10 Athletes to compete in All Time Olympics (1 Viewer)

[Koya]

You have 10 Athletes to choose from all sports, any era / year.

They will compete in baseball, football, basketball, hockey, soccer, track and field, European handball, tennis, swimming, wrestling (by class), boxing (by class) - any other suggestions will be considered - basically a measure of best all-time athletes by both team and individual measures.

Who do you choose? And why?

 

[MC Gas Money]

Jesse Owens should be #1

 

[Koya]

Jesse Owens should be #1

And your other nine?

 

[Snoopy]

Jim Thorpe all around

Cassius Clay

Wayne Gretsy

Lew Alcindor

Ty Cobb

Joe Montana

Mark Spitz

Jackie Joiner Kersey

Bjorn Borg

Pele

 

[Mister CIA]

Something is going to ensue.

 

[MC Gas Money]

Jesse Owens should be #1

And your other nine?

Have I think about it. Just wanted to mention owens.

Im not really a big olympic fan

 

[RBM]

1.1 Bo Jackson

 

[Mister CIA]

Andre the Giant as my baseball catcher, and pinch runner.

 

[Annyong]

In no particular order

Bruce Lee
Lebron James

Bo Jackson

Jessie Owens
Jim Brown
Michael Jordan

Jim Thorpe

Rex Grossman

Pele

Carl Lewis

 

[BobbyLayne]

Jim Thorpe

Jesse Owens

Bob Mathias

Vasily Alexeev

Abebe Bikila

Eric Heiden

Carl Lewis

Rulon Garland

Michael ####### Johnson

Usain Bolt

Michael Phelps

Shaun White

Wait, sorry that's 12 great Olympians, and I didn't include that flying Finn guy.

What's the competition again?

#### it, too much wine, can't follow directions.

 

[dgreen]

Dan and Dave

 

[Koya]

My first stab:

Jim Thorpe

Jesse Owens

Bo Jackson

Hakeem Olajuwon

Wilt Chamberlain

Orr or Howe probably (better overall athlete than the Great One?)

Roger Staubach

Pele

Deion Sanders (loathe as I am to say it)

Lawrence Taylor

 

[AAABatteries]

Jessie Owens - track and field

Bo Jackson - football, baseball

Ali - boxing

Jordan - basketball, will to win

Herschel Walker - football, wrestling

Gretzky - not sure if any of these other guys can skate

Michael Phelps - swimming

Jim Brown

Pele - soccer

Jackie Robinson - baseball and all-around

Also considered:

Federer - tennis

Carl Lewis

Deion Sanders

Bill Russell - I could see him dominate handball

I'm sure I'm overlooking someone obvious

 

[Koya]

Jessie Owens - track and field

Bo Jackson - football, baseball

Ali - boxing

Jordan - basketball, will to win

Herschel Walker - football, wrestling

Gretzky - not sure if any of these other guys can skate

Michael Phelps - swimming

Jim Brown

Pele - soccer

Jackie Robinson - baseball and all-around

Also considered:

Federer - tennis

Carl Lewis

Deion Sanders

Bill Russell - I could see him dominate handball

I'm sure I'm overlooking someone obvious

Herschel is a great choice. BOBSLED #####ES.

 

[Annyong]

Gallagher- Watermelon Smash

 

[Eephus]

Andre the Giant as my baseball catcher, and pinch runner.

Hockey goaltender as well

 

[Sabertooth]

Calvin Johnson has to be mentioned.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Bo Jackson

Jim Thorpe

Babe Didrickson

Michael Jordan

Mark Spitz

Dave Winfield

Tiger Woods

Jesse Owens

Geordie Howe

Mike Tyson

 

[charvik]

PED or no PED?

 

[Das Boot]

9 Chris Sabo's

1 Mike Ditka (not the mini one though)

 

[belljr]

will they all be competing in the same events?

 

[Koya]

will they all be competing in the same events?

Im open to tweaking the rules, but let's say you have to fill a team for all the major sports, and to at least a good degree, all players will be needed in each game (i.e. a first and second team in basketball, call football 7 on 7, not trying to over over think this).

 

[joffer]

I'll take Lebron

 

[Eephus]

Ten seems excessive, why not seven athletes?

 

[Sonny Lubick Blowup Doll]

Duke Kahanamoku.

 

[Disc Shark]

In no particular order

Bruce Lee

Lebron James

Bo Jackson

Jessie Owens

Jim Brown

Michael Jordan

Jim Thorpe

Rex Grossman

Pele

Carl Lewis

Rex?

