G.O.A.T.s in miscellaneous sports

[D. Bergin]

Sonja Henie has a lot of contemporary cards out there that can be had for a song.

Just like the bigger sports, I like to separate the modern greats from the earlier or pioneer greats and break them up into distinct era's, simply because it's unfair to me to compare athletes from different era's.

2 of my favorites in the tennis world are Helen Wills Moody and Bill Tilden. Both were absolutely dominant for a decent length of time.

Compared to the modern great tennis players, and considering they were the benchmarks of their era, their cards/photos/memorabilia can be had pretty inexpensively.

[steve B]

Eddy Merckx would fit a collection like that, Sportscaster card, plus some European issues.

Most of the greats before him have the occasional card.

Sadly, I don't think the greatest female cyclists have any cards, let alone ones done during their careers.

Art Arfons or Craig Breedlove - both have a few cards.
Malcolm Campbell or Henry Seagrave- Same, but fewer I think.

Steve McKinney(Speed Skiing) - Not sure there are any cards at all. There may be a handful for the entire sport, but I haven't checked all that much.


The lack of cards for some sports makes me wonder if the might not be a market for a set or sets of cards from those sports.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Here is Eddy's first. 1966 Panini.

[JustinD]

Just borrowed this photo to save time, but I do have a handful of these.

The greatest female bowler of all time is fairly obscure. However, there's some good memories of Marion for me. She was my great aunt Willis Ryskamp's partner and they held the WIBC doubles title for a time in the 50's.

It was amazing how all those ladies kept in touch for so many years from those early teams.

[bnorth]

This is the GOAT of Strongman. I got to see him last year at the Shaw Classic. This year I spent the cash to get floor level seat 1 Row 1 hoping he will be there again. A meet and greet with the strongmen came with the tickets.

Just heard a great stat today. The longest winning streaks in Strongman history. Second place(tie) was Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson(Thor) with 9 wins in a row. The GOAT Big Z had a 17 win streak then came in second and then won 9 more in a row. So he won 26 out of 27 events against the best in the world during one stretch of his career.

[gonefishin]

Numbers 1 and 2 in NASCAR, men's division. Number 1 in the woman's division.

[Exhibitman]

Surfing GOAT? Maybe. Surfing god? Definitely.