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| 256.1 | | CNTROL::CHILDS | Washing Machine | Fri Dec 15 1995 11:51 | 5 |
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Russell 35? Cmon now how creditable can this guy be? Russell should be
top 5 in any list........
mike
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| 256.2 | | SALEM::REEVE | | Fri Dec 15 1995 12:22 | 4 |
| I'd have to rate Samson as the best athlete of all time. Anyone that
can whip 10,000 Philistines with the jawbone of an ass, keep Delilah
happy, while carrying on a continuous dialogue with God has got to be
the best.
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| 256.3 | GO ATLAS! WATTA STRONG GUY | HBAHBA::HAAS | slightly related | Fri Dec 15 1995 12:28 | 6 |
| Yabbut, that ol' Atlas fellow is holding up all those things along with
the rest o' the world.
And for a minute I thought you was talking about Ralph Sampson ;-).
TTom
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| 256.4 | | IMBETR::DUPREZ | Will work for sleep.. | Fri Dec 15 1995 12:31 | 5 |
| > Russell 35? Cmon now how creditable can this guy be? Russell should be
> top 5 in any list........
I believe Bert Sugar is a New Yorker. In that case, if Russell is #35, you
can be sure that Willis Reed and/or Dave DeBusschere (sp?) are at 30 or below.
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| 256.5 | | IMBETR::DUPREZ | Will work for sleep.. | Fri Dec 15 1995 12:35 | 11 |
| >And for a minute I thought you was talking about Ralph Sampson ;-).
I think the author should remove this reply. Ralph Sampson doesn't belong
anywhere in the general neighborhood of a "Greatest Athlete" discussion.
The most appropriate note for him would be "Dog Racing".
Seriously, I wonder if Secretariat was included, a la Sports Illustrated.
I still shake my head over the 31 1/2 length win (in the Belmont?)
Another conundrum for someone making a list like this. Do you include a guy
like Bob Beamon, who set a record that lasted for 20+ years?
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| 256.6 | another list | HBAHBA::HAAS | slightly related | Fri Dec 15 1995 12:55 | 11 |
| Axyulely, Ralph was quite the college hoops star. His skinny wheels
caught up with him in the pros, though.
I always like Hod Rod Hunley's assessment of Ralph: "He's the most
overrated player in the NBA since me!".
And I've always been suspect about naming animals to the all time
athletes list. Maybe there should be a separate list for these
minorities, like best Equine-American athletes or something in that ilk.
TTom
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| 256.7 | | IMBETR::DUPREZ | Will work for sleep.. | Fri Dec 15 1995 13:56 | 4 |
| >I always like Hod Rod Hunley's assessment of Ralph: "He's the most
>overrated player in the NBA since me!".
You just like Hot Rod 'cause he's from West By Gawd Virginee...
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| 256.8 | | ROCK::GRONOWSKI | I've always been a closet Steeler fan - even though they suck! | Fri Dec 15 1995 13:58 | 4 |
| 256.9 | early stars | HBAHBA::HAAS | slightly related | Fri Dec 15 1995 13:59 | 9 |
| >You just like Hot Rod 'cause he's from West By Gawd Virginee...
And what's your point? *=]
Hot Rod was about the firsted ever sports star I remember. He went to
Charleston High so he was local talent. Early on it was him, Sam Huff and
Jerry West. Not suprisingly, they all went to WVU.
TTom
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| 256.10 | Definitely agree with Mikey on Russell | AKOCOA::BREEN | | Fri Dec 15 1995 14:02 | 16 |
| The breakdown was Baseball 21
Track&Field 18
football 15
basketball 12
boxing 7
golf 6
hockey 5
horse racing 2
soccer 2
Skiing,auto racing,figure skating!,swimming and gymnastics 1 apiece.
Cousy and Bird were on his list making three Celtics. Again, he may
have a New York slant but not New York bias; his bias would be to take
athletes from all decades, especially I'm sure baseball and football.
I'd bet that post 1980 athletes are only 10-15%.
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