who is the greatest sport man ever?
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mike jordan led league in scoring numerous of times- good on defence took charge at the end of games- played sick- help make players around him better mostly because of his presence on the court, also good and respectful on his interview sessions.
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That's a pretty tough question. There are so many "greats" out there that it wouldn't be a fair statement to say someone is the greatest!
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Pele is the best and is recognized as the best\nPele the one and only\nSee\nhttp://www.ifhof.com/hof/halloffame.asp
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I would have to go with Hulk Hogan...look at his longevity.\n\nOther greats (at least in my opinion) include:\nStone Cold, Ric Flair, Brett Hart, Macho Man, and Kurt Angle...to name a few.
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The previous question on this topic, elicited 5085 and counting, how many answers, you reckon you'll get son?\n\n\nMy greatest sports feat coming from a football fan is surprisingly golf. 1986 US Masters won by Jack Nicklaus, followed by Pete Sampras winning his final US Open.
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Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time.
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It's got to be Walter Payton a.k.a sweetness, the way he ran the ball with power and finess he never ran out of bounds always right at the DB. Not only was he a great athlete but he was a great man as well.
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arguebly george best .alas! this greatest of all time grearts is no more . tears come down we could not see this man is not in action at present . i wish he should have born now . when we see some of his older film , i feel what a player he was ,possing abandant of skill and brilliances . we remember only maradona, pele, boby charlton, boby moor, but nobody seems bother about this creature of god who once ruled the english and european circuit only but never played any world cup .
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Pele, without doubt. I met him in 2000 while working at one of the major sponsors and he is a really great bloke. So not only was he unbelievable on the pitch, he was a great bloke too. \n\nCompare that to Maradona (junkie), George Best (drunk womaniser) and even Paul Gascgoine (wife-beater, drunk, fake-breast wearer). \n\nI've seen old video of Eusebio too and he was pretty special, but for me the greatest is definitely Pele.
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Dennis Rodman hands down. Read all about him.
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At this day and age, Ronaldinho (barcelona,) but if you mean ever, there's no question at all that it's Pele. Actually, i think Pele is the most prized athlete period- in the history of any sport ever!!
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SEVEN days ago Lance Armstrong ended his career in a style that was clinically and absolutely perfect, but his going from the sport of cycling opened a debate that is not likely to be settled so conclusively. \n\nIt is a familiar debate, though only occasionally sparked by a sportsman's retirement, and it follows on from a question that is at the same time both beautifully simple and horribly complicated: who is the greatest sportsperson of all time? \n\nOf course, the very fact that so many have been grappling with this over the past seven days might be indicative of Armstrong's standing. It is, most seem to agree - even those who conclude that he "doesn't qualify as the greatest all-round athlete because cycling doesn't test enough athletic talent or skill" - a reasonable enough question, as well as a legitimate exercise in trying to assess Armstrong's achievements, and where he belongs - or whether he belongs at all - among the all-time greats. \n\nThe above dismissal of Armstrong's claims is, incidentally, in the opinion of Skip Bayless, an ESPN columnist. But others, such as Sports Illustrated, beg to differ. "His seven straight Tour triumphs ranks him as the best ever in his sport, and among the best in any sport," asserted the magazine this week, before adding that it also represents "the second greatest individual streak ever achieved in sports. \n\n"It's ahead of Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak, which was achieved in 1941 and hasn't been seriously challenged since; and trails only a streak that was so fundamentally implausible that we pretty much overlooked it until long after it was over: Edwin Moses' stupefying 122 consecutive wins in the 400m hurdles." \n\nAny assessment of Armstrong's record poses an interesting challenge for most American - and indeed British - observers. The Tour de France might be "as gruelling an ordeal as there is," notes Sports Illustrated, but they admit that it "stumps most Americans". \n\nTo understand Armstrong's achievement it is necessary to understand the Tour in the wider sporting context, which the magazine sets out to do: "The physical pain and punishment inflicted is staggering, unlike perhaps anything else in sports. Think of boxers punching through 15 rounds for 22 straight days. Or NFL players playing seven games in seven days. NBA players wilt on their third game in three nights. To win a grand slam tennis title a player has to win seven matches in 14 days. It ain't easy, but it ain't the Tour [and] we will not even dignify golfers in this discussion." \n\nYet none of this takes us any closer to answering the question of who might be the greatest, principally because it doesn't seek to define greatness. \n\nIt is not easy. "You have to distinguish between three separate categories: the best athlete, the biggest sporting icon, and the best sportsman," suggests Thomas Hauser, author of Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times. Ali, a candidate in most people's eyes for the title of greatest sportsman, comfortably fulfils two of the three criteria, reckons Hauser. Ironically, however, it is as a sportsman - in Hauser's definition - that he falls down. \n\n"Arguably, Ali was the greatest fighter ever. His results have been matched by others, but no heavyweight ever had the inquisitors that Ali had: George Foreman, Sonny Liston twice, and Joe Frazier three times. Ali in his prime was the most beautiful fighting machine ever assembled." \n\nWhat is beyond debate is that Ali's impact resonated wider and louder than any other sportsperson's; that he was an "icon" whose influence extended well beyond the parameters of sport. Tongue in cheek, one could say the same of David Beckham, and his influence on popular culture, but Ali achieved global fame and recognition, and even cultural and political importance, at a time wh
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Pele.  For being a great sportsman and a gentlemen to boot!  A credit to the game!
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Wilt Chamberlain because he was unstoppable and 100 points, nobody else is ever going to get that again.\n\nBill Russell-8 championships in a row and 11 in 13 years, Micheal Jordan didn't even come close to that.\n\nMicheal Jordan-The Bulls would've never even come close to the NBA Finals if it wasn't for him.\n\nMagic Johnson-He could play all the positions and helped lead the Lakers to a championship in his first year and he beat Dr. J.\n\nShaquille O'Neal-He is so unstoppable. Name one player in the NBA that can stop when he's not in foul trouble.
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No I think Bill Russell was the greatest.\n\nCoach
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Muhammed Ali\n  \nPelé\n\n(I have met somebody who played against Pelé, and against Garrincha, and all the famous footballers of that era, Stanley Matthews etc. I don't think he would have voted for a footballer as the best sportsman!)\n\nJesse Owens (well before my time)
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Muhammed Ali, "the Greatest" fighter of all time. He actually brought tremendous interest back into boxing, something that's seriously lacking today.\n\nYou might have loved him or hated him, but you couldn't ignore him...