Settle bet - most famous US athlete, all time

[nebboy]

Biggest sport in the world by far is football ( soccer to you and me.
So I’ll enter into the discussion

Pelé - widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport, he was among the most successful and popular sports figures of the 20th century.

[icurnmedic]

US-Ruth
Worldwide-Jordan, think shoes!

[bk400]

If we are talking about who US adults today think is the most famous US athlete in history, I'm going with Michael Jordan.

[timber63401]

Jordan. There is more people under 25 that don't know who Babe Ruth is then you think.

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by bk400

if we are talking about who us adults today think is the most famous us athlete in history, i'm going with michael jordan.

100%

[David W]

My 22 year old son wants some love for Michael Phelps

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by David W

My 22 year old son wants some love for Michael Phelps

None given.
Jordan. End of discussion.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

None given.
Jordan. End of discussion.

I agree with Jordan by a mile. Just for fun I am on a forum that has sections for pretty much everything in life. So I posted this question in their sports section. So far it has 50 responses and there are only 2 that said Babe Ruth and one of them has Babe Ruth as their user name. Jordan and Ali had the most votes. What I noticed from asking on a forum not focused on baseball is I actually got a very large range of answers. You could tell what sports people watched/liked by who their answer was. There were even a few answers with people I had never heard of but it was the posters sport of choice.

[Carter08]

Originally Posted by nebboy

Biggest sport in the world by far is football ( soccer to you and me.
So I’ll enter into the discussion

Pelé - widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport, he was among the most successful and popular sports figures of the 20th century.

He’s not a US athlete