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Casino
12-16-2011, 01:18 PM
Baseball-Ruth,Jackie Robinson,Steinbrenner,Hank Aaron

Football-Lombardi,Rooneys,Montana,JIm Brown

Basketball-West,Jordan,Chamberlain,West

Golf-Jack,Tiger,Arnold,Sam Snead

Tennis-Martina,Ferderer,Sampras,Borg


Just a opinion.

thaskalos
12-16-2011, 01:32 PM
Baseball: Ruth

Basketball: Jordan

Football: Montana

Golf: Nicklaus

Tennis: Borg

Soccer: Pele

Horse Racing: Secretariat

Jay Trotter
12-16-2011, 03:10 PM
So hard to get a little respect:

Hockey

Wayne Gretzky, Gordie Howe, Bobby Orr, Terry Sawchuk

cj
12-16-2011, 03:29 PM
So hard to get a little respect:

Hockey

Wayne Gretzky, Gordie Howe, Bobby Orr, Terry Sawchuk

Sports, not ice follies.



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Just kidding, love hockey here.

Jay Trotter
12-16-2011, 05:38 PM
Sports, not ice follies. Why, I otta.....

cj's dad
12-16-2011, 06:40 PM
Football: Johnny Unitas
Basketball: Wilt Chamberlain
Baseball: Babe Ruth
Hockey: Bobby Orr
Track& Field: Bruce Jenner
Swimming: Michael Phelps
Downhill Skiing: Franz Klammer
Diving: Greg Louganis
Soccer- Pele

sandpit
12-16-2011, 07:42 PM
No matter who you carve out from the other 3 spots, only one guy in history should be a unanimous pick: Ali

Casino
12-16-2011, 07:47 PM
No matter who you carve out from the other 3 spots, only one guy in history should be a unanimous pick: Ali

Easily.

What about announcers

Al Michaels,Scully,Madden,Buck

ldiatone
12-16-2011, 08:20 PM
So hard to get a little respect:

Hockey

Wayne Gretzky, Gordie Howe, Bobby Orr, Terry Sawchuk
and where is 66?

Marshall Bennett
12-16-2011, 08:35 PM
Baseball : Babe Ruth
Football : Paul Hornung
Basketball : Michael Jordan
Golf : Tiger Woods
Tennis : Roger Federer

Jay Trotter
12-16-2011, 09:27 PM
and where is 66? Mt. Rushmore only has 4 Presidents. If it had 5 then 66 would be there. I think you would agree that Howe, Gretzky and Orr are not up for debate. Sawchuk, Plante or Dryden are in a photo finish. I would equite Sawchuk and Plante to Howe -- old school! I would compare Dryden to Lemieux -- new school.

Like I said, I only had 4 spots and mean no disrespect to Lemieux.

johnhannibalsmith
12-16-2011, 10:35 PM
Gotta put this head up there next to Wayno's too:

http://icewars-review.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/2246.jpg

Robert Goren
12-16-2011, 11:00 PM
In most sports 2 or 3 spots are pretty easy. Picking the 4th is a bit tricky. Here are some my easy picks
Baseball Babe Ruth and Jackie Robinson are the easy ones
Football Lombardi and Brown are in. If you toss in college then Bear Bryant is in You probably should divide the coaches and the players in football
Track Thrope and Owens are the easy ones
Basketball Jordon, Chamberlain and Russell are in.
Golf Here the 4 are pretty well set Jack,Tiger,Arnie and Bobby Jones
Boxing Joe Lewis and Ali are the easy ones.
Horse Racing Secretariat stand by himself.
If go for all sports and just athletes at once, it is Ruth, Brown, Jordon and Tiger with Ali a close fifth.

sandpit
12-16-2011, 11:25 PM
In most sports 2 or 3 spots are pretty easy. Picking the 4th is a bit tricky. Here are some my easy picks
Baseball Babe Ruth and Jackie Robinson are the easy ones
Football Lombardi and Brown are in. If you toss in college then Bear Bryant is in You probably should divide the coaches and the players in football
Track Thrope and Owens are the easy ones
Basketball Jordon, Chamberlain and Russell are in.
Golf Here the 4 are pretty well set Jack,Tiger,Arnie and Bobby Jones
Boxing Joe Lewis and Ali are the easy ones.
Horse Racing Secretariat stand by himself.
If go for all sports and just athletes at once, it is Ruth, Brown, Jordon and Tiger with Ali a close fifth.

