Fish I just can't rank any older~era basketball players highly when it comes to all time greats. I firmly believe that baseball is the only sport in which players from "yesteryear" could compete with todays...........

 

[Journeyman]

Does 'Say Hey' Willie qualify?

We have two of the best football players ever , really three if you count Lott, hell even Steve Young ranks high on the alltime QB chart..

Jerry Rice may be the greatest football player in NFL history for that matter, with all he has done....Alot of good ones here.

 

[wilheim]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR> Does 'Say Hey' Willie qualify? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Absolutely not, Willie forever belongs to the Polo Grounds, and NYC.

wil.

 

[Fishhead]

Jaun Marichal

Willie McCovey

Rick Berry

..............TRUE SF Legends.