re: Could Jim Thorpe have played professional sports if he was 25 today?

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Ruth was born in 1895 and was 6'2 215 before he got heavy. Josh Gibson was born in 1911 and was 6'1 210. That was massive back then. Do you really think these two would have been the same size if they were born 100 years later? Forget the nutrition and training part, they would have been monsters. But I am subjected to people saying how much bigger and stronger today's players were, I wonder how big LeBron would have been if he were born in 1895?

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Finally someone who gets it. The freaks from the days of yore (eg. Jim Thorpe, Red Grange, Babe Ruth, Jesse Owens, Joe Louis, Wilt Chamberlain, Jim Brown, etc.) would have been bigger and stronger versions themselves if the had been born 25 years ago. And the freaks of today (eg. Lebron James, Calvin Johnson, Usain Bolt, etc.) would have been smaller freaks if they had been born 100 years ago. I don't understand why some people seem to believe that some people are immune from the effects of improved nutrition, medicine and training.