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In reply to the discussion: Your favorite sports star of all time? I'll start. Pistol Pete Maravich. [View all]applegrove
(118,600 posts)8. From my childhood. This canadian kept winning World Superstars championships
as Brian Budd was a soccer player and the others were all from more musclely American sports. He ran circles around the other atheletes. You don't know what it meant to a Canadian bunch of kids to see that year after. I never saw him play soccer but he was a childhood favourite.
https://www.thestar.com/news/obituaries/2008/06/13/brian_budd_56_canadian_soccer_star.html
Another favourite from that era was Skinny Minnie Miller from Roller Derby.
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Your favorite sports star of all time? I'll start. Pistol Pete Maravich. [View all]
Goodheart
May 2021
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And he played in that era when baseballs were especially tough to hit. I mean, Bob Gibson...
Goodheart
May 2021
#15
Pistol Pete was so great that in his senior season at LSU when he made his final appearances
Goodheart
May 2021
#21
Ditto. He was not just a great player, phenomenal roll model, but a really good man
hlthe2b
May 2021
#41