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05-18-2023, 09:47 AM
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Glad to find this thread. I've been putting together my own checklist of greatest ever by sport and have a pretty extensive list at this point. I've tried to include all the popular sports, even if they aren't popular in the U.S. I name just one if I think the choice is clear and everyone I consider a plausible candidate in cases where it just depends on what stats you want to emphasize.
Baseball: Ruth Basketball (men's): Chamberlain/Abdul-Jabbar/Jordan/James Basketball (women's): Catchings/Taurasi American Football: Brady Ice Hockey: Orr/Gretzky/Lemieux Soccer (men's): Messi Soccer (women's): Hamm/Marta Boxing (men's): Robinson/Louis/Marciano/Ali/Tyson/Mayweather Boxing (women's): Taylor Tennis (men's): Emerson/Djokovic Tennis (women's): Court/Navratilova/Graf/Williams Golf (men's): Nicklaus/Woods Golf (women's): Didrikson/Sorenstam Softball: Fernandez/Richardson Volleyball (men's): Kiraly Volleyball (women's): Walsh Cricket: Bradman/Tendulkar Rugby: McCaw Cycling: Merckx Swimming (men's): Phelps Swimming (women's): Ledecky Gymnastics (women's): Latynina/Biles Gymnastics (men's): Andrianov/Uchimura Sprinting (men's): Bolt Sprinting (women's): Fraser-Price Middle distance (men's): Nurmi/Gebrselassie/Bekele/Farah Middle distance (women's): Dibaba Marathon (men's): Kipchoge Marathon (women's): Radcliffe Athletics, general (men's): Thorpe/Owens/Morris/Lewis/Mayer Athletics, general (women's): Didrikson/Joyner-Kersee Figure skating (women's): Henie Figure skating (men's): Hanyu Alpine skiing (men's): Stenmark Alpine skiing (women's): Shiffrin Nordic skiing (men's): Daehlie Nordic skiing (women's): Bjorgen Diving (men's): Louganis Diving (women's): Minxia Table tennis (men's): Long Table tennis (women's): Yue MMA (men's): Johnson/St. Pierre MMA (women's): Nunes Field hockey (men's): Chand Field hockey (women's): Aymar Wrestling: Karelin Badminton (men's): Dan/Wei Badminton (women's): Ling/Ning Judo (men's): Nomura/Riner Judo (women's): Tani Weightlifting (men's): Süleymanoğlu/Alekseyev Weightlifting (women's): Lian/Slivenko Lacrosse (men's): Gait/Rabil/Powell Lacrosse (women's): Cummings Squash (men's): Khan Squash (women's): McKay Stock car racing: Petty F1 racing: Hamilton Skateboarding (men's): Hawk Skateboarding (women's): Bufoni Snowboarding (men's): White Snowboarding (women's): Jacobellis Surfing (men's): Slater Surfing (women's): Beachley/Gilmore Taekwondo (men's): Lopez Taekwondo (women's): Kyung-Seon Water polo (men's): Gyarmati Water polo (women's): Steffens Speed skating, short track (men's): Hyun-Soo Speed skating, short track (women's): Fontana/Meng Speed skating, long track (men's): Kramer Speed skating, long track (women's): Karlijn Wuust Sumo: Hakuho Pool (men's): Reyes Pool (women's): Balukas/Fisher Horse racing, jockey: Shoemaker Horse racing, horse: Man o' War/Secretariat Last edited by darwinbulldog; 05-18-2023 at 11:02 AM. 
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05-18-2023, 10:53 AM
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Wut no bowling?
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05-18-2023, 11:02 AM
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A few from Glenn's list.
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05-18-2023, 11:09 AM
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On the NASCAR/Stock Car front, an argument can be made for Dale "The Intimidator" Earnhardt as the GOAT. Richard "The King" Petty raced in 1,184 Cup series races run over 35 years, with 200 wins and seven championships. Earnhardt had 676 races run over 27 years with 100 wins and 7 championships as well. His career was cut short by a fatal accident at Daytona. Anyhow, both were on postcards years before their 'rookie' cards. Here are Petty's first card from 1962 (his third season; with his father Lee) and Earnhardt's 1979 team issued postcard from his rookie season:
  Here are a 1969 PC of Petty and a signed 1972 PC:  
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05-18-2023, 11:14 AM
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Haha, no. One of my grandfather's cousins was a bowling pro, so he'd probably be miffed at the oversight, but I haven't gotten to that one yet. I think I have rookie cards for about half of the people on my list, but I've never taken a picture of the group.
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05-18-2023, 11:18 AM
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Quote:
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05-18-2023, 11:29 AM
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05-22-2023, 10:11 PM
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Here's a bunch of them.
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05-22-2023, 10:15 PM
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And more
Last edited by darwinbulldog; 05-22-2023 at 10:16 PM.
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