 

[Disc Shark]

1. Bo

2. Thorpe

 

[The General]

Just give me some hot pole vaulting chicks and that one sprinter dark haired hottie that did the jumping around warm up thing.

 

[Freelove]

[espn]Secretariat[/espn]

 

[Koya]

Just give me some hot pole vaulting chicks and that one sprinter dark haired hottie that did the jumping around warm up thing.

Not a bad strategy. Not bad at all.

7 more. And in your case, with visual backup (links with pics).

 

[Freelove]

[espn]Secretariat[/espn]

To finish up...

2. Chris Moneymaker

3. Dale Earnhardt

4. Scott Hamilton

5. Pete Weber

6. Arnold Palmer

7. Calvin Borel

8. Ray Guy

9. Bobby Fischer

10. Michael Flatley

 

[Mister CIA]

Andre the Giant as my baseball catcher, and pinch runner.

Hockey goaltender as well

Now you got me thinking. I was leaning Vasily Alekseyev for hockey goaltender.

Rock Star

 

[MC Gas Money]

Travis Henry and Shawn Kemp for the mattress routine

 

[Mister CIA]

Travis Henry and Shawn Kemp for the mattress routine

Draft Dominator says Rae Carruth.

 

[Eephus]

Since the Olympics are international

Johann Olav Koss

Eddy Merckx

Ian Thorpe

Daley Thompson

Alexander Karelin

Li Ning

Hermann Maier

Jonah Lomu

Alexei Nemov

ZLATAN

 

[Snoopy]

Travis Henry and Shawn Kemp for the mattress routine

No Wilt Chamberlain?

 

[MC Gas Money]

Travis Henry and Shawn Kemp for the mattress routine

No Wilt Chamberlain?

How many kids did wilt have?

 

[sports_fan]

this is tough. so you basically want a top guy at each sport who would also be competitive at other sports?

LeBron

Bo Jackson

Messi

Carl Lewis

Willie Mays

Bobby Orr

Jim Brown

Federer

Phelps

Mike Tyson

 

[Snoopy]

Travis Henry and Shawn Kemp for the mattress routine

No Wilt Chamberlain?

How many kids did wilt have?

I wasn't thinking of the end result, but the 20,000 women Wilt "slept" with.

 

[Koya]

this is tough. so you basically want a top guy at each sport who would also be competitive at other sports?

LeBron

Bo Jackson

Messi

Carl Lewis

Willie Mays

Bobby Orr

Jim Brown

Federer

Phelps

Mike Tyson

Dammit - Jim Brown needs to be there. Guy was the best lax player... ever? Crazy ####.

 

[Koya]

Since the Olympics are international

Johann Olav Koss

Eddy Merckx

Ian Thorpe

Daley Thompson

Alexander Karelin

Li Ning

Hermann Maier

Jonah Lomu

Alexei Nemov

ZLATAN

Shut up, nerd.

 

[Guest]

Bo Jackson

Jim Thorpe

Babe Didrickson

Michael Jordan

Mark Spitz

Dave Winfield

Tiger Woods

Jesse Owens

Geordie Howe

Mike Tyson

 

[MC Gas Money]

Travis Henry and Shawn Kemp for the mattress routine

No Wilt Chamberlain?

How many kids did wilt have?

I wasn't thinking of the end result, but the 20,000 women Wilt "slept" with.

Ok then I guess its the all-around babymaker routine

 

[sports_fan]

In no particular order

Bruce Lee

Lebron James

Bo Jackson

Jessie Owens

Jim Brown

Michael Jordan

Jim Thorpe

Rex Grossman

Pele

Carl Lewis

Rex?

remarkable talent

this guys face

 

[Mister CIA]

I'm leaning Luis Tiant and Mark Fidrych in synchronized swimming.

 

[GroveDiesel]

Tom Glavine could probably garner some consideration. Baseball HOFer and could have been a very good hockey player as well. Also a very good golfer.

 

[Mister CIA]

Secretariat in the steeplechase, and all other track events.

 

[Eephus]

Since the Olympics are international

Johann Olav Koss

Eddy Merckx

Ian Thorpe

Daley Thompson

Alexander Karelin

Li Ning

Hermann Maier

Jonah Lomu

Alexei Nemov

ZLATAN

Shut up, nerd.

don't you have a league to run?

 

[Ilov80s]

Danny Ainge. Only person ever to be a first time HS All American in baseball,basketball and football. Wooden award winner as best college basketball player while concurrently playing 3 years with Blue Jays.

 

[GregR]

Are the athletes "era adjusted"?