Ali transcended sports across the globe, something that's tough to say about any other American sports figure. Woods and Nicklaus are like that to an extent, I think Jack is on the Scottish $5 bill, for example.

Maybe a few tennis players should be considered; Chris Evert and Helen Moody were both ranked #1 for several years in a row; Don Budge, Paco Gonzalez and Pete Sampras on the men's side.

JustRalph
12-16-2011, 11:52 PM
Here's a monkey wrench


Nascar

Petty,Earnhardt,Pearson,????

PhantomOnTour
12-17-2011, 02:40 AM
You cats are dreamin...taint no way in hell that them en-viro-mentalists are gonna letchall tir up a bunch of mountains and run off all them squirrels and owls just so you can look at you stars faces carved in rock.

But if yer gonna whatcher gonna do then i'd like to see Bobby Boucher up'er.

Marshall Bennett
12-17-2011, 06:04 AM
Hell, I forgot about boxing. I suppose Ali sort of stands alone with Joe Louis an easy runnerup.
Btw, I thought Nascar was more like entertainment than a real sport. Kinda like ice hockey and roller derby. ;)

Casino
12-17-2011, 06:52 AM
Mt. Rushmore only has 4 Presidents. If it had 5 then 66 would be there. I think you would agree that Howe, Gretzky and Orr are not up for debate. Sawchuk, Plante or Dryden are in a photo finish. I would equite Sawchuk and Plante to Howe -- old school! I would compare Dryden to Lemieux -- new school.

Like I said, I only had 4 spots and mean no disrespect to Lemieux.


No messier?

Jay Trotter
12-17-2011, 09:03 AM
Hell, I forgot about boxing. I suppose Ali sort of stands alone with Joe Louis an easy runnerup.
Btw, I thought Nascar was more like entertainment than a real sport. Kinda like ice hockey and roller derby. ;) Blasphemy!

Jay Trotter
12-17-2011, 09:05 AM
No messier?Only 4 spots! Mess is the modern era's Gordie Howe. Certainly one of the all-time greats but doesn't get a spot on the Mountain.

cj
12-17-2011, 11:01 AM
Here's a monkey wrench


Nascar

Petty,Earnhardt,Pearson,????

No question, Johnson. He has already accomplished more than anyone else not on the list and he has a long way to go.

ldiatone
12-17-2011, 05:02 PM
Mt. Rushmore only has 4 Presidents. If it had 5 then 66 would be there. I think you would agree that Howe, Gretzky and Orr are not up for debate. Sawchuk, Plante or Dryden are in a photo finish. I would equite Sawchuk and Plante to Howe -- old school! I would compare Dryden to Lemieux -- new school.

Like I said, I only had 4 spots and mean no disrespect to Lemieux.
wellll.......i'll think about this more :rolleyes:

ldiatone
12-17-2011, 05:05 PM
Here's a monkey wrench


Nascar

Petty,Earnhardt,Pearson,????
whats Nascar? i thought he was a leader of a country :eek:

NJ Stinks
12-17-2011, 07:23 PM
Baseball- Babe Ruth, Joe DiMaggio, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron

Football - Jim Brown, George Halas, Pete Rozelle, Joe Montana

Basketball - Michael Jordan, Wilt Chamberlain, Red Auerbach, Oscar Robertson

Golf - Walter Hagen, Jack Nicklaus, TigerWoods, Arnold Palmer

Tennis - Rod Laver, Bjorn Borg, John McEnroe, Roger Federer

TJDave
12-17-2011, 09:43 PM
Best athletes:

Muhammad Ali

Jim Thorpe

Jim Brown

Jackie Robinson

Cardus
12-19-2011, 07:02 AM
Best athletes:

Muhammad Ali

Jim Thorpe

Jim Brown

Jackie Robinson

It's nice to see a lacrosse reference.

dav4463
12-20-2011, 12:38 AM
Mt.Rushmore of sports:

Jim Thorpe
Babe Ruth
Michael Jordan (even though I can't stand him!)
Wayne Gretsky