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In reply to the discussion: simple question...who was the greatest athlete you have ever seen in your life? [View all]MrSlayer
(22,143 posts)92. Wayne Gretzky on many occasions.
No one has Gretzky's vision and touch. And talk about scoring, if the man never scored a single goal in his career he'd still have more points than anyone in history. He's Babe Ruth if Ruth had 1100 home runs. He's Jabbar if if Jabber had 60,000 points. He's Favre if Favre had 500 TDs. The single most dominant player in any sport ever.
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simple question...who was the greatest athlete you have ever seen in your life? [View all]
backwoodsbob
Jun 2013
OP
No doubt, feet down, couldn't be anyone but Yiannis Kouros and Ann Trason ...
DreamGypsy
Jun 2013
#35
Tara Lipinski, Michael Schumacher, Ayrton Senna, Walter Ray Williams Jr, Arnold Schwarzenegger
Demo_Chris
Jun 2013
#39
Willie Mays,Bob Gibson,Sandy Koufax,Arthur Ashe Joe Namath,Mark Roth,Chas. Sifford
graham4anything
Jun 2013
#62
daley thompson, guy was a machine or lionel messi as he is poetry in motion
loli phabay
Jun 2013
#79
Nadia Comenici - she just pulled out WOW performances, each one more amazing
closeupready
Jun 2013
#86