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Originally Posted by Snapolit1
I had a lot of exposure to hockey in the 70s. Back then hockey players generally looked like guys recruited from a nearby gas station, many of them smoked, and few if any of them looked like they spent a whole lot of time in the gym. Guys today are beasts. Massive studs. Different game and no comparison to the physicality of the players.
One look at star basketball players from the 50s and clear they wouldn't last 10 minutes in today's NBA.
Football players today among the best athletes in existence (other than the really obese guys).
But we can still argue today how good Ted Williams or Walter Johnson would be today. Game hasn't changed like the others have.
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I have news for you. Gordie Howe would have kicked anybody in the NHL today back into last week. At age 15 he could take 85 pound cement sack's and hold one in each hand at arms length and not drop them. His dad won a few bets on that but you try it. He never touched a weight in his life. Imagine if he did.