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Jim ThierfelderI will stick to the original categories listed and offer my 2 cents:
1 - Best Baseball player of all time. Ty Cobb hands down; nobody in his era held a candle to him.
2 - Best Running Back of all time. Walter Payton's grace and power are unmatched.
3 - Best Athlete of all time. This is tough because it is impossible to compare athletes accross different sports so using the criteria of which athlete is most recognizable I would have to go with Tiger Woods. He has done more for his sport than any athlete ever with the only possible exception being Babe Ruth.
4 - Most loved great athlete = I would have to say Mickey Mantle. Despite all his flaws that became apparent over the years or maybe because of them he is dearly loved by countless fans of the 50's and 60's and beyond. I might have mentioned Brett Favre in this post as the love for him went beyond just Packer fans, but he has been an ass of late in my opinion.