50 Greatest Sportmen Ever?

ILikeEatingBabies · Jul 18th 2010, 11:07pm

1. Pele - Soccer
2. Jim Thorpe - Football, Track and Field
3. Tiger Woods - Golf
4. Cassius Clay[Muhammed Ali] - Boxing
5. Jessie Owens - Track and Field
6. Michael Jordan - Basketball
7. Phil Taylor - Darts
8. Jack Nicklaus - Golf
9. Gareth Edwards - Ice Hockey
10. Jean-Claude Killy – Skiing
11. Lance Armstrong-Cycling
12. Donald Bradman - Cricket
13. Garrincha - Soccer
14. Hank Aaron - Baseball
15. Miguel Indurain - Cycling
16. Aryton Senna - Motor Racing
17. Johan Cruyff - Soccer
18. Pete Sampras - Tennis
19. Diego Mardonna – Soccer
20. Roger Federer – Tennis
21. Michael Schumacher - FI
22. Paavo Nurmi - Track and Field
23. Rod Laver - Tennis
24. Jahanghir Khan - Squash
25. Wilt Chaimberlain - Basketball
26. Babe Ruth - Baseball
27. Jim Brown - Football
28. Lasse Viren - Track and Field
29. Mark Spitz - Swimming
30. Joe Louis - Boxing
31. Bobby Orr - Ice Hockey
32. Sugar Ray Leonard - Boxing
33. Stanley Matthews - Soccer
34. Garfield Sobers - Cricket
35. Eddie Merckx - Cycling
36. Sergei Bubka - Pole Vaulting
37. Michaell Phelps - Swimming
35. Jerry Rice – Football
36. Eric Heiden – Speed Skating
37. Viktor Barna – Table Tennis
38. Dale Earnhardt – Nascar
39. Brian Lara – Cricket
40. Willie Mays – Baseball
41. Joe Montana - Football
42. Rocky Marciano - Boxing
43. Ian Thorpe - Swimming
44. Tom Watson - Golf
45. Mario Lemieux - Ice Hockey
46. Magic Johnson - Basketball
47. Zinedine Zidane - Soccer Lol Headbutt
48. Bjorn Borg - Tennis
49. Roger Clemens - Baseball
50. John McEnroe - Tennis

I took Carl Lewis off the list because he was a cheat.
I'm sorry if I'm missing some people but this is my opinion, leave a comment if you wish.:rolleyes:

JC · Jul 19th 2010, 1:05am

You are missing GSP and Anderson Silva for MMA.

Where is Maradonna?

ILikeEatingBabies · Jul 19th 2010, 1:36am

GSP and Anderson Silva are sporting legends.At the same time I left out Jack Sheedy, Greatest G.A.A player ever but I guess you can only fit 50 in.I would also have to add Matt Hughes and Chuck Liddell some of the UFC's greatest fighters...Not much to fit 50 spaces :confused:

Maradonna is 19th...The hand of God

JC · Jul 19th 2010, 3:51am

You are forgetting about Fedor too >.<.

Yeah, 50 spots is not that many. Better go with the popular sports :P.

Can't believe Maradonna is 19th tho o.0

Murder 101 · Jul 19th 2010, 5:58am

If you are gonna add an MMA fighter, Royce Gracie would be the one. Or maybe Ken Shamrock due to him being the first real MMA superstar.

Aannddyy · Jul 19th 2010, 9:41am

Sir Donald Bradman should definitely be in the top 5, at least. I can't think of anyone else who has dominated a sport like Bradman did.

ILikeEatingBabies · Jul 19th 2010, 3:15pm

Its not that easy fitting 50 of the worlds greatest sportsman in a list without leaving some out

It would be one heck of a lot easier making one with 100

JC · Jul 19th 2010, 10:23pm

Murder 101 wrote:

If you are gonna add an MMA fighter, Royce Gracie would be the one. Or maybe Ken Shamrock due to him being the first real MMA superstar.

I disagree.

Royce Gracie was not that great of a sportsman and he got easily beat by Matt Hughes.

Loz <3 · Jul 19th 2010, 11:24pm

I think Mike Catt should be here purely because I've slept in his bed.
That's not as bad as it sounds :lol:

username #145 · Jul 19th 2010, 11:25pm

You missed out John Pantsil :confused:

Alice · Jul 19th 2010, 11:33pm

what about daniel carter for rugby

Raylan Givens · Jul 20th 2010, 12:14am

I'm baffled by this list, though I can agree with some of those names, this is obviously some random person's opinion off the internet. The list doesn't even have Muhammad Ali on it.

Papa Bear · Jul 20th 2010, 12:24am

Cade wrote:

I'm baffled by this list, though I can agree with some of those names, this is obviously some random person's opinion off the internet. The list doesn't even have Muhammad Ali on it.

No. 4

Superfast Jellyfish · Jul 20th 2010, 3:49am

why are you missing beckenbauer ???

JC · Jul 20th 2010, 4:15am

lozzaaa<3 wrote:

I think Mike Catt should be here purely because I've slept in his bed.
That's not as bad as it sounds

o.0 I'd like to hear how that happened >.<

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I was thinking Mike Tyson was missing.

But obviously if you bite an ear in a boxing match you are not that great of a sportsman.

Scratch what I said about Anderson. He's been clowning around and insulting his opponents in the ring too much.

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Do you think Mayweather or Pacman could make the list?

Murder 101 · Jul 20th 2010, 7:45am

Cyndaquil wrote:

I disagree.

Royce Gracie was not that great of a sportsman and he got easily beat by Matt Hughes.

One fight doesn't define career, especially in a fight where hes past his prime. Royce Gracie made modern MMA what it is with his Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Gracie subing guys twice his size in the original UFC shows showed that Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is the ultimate form of martial arts which is why every moden fighter has some sort of Jiu-Jitsu training.

Blastoise · Jul 20th 2010, 8:06am

Haven't read through them all, but some modern greats; Beckham, Federer, Nadal, Messi, Ronaldo, Ian Thorpe (imo), Armstrong, Usain Bolt (fuck he's quick)

JC · Jul 20th 2010, 8:52pm

Murder 101 wrote:

One fight doesn't define career, especially in a fight where hes past his prime. Royce Gracie made modern MMA what it is with his Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Gracie subing guys twice his size in the original UFC shows showed that Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is the ultimate form of martial arts which is why every moden fighter has some sort of Jiu-Jitsu training.

BJJ is not the ultimate MA. It is very effective, but it isn't the best.

There is no ultimate, the only reason BJJ was so dominant is because nobody knew what the heck Royce was doing. They just knew it hurt, and it made it hard to breathe.

Also, if you want to say that Royce should be in there because of his BJJ, then you should realize that other people were way better at it than he was.

Qwertyy · Jul 21st 2010, 6:45pm

why the hell are there cricket players on here??

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and steroids or not, barry bonds needs to make this list

weeler · Aug 20th 2010, 12:59am

jesus no george best

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