Who was the most INTIMIDATING athlete of all time?

[White Borders]

Dale Earnhardt, Sr. He was known as "The Intimidator".

[djrhanover]

For me, the first name I thought of when I saw this question was Dick Butkus.

[39special]

How about Don Drysdale or Bob Gibson.

[Wihawk]

Tommy "Hit Man" Hearns didn't exactly look like a charm school grad with that evil pre fight stare

[CW]

Wow, I'm amazed it took post #7 for Bob Gibson to be mentioned. He was the first that came to mind. I would also have to imagine that Michael Jordan was intimidating in his prime.

[novakjr]

Boxing:Sam Langford...

Baseball: Batting- Barry Bonds. Steroids aside, from '01-'04 nobody wanted to pitch to the guy, and when they did, we all know what happened..

Baseball: Pitching- I have to agree about Gibson, but Randy Johnson is right there with him.

Football:I think I'll have to agree about Butkus, but on a different note, I think just about every receiver or TE had to cringe at the thought of a crossing route when John Lynch was on the field..

UFC/Wrestling: For a while there, I'd say that Brock Lesnar was one scary dude...

[cincyredlegs]

I remember watching a show on TV (I think it was George Burns baseball documentary) and they were talking about Willie Mays.

As the story goes, Willie got up to the plate in the 1st inning and started to dig out a little hole with his right (back) foot for better leverage. As he got set in he said he forgot who was pitching. He looked up and realized it was Don Drysdale.

Willie quickly called time, covered up the hole and stepped back into the batter box. Drysdale's first pitch nearly took Willie's head off. Now that is what I call intimidation.

Mark

[bcbgcbrcb]

Albert belle

Without a doubt, Max Baer.

[thescooper]

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