2006-09-17 10:43:27 · 12 answers · asked by Referee 1 in Sports ➔ Baseball
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2006-09-17 17:42:12 · answer #1 · answered by asdfasdf a 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
James Francis Thorpe accomplished arguably what no other athlete in history has. The Sac and Fox Indian won gold medals in the pentathlon and decathlon in the 1912 Olympic games in Sweden and played both professional football and professional baseball. His feats on the football field put him on the 1911 and 1912 All-American football teams. In 1920 he became the first president of the American Professional Football Association (later to become the NFL).
Jim Thorpe, the football star and Olympic legend whom Sweden's King Gustav V called "the greatest athlete in the world." was named, in 1950, by the Associated Press the greatest football player and greatest all-round athlete for the first 50 years of this century. Grace Thorpe believes that there will be a naming of the greatest athlete of the century.
2006-09-17 20:40:04 · answer #2 · answered by bolddragon 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best athlete ever is Jim Brown. He is the only athlete to be inducted into TWO Hall of Fames. He is arguably the greatest football player to have played. He was also one of the greatest Lacrosse players ever.
2006-09-17 18:18:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jim Thorpe
Bo Jackson
Michael Jordan
Wayne Gretzky
2006-09-17 17:55:53 · answer #4 · answered by cold 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
michael jordan yea theres a lot of guys with great stats but michael jordan was such a clutch player to make buzzer beater shots after buzzer beater shots in finals games and the playoffs and he could dribble shoot and pass he was an all around great athlete
or also walter payton would be a good argument he was just such a graceful runner and had such a fluent running style and he could throw too both great athletes
also i agree with bo jackson any one who can play in 2 different pro sports leagues is a great athlete deion sanders for example also
2006-09-17 17:50:30 · answer #5 · answered by bear fan 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not any of those steroid using baseball players. The greatest athlete ever is wayne gretzky!!!
2006-09-17 17:45:28 · answer #6 · answered by hockeyguy2626 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Jackie Robinson was a 4 letter star at UCLA (baseball, football, track and basketball. He also made the HOF in his weakest sport.
2006-09-17 20:37:31 · answer #7 · answered by smitty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
BO knows greatest athletes.
Bo Jackson
2006-09-17 20:23:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ty Cobb.
2006-09-17 17:51:09 · answer #9 · answered by Steven M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Me...when I was I was 8.
2006-09-17 20:12:36 · answer #10 · answered by cantthinkofanygoodnames 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