Who's the best athlete ever?

Question

In all sports, who is the best.

Answer 1

As far as pure athletic ability I would have to say Michael Jordan.

Answer 2

You need to look at Olympians for this answer, not at pro money grubbers. What about Andras Balczo of Hungary who holds the record for the most Olympic golds won for running events with his feat of winning three gold medals in the marathon in the 1960, 1968, and 1972 Olympics? I think the 10 Olympic gold medals won by American Raymond Ewry in the high, long, and triple jumps in 1900, 1904, 1906, and 1908 absolutely blow Michael Jordan out of the water. Not to mention that statistically, the efforts of a certain cricket batsman, Sir Donald Bradman of Australia, are so far beyond the average scores in his game, that he is about 100 times better at his sport of cricket than Jordan was at basketball when you compare Jordan to other players in his sport.

Answer 3

Jim HTorpe. He was arguably THE BEST athelete of the 20th century. Olympian, Pro Football, Pro Baseball, Track....Pure athelete if ever there was one.

List of accomplishments

-College Football Hall of Fame - 1951

-Charter Enshrinee in the Pro Football Hall of Fame - 1963

-All-America - 1911, 1912

-Olympic Decathlon and Pentathlon Champion - 1912

-AP Most Outstanding Athlete of the First Half of the 20th Century - 1950

- "America's Greatest Football Player of the half-century" - 1950

-ABC's Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Century - 2001

-Track and Field Hall of Fame

-1950, the nation's press selected Jim Thorpe as the most outstanding athlete of the first half of the 20th Century

-From 1996-2001, he was continuously awarded ABC's Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Century award

Answer 4

Jacobus Franciscus "Jim" Thorpe (Sac and Fox Nation: Wa-Tho-Huk) (May 28, 1887 – March 28, 1953) is considered one of the most versatile athletes in modern sports. He won Olympic gold medals in the pentathlon and decathlon, starred in college and professional football, played Major League Baseball and also had a career in basketball. He subsequently lost his Olympic titles when it was found he had played two seasons of minor league baseball prior to competing in the games (thus violating the amateur status rules). In 1983, thirty years after his death, his medals were restored.

Answer 5

Toss Up

Muhammod Ali
Mario Lemiuex
Michael Jordan

Answer 6

Probably Bo Jackson or Dion Sanders. Bo made the All Star teams in both Major League baseball and the NFL. Dion played in both the Superbowl and the World Series.

Answer 7

Johnny Weismuller he was Tarzan back in the 30s-40s.
He was also an Olympic Athlete.
Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson, he was an athlete that fought in a war then he played Baseball.
Them two are the tossup.

Answer 8

Jim Thorpe

Answer 9

Deion Sanders

Answer 10

Bo Jackson