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Old 01-06-2023, 09:25 AM
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Originally Posted by BillyCoxDodgers3B View Post
I have no love or interest for the sport, but wasn't Mikan named the greatest athlete of the first half of the century at some point? I forget who bestowed the honor, but always questioned how this guy, in a then-fairly unpopular sport, would top a list of players from every professional sport in perhaps the greatest era of athleticism the world has ever known.
I could see Jim Thorpe, but not Mikan.
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