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Originally Posted by Eric72
Rusty Kuntz, Pete LaCock, Dick Cox and Bock Hooker... 
Oh wait, wrong thread... 
Babe Ruth, Michael Jordan, Jim Thorpe, Wayne Gretzky.
Jim Thorpe may have been the greatest athlete from 1900-Present, and the other three are usually mentioned in discussions regarding the greatest player of all-time within their respective sports. |
Eric, I'm ashamed of you. I thought that you, of all our forum members, would take this kind of thing seriously.
Oh, and you forgot Dick Trickle (hey, we are including all sports here!) 
Thorpe and the aforementioned Babe Didrikson are both interesting choices. It's just so hard to pick only four. I wanted to include persons that aspired to excellence, while simultaneously elevating sports to a higher level. Jesse Owens was another I thought of.
Keep it up, guys. Some good choices I hadn't thought of.
BTW, I want to go on record as saying that I won't object to Miss Rousey's inclusion in this discussion. I would be afraid to. I'm banged up enough as it is. I've seen what she will do to the human arm, and I like the use of both of mine.
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