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Best Athletes of All Time

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Top Athletes of All Time

Rated 4 points - posted 16 years ago by checkmate in category Sports.
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Wilt Chamberlain Report Abuse
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Babe Ruth Report Abuse
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Jim Thorpe Report Abuse
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Double Olympic Gold Medal winner in the 1912 pentathlon and decathlon. Member Pro and College Football Hall of Fames as well as the U.S. Olympic teams, and national track and field competition Hall of Fames. Played Pro Baseball for New York Giants, Cincinnati Reds and Boston Braves.
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Pete Rose Report Abuse
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Michael Jordan Report Abuse
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greatness
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Barry Sanders Report Abuse
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Muhammad Ali Report Abuse
45 points - added 16 years ago by checkmate - 2 comments
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now you see him now you don't
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The greatest man who ever lived
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Wayne Gretzky Report Abuse
greatest hockey player ever
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Kelly Slater Report Abuse
Today Kelly Slater won his 11th world surfing championship
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Bo Jackson Report Abuse
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Babe Didrikson Report Abuse
Look it up.
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Jerry Rice Report Abuse
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Definitely the best
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Honus Wagner Report Abuse
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Pele Report Abuse
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Ronnie O'Sullivan Report Abuse
Surprising choice but a snooker legend with seven world titles, more than three decades in the sport, over one thousand centuries.
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Australian swimming legend who has done commentary work since.
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Michael Phelps Report Abuse
American swimming legend.
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Usain Bolt Report Abuse
For the last ten years, this legendary sprinter has wowed the crowd with some exhilarating performances, most notably the 2009 World Championships in Berlin, 9.58 in the 100m and 19.19 in the 200m.
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The greatest British heptathlete of all time. 2012 Olympic Champion. She has also been World and European Champion in 2009 and 2010 respectively.
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Now retired with 1 Olympic title and two World Championship titles.
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Nadia Comaneci Report Abuse
perfect 10
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Brett Farve Report Abuse
He created the gunslinger way of passing in football
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jack nicklaus Report Abuse
18 major golf tournament wins and 19 second place finishes in major golf tournaments
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Michael Schumacher Report Abuse
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Michael Johnson Report Abuse
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Evander Holyfield Report Abuse
Four-time heavyweight champion.
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Bill Russell Report Abuse
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Deion Sanders Report Abuse
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Carl Lewis Report Abuse
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Daley Thompson Report Abuse
Francis Morgan Oyodélé Thompson CBE (born 30 July 1958 in Notting Hill, London [1]), known commonly as "Daley Thompson", is a former decathlete from England. He won the decathlon gold medal at the Olympic Games in 1980 and 1984, and broke the world record for the event four times. With four world records, two Olympic gold medals, three Commonwealth titles, and wins in the World and European Championships, Thompson is considered by many to be the greatest decathlete of all time.
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Alex Rodriguez Report Abuse
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Sir Steve Redgrave Report Abuse
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Jenna Jameson Report Abuse
Can't say she wasn't the best at what she did?
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undertaker Report Abuse
he owns sports entertainment!!
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