OT: Who would you put on your sports Mt. Rushmore. This is harder than it sounds...

[egri]

Tom Brady, Ted Williams, Herb Brooks, and Jack Nicklaus.

[Bocabirdman]

Jackson, Jones, Brown, Johnson

[pawpawdiv9]

WHAT!!! No mention of Mickey Mantle. only need 1 word here: ICON!!!!!

[chipperhank44]

Originally Posted by pawpawdiv9

WHAT!!! No mention of Mickey Mantle. only need 1 word here: ICON!!!!!

I'm guessing there are a lot of people who would leave Mantle off of their baseball Mt. Rushmore, so sports Mt. Rushmore is a hard sell.

[t206blogcom]

Bryce Harper

[packs]

If we're talking about an American monument:

Babe Ruth
Jackie Robinson
Jim Brown
Joe Louis

[Rookiemonster]

Mays , Sugar Ray Robinson , Jordan , Gretzky, Lawrence Taylor

[cubsfan-budman]

Ruth, Ali, Messi, Gretzky

[Stonepony]

Ruth, Ali, Thorpe....Jenner

[bn2cardz]

Babe Didrikson Zaharias - Best All-Around Woman's Athlete at a time when woman were not expected to be athletic or outside the kitchen

Jim Thorpe - Best All-Around Men's Athlete and while dealing with racism against Native Americans

Ronda Rousey - 59 Years after the death of Babe Didrikson female athletics still don't get the respect the male counterparts do (read the previous posts, how many females do you see). This isn't true in MMA/UFC in my mind. There is only one name I know as a non-follower of the sport and that is Ronda Rousey. With even her picture being the dominant center image for the Topps boxes between two males and her cards showing at the top of the highest price paid for 2015 UFC topps search on ebay. She stands out in what typically would be considered a male dominant sport.

Babe Ruth - He is the first real ICON of American Sports. hobbyists and historians can argue about if other Athletes were better, we can even argue if there were other players that effected pop culture prior to Ruth. Yet you ask any person that doesn't follow sports who the most famous athlete is of all time and Babe Ruth still comes to mind.

[the 'stache]

I think I would go with these four. Obviously my thinking is different from that of everybody else.

John Wooden
Jackie Robinson
Vince Lombardi
Billie Jean King

These were tough decisions for me. Very tough. I couldn't just go with Ruth, Gretzky, Jordan and Walter Payton, or choices of a similar nature. I wanted winners, but I wanted winners that were worthy of immortalizing for more than their accomplishments within the game. These four are immortal not only because of their titles, but for the impact they made on the lives of those around them.

[Jobu]

I agree with clydepepper, I think this has to be Ruth, Jordan, Pele, and Ali. All four of those guys have a strong case as the best ever, not to mention that they also transcend their sports and are international cultural icons.

[wolf441]

Too hard to choose from the all time greats, but how about this mountain:

Belichick
Brady
Popovich
Duncan

Four guys who quietly go about their business with the motto "Do you job".

...and now let the cheating references begin...