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14. This is the point I was trying to make. This is just my way of looking at it.

Reply to PCIntern (Reply #9)

Wed Feb 8, 2023, 02:17 PM

Feb 2023

There are great legends in every sport. I give extra credit to the great players who were not the biggest, tallest, fastest, better athletes than the other players. Then they did improbable feats. For me these type of players are truly legends. Wilt towered over the other players when he played. He was a giant compared to the other players. It was almost unfair.

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The legends of sports: Who was the greatest player is a matter of opinion. I look at it this way. [View all] fightforfreedom Feb 2023 OP

Wilt! NoRethugFriends Feb 2023 #1

Exactly PCIntern Feb 2023 #9

This is the point I was trying to make. This is just my way of looking at it. fightforfreedom Feb 2023 #14

Gordie Howe gets my vote. More people had bad nights because of that dude than any other. n/t brewens Feb 2023 #2

+1...👍 MiHale Feb 2023 #4

Willie Mays and Ted Williams. Williams home run total would've been... brush Feb 2023 #12

When Ruth was young he was in good shape like most young people. fightforfreedom Feb 2023 #15

When Ken Burns made his Baseball documentary, they found two reels of Red Sox brewens Feb 2023 #17

Eddie The Eagle gab13by13 Feb 2023 #3

O Rei Celerity Feb 2023 #5

Bill Russell maveric Feb 2023 #6

I think ranking players as "The greatest" is mostly mental masturbation... Caliman73 Feb 2023 #7

Different standards then and now. And different factors. LiberalFighter Feb 2023 #8

It's a toss up between the manning bros.... OneBlueDotS-Carolina Feb 2023 #10

I think it's contextual to the time the athlete's performed in but my vote would be Jim Thorpe. jalan48 Feb 2023 #11

What Jesse Owens did at the Olympics gab13by13 Feb 2023 #13

I agree. Sadly, Thorpe was stripped of his Olympic medals for playing semi-pro baseball jalan48 Feb 2023 #16

Locking after alert and discussion among forum hosts JudyM Feb 2023 #18