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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
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Lance Armstrong
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Jim Brown
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Michael Jordan
68 points - added 16 years ago by checkmate - 1 comment
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greatness
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Barry Sanders
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Muhammad Ali
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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Willie Mays
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Wayne Gretzky
greatest hockey player ever
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Roberto Clemente
18 points - added 14 years ago by guest -
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Kelly Slater
Today Kelly Slater won his 11th world surfing championship
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Walter Payton
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Bo Jackson
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Roger Federer
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Babe Didrikson
Look it up.
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Jerry Rice
3 points - added 16 years ago by checkmate -
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Kobayashi Maru
Definitely the best
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Henry "Hank" Aaron
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Honus Wagner
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Pele
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Ronnie O'Sullivan
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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Ian Thorpe
Australian swimming legend who has done commentary work since.
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Michael Phelps
American swimming legend.
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Usain Bolt
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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Jessica Ennis
The greatest British heptathlete of all time. 2012 Olympic Champion. She has also been World and European Champion in 2009 and 2010 respectively.
-1 point - added 12 years ago by guest - 1 comment
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Now retired with 1 Olympic title and two World Championship titles.
Added 7 years ago by guest, 0 points
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Nadia Comaneci
perfect 10
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Kobe Bryant
-1 point - added 15 years ago by guest -
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Gordie Howe
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Lou Gehrig
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Mickey Mantle
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Brett Farve
He created the gunslinger way of passing in football
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Patrick Roy
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Jackie Robinson
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Micheal Phelps
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Hines Ward
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Congressman Manny Pacquiao
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jack nicklaus
18 major golf tournament wins and 19 second place finishes in major golf tournaments
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Michael Schumacher
-6 points - added 16 years ago by checkmate -
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Bobby Orr
-6 points - added 16 years ago by checkmate -
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Michael Johnson
-6 points - added 16 years ago by checkmate -
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Zinedine Zidane
-7 points - added 14 years ago by guest -
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Evander Holyfield
Four-time heavyweight champion.
-7 points - added 15 years ago by guest -
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Bill Russell
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Deion Sanders
-7 points - added 16 years ago by checkmate -
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Jesse Owens
-7 points - added 16 years ago by checkmate -
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Carl Lewis
-7 points - added 16 years ago by checkmate -
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Daley Thompson
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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