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re: Who was the most well rounded athlete to play a professional sport?

Posted on 1/27/14 at 11:03 am to
Posted by Fletch F Fletch
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Posted on 1/27/14 at 11:03 am to
there's only one...

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Posted by Zamoro10
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Posted on 1/27/14 at 11:04 am to
Jackie

Baseball was one of his worst sports.





This post was edited on 1/27/14 at 11:07 am
Posted by The_Joker
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Posted on 1/27/14 at 11:05 am to
Deion Sanders
Posted by PrimeTime Money
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Posted on 1/27/14 at 11:05 am to
I disagree with Wilt Chamberlain. He didn't have the coordination that other athletes have.

He was an atrocious free-throw shooter. He couldn't shoot a basketball.

He could run and jump, but he couldn't excel at many sports due to his lack of technical ability.


LeBron James is way more well-rounded than Wilt Chamberlain.

This post was edited on 1/27/14 at 11:06 am
Posted by beaverfever
Little Rock
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Posted on 1/27/14 at 11:05 am to
The assumption of the thread is "other than Bo Jackson" right?
Posted by Zamoro10
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Posted on 1/27/14 at 11:12 am to
Jackie was more well-rounded than Bo.

Bo might have been a freak - but well rounded?

He didn't dominate in basketball like Jackie did.

Bo could have dominated college track and field if he did it.

Jackie was dominate in 3 sports in college.
Posted by rondo
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Posted on 1/27/14 at 11:14 am to
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Bo Jackson.

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Posted by BCMCubs
Colorado
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Posted on 1/27/14 at 11:15 am to
Jackie Robinson played pretty much everything at UCLA
Posted by Tiger1242
Member since Jul 2011
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Posted on 1/27/14 at 11:20 am to
Yea didn't he play like 4 sports at UCLA?
And really no more love for Winnfield? He got drafted to play pro football and he didn't even play it in college
Posted by scormi5
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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Posted on 1/27/14 at 11:28 am to
Jim Thorpe, and its not even close. Played football, baseball, basketball, and won medals in the Olympic's Decathalon and Pentathalon.

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Posted by Tiger1242
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Posted on 1/27/14 at 11:29 am to
Thorpe is hard to judge tbh, wasn't he a center? Football was so different back then
Posted by Lester Earl
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Posted on 1/27/14 at 11:33 am to
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t, could dunk from the free throw line without a running start


Sounds like an urban legend

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and probably the strongest guy to ever play pro sports


Wat
Posted by B1rdman15
The Office
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Posted on 1/27/14 at 11:35 am to
Running back, defensive back, punter, kicker.
Posted by DelU249
Austria
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Posted on 1/27/14 at 11:36 am to
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The usually arrogant Schwarzenegger still speaks in near awe of Wilt's strength .


Anyone who speaks about wilt just goes on and on about how strong he was
Posted by Pintail
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Posted on 1/27/14 at 11:37 am to
Bo Jackson
Posted by StringedInstruments
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Posted on 1/27/14 at 11:38 am to
quote:

LeBron James is way more well-rounded than Wilt Chamberlain.


Posted by DelU249
Austria
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Posted on 1/27/14 at 11:39 am to
Lebron is a legit answer

Posted by Tiger1242
Member since Jul 2011
31901 posts
Posted on 1/27/14 at 11:39 am to
He won gold medals in the Decathlon and Pentathlon, played professional baseball, basketball, and football. On top of all that after his athletic career he was a broke alcoholic who couldn't hold down a job.
Jim Thorpe was an interesting guy
Posted by FightinTigersDammit
Louisiana North
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Posted on 1/27/14 at 11:40 am to
Wilt's strength was legendary. No one in the NBA wanted to frick with him.

In addition to football and lacrosse, Jim Brown also played hoops at Syracuse.
Posted by pdandi1
Member since Jul 2012
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Posted on 1/27/14 at 11:43 am to
Cam Newton


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