the greatest
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You will NEVER be able to pick 1 All star World Best Player if you count ALL Sport Categories....
I see a lot of Great Names and Why would one Be considered Better than the other when both of them were the
Best at what they did??
Jordan cannot be compared to Gretzky or Ali or Woods or Other.
Don't forget that in Europe, 80% of the People have no Clue who Gretzky is... same thing in America where people don't know who Zidane is.
I see a lot of Great Names and Why would one Be considered Better than the other when both of them were the
Best at what they did??
Jordan cannot be compared to Gretzky or Ali or Woods or Other.
Don't forget that in Europe, 80% of the People have no Clue who Gretzky is... same thing in America where people don't know who Zidane is.
--- KevI would suggest that the greatest soccer player of all time (whoever that might be... I'm not a soccer person) is the greatest athlete of all time.
I suspect more people play soccer than any other sport on the planet. It would therefore take more athletic talent to dominate this sport than it would a sport with a smaller pool of participants.
I suspect more people play soccer than any other sport on the planet. It would therefore take more athletic talent to dominate this sport than it would a sport with a smaller pool of participants.
Uhhh interesting rerun. You are correct soccer is the sport that the world plays. Hopefully one day the goverments in North America will realize that and fund accordingly.Rerun said:
However the greatest sport is not someone who plays soccer or hockey or any other of the popular sports we wish to choose, but it is the decathlon.
The decathlon tests the athletic prowess of those athletes like no other sport found in North America or anywere else in the world.
Gretsky is the greatest hockey player ever as far as i am concerned, (he never passed a puck to Kev, i hold no grudge) but i don't think he qualifies as the greatest athlete. Zidane is one of the best soccer players ever not to kick a ball to Kev. I hold no grudge, but all these and many others only participated in one sport. As brilliant as they are, the decathlon athlete competes in "ten". Each one different from the next.
Whos the best athlete ever? There is no correct answer..............maybe its our moms for having the ability to chase around small children and catching them. I use to watch Walter Payton and the Bears as a kid and learned to bob and weave with the best of them. Mom still caught me. Cheers --- Kev
not bad........yes it is a famous goal.....but only as far as North Americans are concerned.Rerun said:
No. Your clue helped though and I did a search on his name. But why does that make him the greatest? Wouldn't Paul Henderson also need to be considered if that is the criteria for determining greatest? To me, the american team winning the gold medal holds no importance. It's just another country other than Canada winning, and I lose interest. Did he ever play beyond that game?Rerun said:
My vote for greatest goes to Bobby Orr. He scored a rather famous goal as well.
*shaking my head*revolver said:
Revolver, Revolver........
How can you NOT be inspired by the miracle on ice? In '72 it was a group of superstar NHLers who BARELY beat the Soviets. In the '80 olympics, a group of pimply, no-name college kids rose to a most intimidating occasion and beat the greatest hockey team in history!!
In addition to the inspirational, DAvid vs Golieth aspect of the victory, the Miracle raised the profile and visibility of hockey in the US like nothing else before, inspiring a generation of superstars like Brian Leetch, Mike Modano, Chris Chelios, Tony Amonte, etc. to take up hockey. Before the Miracle, hockey held a status equivalent to arena football south of the border. This makes it arguably the most important event in hockey history.
Some homework for you: Rent the movie MIRACLE when you get a chance. It's a little sappy, but a good film nonetheless. Kurt Russell is excellent as Herb Brooks.
Finally, I believe Eruzione played one or two games in the NHL (with the Rangers, I think), but didn't make much of a go of it. I guess whgen you captain the Miracle team and score a goal like that, there's not much left to accomplish!
I guess if I was an american I might be more inspired. Nice that they won but I hardly think it was a miracle. And I'd stop short of calling that russian team the greatest hockey team in history. There have been some great NHL teams that they would have big trouble beating.Rerun said:
