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05-08-2015, 03:14 AM
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Top 5 underrated athletes in history.
Its Tim Duncan and 4 other guys (or gals). Lets have your list. Pick any sports, even individual sports like Golf, Tennis, auto racing, track and field, etc.
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05-08-2015, 04:16 AM
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Tim Duncan
Barry Sanders
John Smoltz
Ivan Lendl
Johan Cruyff
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05-08-2015, 05:18 AM
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Time Duncan and Barry Sanders underrated? By who? Listening to the Spurs - Clippers series on the radio the announcers kept saying he is at least in the top 3 power forwards of all time and I don't know anyone who wouldn't put Barry Sanders on their all time top ten running back list, and probably top 5.
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05-08-2015, 05:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Inner Dirt
Time Duncan and Barry Sanders underrated? By who? Listening to the Spurs - Clippers series on the radio the announcers kept saying he is at least in the top 3 power forwards of all time and I don't know anyone who wouldn't put Barry Sanders on their all time top ten running back list, and probably top 5.
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If you wanted to, you could make the case Duncan is the best NBA player ever and when people give you their top 5 and top 10, he's rarely on any of those lists. That's underrated.
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05-08-2015, 06:12 AM
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The Silver Medalists in every Olympics. 
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05-08-2015, 07:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Stillriledup
If you wanted to, you could make the case Duncan is the best NBA player ever and when people give you their top 5 and top 10, he's rarely on any of those lists. That's underrated.
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hahaha
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05-08-2015, 07:30 AM
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Sham should be one of them..
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05-08-2015, 07:55 AM
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Rod Laver
Ray Robinson
Lem Barney
Frank Robinson
Marcel Dionne
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05-08-2015, 08:09 AM
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As far as Barry Sanders goes this is probably the first time I've disagreed with Thaskalos on any issue. Barry was a great runner, made more people miss than anyone ever. But in the game of football, he didn't catch well, didn't block well and was usually pulled from the field when the ball was inside the five yard line. I just don't see him as underrated. Great? Certainly.
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05-08-2015, 08:54 AM
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I'm not a boxing fan any more, but....
George Chuvalo
- heavy weight boxer - never won the title - never knocked out - never took a step back from any man in the ring ever - fought the toughest of fighters
From Wikipedia -
" Chuvalo was ranked #4 on ESPN's greatest chin in boxing history list (having never been knocked down or knocked out as an amateur or professional boxer). Chuvalo fought in the golden era of heavyweight boxing during the 1960s and 70s. He is a five-time Canadian heavyweight champion, and two-time world heavyweight title challenger. Chuvalo lost to heavyweight legends such as Floyd Patterson, Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier and George Foreman, but was credited for his spirited performances. He did defeat top contenders such as Yvon Durelle, Doug Jones, Jerry Quarry and Cleveland Williams."
More at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Chuvalo
George, born in 1937 is still alive. His personal life was shattered several times.
He lost three of his sons to suicide and drug overdoses.
Just imagine, a man who never took a step back from Ali, Frazier, and Foreman.
He was one tough s.o.b.
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05-08-2015, 10:27 AM
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NFL: Bart Starr- top career QB rating in NFL history, back in an era when QBs didn't put up 100 numbers annually. Shocking he'd be above guys like Manning, Brady and Favre from today's era but he is.
Fred Taylor- 11th all time in rushing yards, yet he NEVER even made one Pro Bowl team.
Curtis Martin- 4th all time in rushing & shocking a guy like that could get overlooked playing in New York and Boston.
Al Kaline- tends to get overlooked due to all the all time greats from the 1960s.
Ferguson Jenkins- had amazing numbers pitching in a park where the wind blew out strongly at least half the season. Tends to be overlooked with other contemporaries like Gibson, Drysdale, Palmer, Seaver, etc.
Karl Malone- if he wins a title (or two), he'd be considered one of the all-time greats. Still highly regarded, but not at the top tier.
Slew O Gold- he hadn't peaked during the Triple Crown races of 1983, and a rough trip and a foot injury cost him the first BC Classic. Was a monster in the big fall NY races in 1983-1984.
Last edited by Valuist; 05-08-2015 at 10:33 AM.
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05-08-2015, 10:41 AM
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Jim Thorpe. He was voted the most outstanding athletes during the first half of the 20th century in 1950, but today is largely forgotten.
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05-08-2015, 11:40 AM
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Originally Posted by MutuelClerk
Rod Laver
Ray Robinson
Lem Barney
Frank Robinson
Marcel Dionne
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Robinson?Every "expert" poll and "knowledgeable"boxing fan considers him the goat.
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05-08-2015, 11:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Hank
Robinson?Every "expert" poll and "knowledgeable"boxing fan considers him the goat.
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Sugar Ray Robinson was a boxer's boxer. He had every skill in the book and more. A true master.
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05-08-2015, 11:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Robert Goren
Jim Thorpe. He was voted the most outstanding athletes during the first half of the 20th century in 1950, but today is largely forgotten.
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He was never underrated though. Just forgotten, as was Jack Dempsey.
A great athlete for sure. Burt Lancaster starred in the Jim Thorpe Story movie.
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