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Liam
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Posted: Mon Jan 16th, 2012 10:41 pm |
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How good was that programme. Happy 70th Ali. Greatest sporting Icon of the 20th Century?
How about we name a top 5 in order?
1. Ali
2. Senna
3. Pele
4. Babe Ruth
5. Pete Sampras
Just a list to get us going.
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Posted: Tue Jan 17th, 2012 12:23 am |
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1.Pele
2.Ali
3.Sugar Ray Robinson
4.Sachin Tendulkar
5.Tiger Woods
Just Missing out
Roger Federer Roberto Duran Michael Jordan
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Liam
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Posted: Tue Jan 17th, 2012 02:15 am |
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| of corse, Michael Jordan! Sachin, Tiger and Federer though had their peaks after the 20th Century though? hence why i didn't name them and went with Sampras, though Jordan could easily replace him. Last edited on Tue Jan 17th, 2012 02:16 am by Liam
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Posted: Tue Jan 17th, 2012 03:00 am |
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Haile Gebrselassie
Michael Johnson
Usain Bolt
Daley Thompson
Martina Navratalova
ahh, but Bolt was 21st century. Bugger it - he's so fast I'm making an exception! 
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Posted: Tue Jan 17th, 2012 10:33 am |
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| Yeh would have to take Roger Sachin and Tiger out..Would put Feranc Puskas in With Brian Lara and also Pete Sampras in place of those three. Last edited on Tue Jan 17th, 2012 10:35 am by craig bwfc
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Posted: Tue Jan 17th, 2012 10:39 am |
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Liam wrote:
of corse, Michael Jordan! Sachin, Tiger and Federer though had their peaks after the 20th Century though? hence why i didn't name them and went with Sampras, though Jordan could easily replace him. Michael Jordan would move into my top 5 could have really had him in there at first but just thought up a list quickly as it was late on.
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Posted: Tue Jan 17th, 2012 10:40 am |
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1. Chris Webber
2. Vlade Divac
3. Peja Stojakovic
4. Mike Bibby
5. Doug Christie
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NormidTerrace
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Posted: Tue Jan 17th, 2012 02:09 pm |
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craig bwfc wrote:
Liam wrote:
of corse, Michael Jordan! Sachin, Tiger and Federer though had their peaks after the 20th Century though? hence why i didn't name them and went with Sampras, though Jordan could easily replace him. Michael Jordan would move into my top 5 could have really had him in there at first but just thought up a list quickly as it was late on.
I can't really call someone iconic because he had his name on some famous trainers. Probably did something else, but nothing that I saw or cared about. If we're going for US sport, what about OJ Simpson? He was, er, iconic.
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Posted: Tue Jan 17th, 2012 03:22 pm |
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| Steve Redgrave?
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le god
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Posted: Tue Jan 17th, 2012 03:35 pm |
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NormidTerrace wrote:
craig bwfc wrote:
Liam wrote:
of corse, Michael Jordan! Sachin, Tiger and Federer though had their peaks after the 20th Century though? hence why i didn't name them and went with Sampras, though Jordan could easily replace him. Michael Jordan would move into my top 5 could have really had him in there at first but just thought up a list quickly as it was late on.
I can't really call someone iconic because he had his name on some famous trainers. Probably did something else, but nothing that I saw or cared about. If we're going for US sport, what about OJ Simpson? He was, er, iconic.
Jordan did a lot more than put his name to some trainers.
he revolutionised basketball.
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Posted: Tue Jan 17th, 2012 06:13 pm |
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| Roger Bannister?
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NormidTerrace
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Posted: Wed Jan 18th, 2012 02:40 am |
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le god wrote:
NormidTerrace wrote:
craig bwfc wrote:
Liam wrote:
of corse, Michael Jordan! Sachin, Tiger and Federer though had their peaks after the 20th Century though? hence why i didn't name them and went with Sampras, though Jordan could easily replace him. Michael Jordan would move into my top 5 could have really had him in there at first but just thought up a list quickly as it was late on.
I can't really call someone iconic because he had his name on some famous trainers. Probably did something else, but nothing that I saw or cared about. If we're going for US sport, what about OJ Simpson? He was, er, iconic.
Jordan did a lot more than put his name to some trainers.
he revolutionised basketball.
Yes, I was joking, of course. What I really meant was that I don't think basketball is globally significant enough to have one of the 20th century icons.
When did Tiger Woods break through? Carl Lewis is a good shout I think. Johnathan Edwards. Dick Fosbury.
Bannister is a good one, where are the women though? I had Navratilova, as her Grand Slam record is about 60 wins all in all for double and singles, putting her way ahead of Sampras.
But generally I think of athletics, as it's the real test of performance. In fact, I find it hard to think of people in team sports who would go in.
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Liam
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Posted: Wed Jan 18th, 2012 10:02 pm |
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| Tiger broke through in 1997 i believe, but still, his peak was about the millennium, and still, he was brilliant but Jack Niclaus maybe was the golfer of the 20th century?
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