who in your opinion is the most clutch sports player of all time?

Question

in any sport

Answer 1

michael jordan

Answer 2

Personally, and I'm surprised no one has said this, I think Robert Horry is the most clutch player of all time. During the majority of the games, he is mainly an average player, but once it is the fourth quarter, or he is in the playoffs, Horry is unstoppable. If you're on the opposing team, you can always count on him to drain a clutch three-pointer to send your team to the locker room disappointed. He is second all-time to Reggie Miller for three-pointers made in the playoffs. This has also given him 6 NBA championships. There's a reason why his nickname is "Big Shot Rob"

Answer 3

In recent years i would have to say the man that has won 3 super bowls, Tom Brady. I'm a Jets fan but I acknowledge his great poise when the game is on the line. Also his former teammate Adam Vinateri has come up HUGE in clutch situations. These are the best clutchs players of the modern era.

Answer 4

This is truly THE clutch (do-or-die) situation:
1988 World Series, L.A. Dodgers vs Oakland A's.

Game 1.
Home Game for the Dodgers, meaning they batted last.

Bottom of the 9th inning, 2 outs.
Dodgers down 4-3.
Base-runner is at 1st base (game-tying run).

Future Hall of Famer and Cy Young Award winner and strikeout master, Dennis Eckersley, on the mound.

Left-handed batter Kurt Gibson had hurt his left hamstring and right knee in the playoffs and was in the locker room undergoing physical therapy. On the locker room TV monitor, Gibson saw his team was down and limped back into the dugout and told Manager Tommy Lasorda that he was available to pinch-hit if needed.

Lasorda told Gibson to go warm up with a few practice swings. Remember-Gibson had two bad legs: a bad left hamstring injured a week before this game, and a swollen right knee, and he was in such terrible pain in his knee that he winced and nearly collapsed after every practice swing.

Gibson limped to the plate and the announcers commented about the possibility of him even making it to first base, let alone being replaced with a pinch-runner if he made it on base. The crowd goes nuts watching him slowly limp to the Plate, using the bat as a "crutch".

Gibson quickly gets behind in the count: no balls, 2 strikes
Base-runner now steals 2nd base.

Game-Winning run now stands at the plate.
Count now goes to 3 balls and 2 strikes (full count).

Earlier, Dodger scout Mel Didier had given Gibson a report on the pitcher, Eckersley, that claimed with a 3-2 count against a left-handed power hitter (Gibson), he could be ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN that Eckersley would throw a "backdoor slider". Gibson said that when the count reached 3-2, he stepped out of the batter's box and, in his mind, could hear Didier's voice reminding him what his next pitch would be.

Gibson stepped back into the batter's box; and thus when Eckersley did in fact throw a "backdoor slider", it was exactly the pitch Gibson was looking for, and he drilled it into the stands over the Right Field Wall.

Gibson hobbled and barely moved around the infield, and the announcers were questioning whether or not Gibson even had the strength to make it all the way around on his own power. (he did...) Announcer Joe Garagiola commented at one point that the batter was shaking his left leg, making it quiver, like a "horse trying to get rid of a troublesome fly".

The Dodgers went on to win that World series 4 games to 1, and Gibson went on to hit 255 Home runs, and was ALCS MVP in 1984, NL MVP in 1988, and NL Outfield Silver Slugger in 1988.


I shall never forget watching on live TV that moment in baseball history, because of the true "CLUTCH" that not only the team was in, but Gibson (personally) as well! He gave all for the team, and "THE Home Run" (as it became known as") became a finalist as one of baseball's 10 greatest moments ever.

Great question and thanks for the memories!

Mack

Answer 5

I can only vouch for those from my generation, so my guys are post-1980.
NBA: Michael Jordan, of course
MLB: David "Big Papi" Ortiz. He comes up big EVERY time.
NFL: Joe Montana (Elway a close second). Did it on the biggest stage.
Golf: Take a wild guess . . .
College Basketball: Christian Laettner. I HATE Duke, but that guy refused to lose.
College Football: Vince Young. Most dominant college athlete in years.

Answer 6

Michael Jordan

Answer 7

View Poll Results: Who is most clutch?
Michael Jordan 6 75.00%
Larry Bird 0 0%
Magic Johnson 0 0%
Reggie Miller 1 12.50%
Jerry West 0 0%
John Havlicek 0 0%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 1 12.50%
Other

Answer 8

Reggie Jackson or Derek Jeter. They always came/come through in the clutch.

Answer 9

Michael Jordan. Because basketball is the only sport that really matters in a civilize world anyway.

Answer 10

Pete Rose

Answer 11

Pete Rose