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re: Who is the one athlete you wish you were alive to see?

Posted on 5/25/16 at 7:15 pm to
Posted by dukke v
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Posted on 5/25/16 at 7:15 pm to
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I was but It was when I was a kid into my teenage years. I didn't understand the buzz


ok I see. the dude was scary just coming to the ring... I have never seen a fighter destroy people with such ease....
Posted by COTiger
Colorado
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Posted on 5/25/16 at 7:17 pm to
Liston.

Until he met Ali.
Posted by tiderider
Member since Nov 2012
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Posted on 5/25/16 at 7:19 pm to
quote:

Sugar Ray Robinson
Pistol Pete
Jim Thorpe



yeah, would want to see Sugar ... guy's never not been #1 the lists i've looked at ...
Posted by dukke v
PLUTO
Member since Jul 2006
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Posted on 5/25/16 at 7:20 pm to
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Liston. Until he met Ali.




ok...him too.... These youngsters missed out on some great boxing with the three Frazier/ Ali fights.
Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Member since Nov 2015
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Posted on 5/25/16 at 7:21 pm to
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Pete Maravich
OJ Simpson


I would have liked to see Maravich back when scoring so crazy like that wasn't the norm.

And I never saw OJ...saw Marcus and Payton and Barry...and Herschel...

But OJ was probably the best athlete of his time...I mean, he could have played 20 years past his era if he was young...meaning his skills weren't eclipsed by modern times.

Final game against the #1 team in the nation
Posted by DownSouthCrawfish
Lift every voice and sing
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Posted on 5/25/16 at 7:23 pm to
Wilt
Posted by brgfather129
Los Angeles, CA
Member since Jul 2009
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Posted on 5/25/16 at 7:24 pm to
DiMaggio
Posted by double d
Amarillo by morning
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Posted on 5/25/16 at 7:37 pm to
Lou Gehrig and Bobby Jones
Posted by Bestbank Tiger
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Posted on 5/25/16 at 7:39 pm to
Roberto Clemente.
Posted by Vicks Kennel Club
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Posted on 5/25/16 at 7:43 pm to
Ruth
Posted by Thurber
NWLA
Member since Aug 2013
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Posted on 5/25/16 at 7:43 pm to
DiMaggio probably
Posted by GreatLakesTiger24
Member since May 2012
60718 posts
Posted on 5/25/16 at 7:44 pm to
I was born in 1993, so I didn't really get to watch Michael Jordan. Charles Barkley and Hakeem also come to mind.
Posted by navy
Parts Unknown, LA
Member since Sep 2010
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Posted on 5/25/16 at 7:49 pm to
I wouldn't mind seeing Billy Cannon and Rocky Marciano.

Also Bart Starr... Just to see Lombardi.


Youngsters also missed out on Hagler/Leonard/Hearns/(and Duran) ... And possibly Gatti/Ward wars as well.
Posted by gthog61
Irving, TX
Member since Nov 2009
71001 posts
Posted on 5/25/16 at 7:50 pm to
the 60's Packers and Cards, started rooting for both right as they stopped winning championships for a longgggggggggggggggggg time

but I wouldn't want to be older now, would rather they were slid back 5 years, would have seen about 6 championships for the teams I root for.
Posted by Grit-Eating Shin
You're an Idiot
Member since May 2013
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Posted on 5/25/16 at 7:53 pm to
quote:

Muhammad Ali.
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