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qwertyMike Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-27-08 09:56 PM
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The greatest athlete ever
Jesse Owens

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Owens

4 Gold medals in 1936 in front of Hitler who called him a "Black Auxiliary"
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opiate69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-27-08 10:03 PM
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1. Nothing against Owens, but I gotta go with Mario Lemieux..
All the records he broke, while dealing with injuries and lymphoma..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Lemieux
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quip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-27-08 10:49 PM
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9. Nothing against Mario Lemieux, but Wayne Gretzky was the most dominant athlete to have played
professional sports.
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Archae Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-27-08 10:10 PM
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2. Owens was good...
But Jim Thorpe was really good.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Thorpe
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qwertyMike Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-27-08 10:44 PM
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8. I agree
But I love Jesse - the whole Hitler thing
OK It's a tie
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-27-08 10:15 PM
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3. It all depends on their sport. If you consider motor racing a sport
It would be Fangio, or Schumacher.

If it were basketball, it would be Jordan, or Magic Johnson, right?

Personally I think endurance athletes, work in teams, and travel across entire countries and live off the land are up there.
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-27-08 10:23 PM
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4. If it were basketball
it'd be Wilt Chamberlain.
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-27-08 10:24 PM
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5. fine
I'll grant you that I know little about the sport. Wilt, it is.
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-27-08 10:27 PM
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6. Aw, crap
I wanted an argument. :(
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-27-08 10:27 PM
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7. I'm in no honest position to argue basketball
sorry

I'll start a new thread for you
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