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Who in your opinion is the greatest sportsman of all time
Who in your opinion is the greatest sportsman of all time
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Roger Federer
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i will give you all a wee clue .
he floated like a butterfly and stung like a bee.  |
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Don Bradman
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Carl Lewis SHOCKING omission?
9 olympic golds, in diverse events from 100m to the long jump? It's like if Usain Bolt started winning the Pole Vault in addition to sprinting, just because he felt like it. You must wonder what the people who specialised in just the long jump thought of it at the time. |
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How in gods name can ye put a dart player in as the greatest sportsman.
Miguel Indurain would be up there for me. Cycling is by far the most gruelling sport, the guy was a machine. |
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babe ruth
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For my money it as to be a 1 v 1 sport,either tennis or boxing.I hate both sports but both needs skill,stamina and passion.I would take Federer from tennis and Ali from boxing
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The trouble with naming a cyclist is that cloud of drug abuse that hangs over the sport - Indurain included
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Drug abuse cloud hangs over most sports these days
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Pandorica Joined: 10 Jul 10
Replies: 3902 28 Jan 12 17:57 The trouble with naming a cyclist is that cloud of drug abuse that hangs over the sport - Indurain included Not sure it was as prevelant then even though it was an issue. Eddie Merx then. |
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Merckx.
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ALI
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Chuck Norris.
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Ronaldo (fat one)
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Some of the above may be good, but I reckon they'd be useless at the true test of all rounds sportsmanship, that which separates the men from the boys, the legend from the also ran.
Winter Total Wipeout. |
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I'm not sure how far back you have to go in the Tour de France to be absolutely sure that nothing underhand was happening. It's a long time though. Tom Simpson back in 67 for example died, at least partly, as a result of chomping amphetamines.
I can't lay my hands on my book about the history of the T de F but I'm sure there were examples before that. |
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eddie the eagle
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Eddie turned up on DIY SOS last year as a volunteer tradesman.
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How about a woman? - Chrissie Wellington. four times world champion and world record holder in the ironman triathlon (2.4mile swim, 112mile bike and 26.2mile run) and unbeaten at the event. Since she started the sport in 2008 she has cut 32 minutes off the world record
Others in with a shout that haven't been mentioned: Michael Phelps Pele Ben Ainslie Shaun White |
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Henri Toivonen
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joe louis
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Mike Tyson as this peak would have murdered Ali.
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kingmax 28 Jan 12 17:51
babe ruth ______________ you watched that film as well last night  |
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Tyson wasn't a boxer, he was a street fighter
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no mention of Nadal - (good at tennis and football) ,same as Becker the Boris in his day ,could have played for Bayern Munich
 .... we need more who shine OUTSIDE their field |
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tyson had great boxing skills when he was inclined to use them, towards the end of his career he just wanted to end the fight asap
no way is he close to best sportsman ever though |
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botham
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Don't think Tyson is close to best sportsman ever, but Tyson circa 1988 would have destroyed him.
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Coachbuster google Deion Sanders and check his wiki page, pretty impressive if multi sport athlete is what you seek.
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yes, i looked ealier as someone had nominated the man -
i would agree |
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MOHAMMID ALLY BY A MILE
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kim jong il
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lucas radebe
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In 1994, Pyongyang media reported that Kim Jong-il shot an amazing 11 holes-in-one to achieve an unprecedented 38-under-par game on a regulation 18-hole golf course - on his first try at golf.
Reports say each of his 17 bodyguards verified the record-breaking feat. |
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Some good shouts here.
If you go for a cyclist, you go for Merckx imo (was going to say it, but someone beat me to it). You've got to consider Ali, Woods, Federer, Puskas and Moses. Messi may yet be in the mix, but not there yet. The winner has to be Michael Jordan though. Was nothing special in high school and got where he did through very hard work and sheer bloody-mindedness. Unfortunately, basketball is a rubbish spectator sport. |
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iain dowie
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The Rock
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so ali it is then. The rock tried to be ali of wrestling... he did do well to be fair. There's only one ali tho. So I conclude Muhammad ali is the greatest sportsman of all time.
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Tiger Woods .... his achievement in holding all four Major titles at the same time is unsurpassed IMHO.
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