greatest sports person of all time male and female?
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Non Contact Sport\n\nMale: Tiger Woods\nFemale: Serena Williams\n\nContact Sport\n\nReggie White \nCassius Clay
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Michael Jordan - Basketball\nMuhammed Ali - Boxing\nWalter Payton - Football\nTiger Woods - Golf\nJesse Owens - Track and Field
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Hard to choose just one.  I'd have to go with either Bret Hart (Past) or Kane (Present) but those are just personal favorites, not really the greatest ever.  Bret Hart you could make a case for because of his great technical ability as well as Benoit and Angle's.  It's hard to say that Hogan and/or Flair aren't the greatest of all-time though just because they've pretty much worked their way to the top with very little ring ability and were still huge successes.\n\nThe best female of all-time is obviously The Fabulous Moolah.  I mean she held the women's title from September 1956, and according to WWE history, she held on to the belt until July 1984.  That's just about 28 years!  Nobody in any sport will EVER be able to say that.  Sure she didn't have much competition but that just goes to show she was the greatest of, not only her era, but many to follow.\n\nTrish Stratus would be a close second if you had to add current era Divas.
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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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tiger woods\ndavid beckham
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Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time.
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Babe Ruth - he was a great pitcher and hitter. Otherwise, it would be Bonds, except for the steroids issue.
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Good Question, I base my answer on how they Master or improve the sport they play in.\n\n\n 1. Baseball-- Babe Ruth\n BGeorge Herman "Babe" Ruth was an American original, baseball's first great slugger and the most celebrated athlete of his time. The southpaw hurler debuted with the Red Sox, winning 89 games in six years while setting the World Series record for consecutive scoreless innings. "The Sultan of Swat" converted to the outfield full-time after his sale to the Yankees in 1920 and led New York to seven American League pennants and four World Series titles. He finished with 714 home runs, leading the league 12 times.\n \n2. Basketball -- Micheal Jordan\nHonors: Six-time NBA champion (1991-93, 1996-98); MVP (1988, '91, '92, '96, '98); 10-time All-NBA First Team (1987-93, 1996-98); All-NBA Second Team (1985); Defensive Player of the Year (1988); Nine-time All-Defensive First Team (1988-93, 1996-98); Rookie of the Year (1985); 14-time All-Star; All-Star MVP (1988, '96, '98); One of 50 Greatest Players in NBA History ('96); Olympic gold medalist (1984, '92).\n\n3. Johhny Unitas\nthe time of his retirement in 1973, Johnny Unitas, the superstar quarterback of the Baltimore Colts, held virtually every career passing record that existed in the National Football League. Since that time, some of those records have been surpassed.\nOne record, however, still remains and may be one of the NFL's few unbreakable records. Comparable to Joe Dimaggio's 56-game hit streak, Unitas compiled a string of 47 straight games in which he threw at least one touchdown pass.\n\n 4. Boxing ----Ali \nTHE SELF-proclaimed "Greatest of All Time," Ali had a pretty good idea of what he was talking about. He became the first man to win the heavyweight title three times and revolutionized the sport by introducing a style that went against many of the game's sacred teachings\n\n 5. Tennis -- Billie Jean King\nBillie Jean Moffitt King began blazing through the tennis world in 1960 when she first appeared in women's rankings at No, 4. She was 17. For more than two decades she continued as a force in the game as the all-time Wimbledon champion, frequently the foremost player, a crusader in building the female professional game and a million-dollar-plus winner on the tour.
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MJ is hands downs the greatest ever, but Kobe or LeBron might one day be their also... MIGHT
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I vote for ESPN reporter Rachel Nichols.  Not only is she beautiful, but she knows her sports.  Plus, I'm a sucker for redheads ;)
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I like Apolo Antan Ohno. HE IS SOOOOO HOTT, & FAST!!! He also has a gold medal!!!
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Puskas was the greatest.\nRemember that he was outstanding in two different decades in football (1950s and 1960s) and even in the mid 1960s in the Spanish league there was a game when he scored five goals!\nDon't forget that Puskas was playing in an era where there was a lot more physical contact e.g. two-footed tackles from behind were still legal. There is no doubt that he would still be outstanding in today's game. His technique and accuracy was something else.\nAnd it wasn't just the goals, but the way he brought others into the game that made him the greatest player ever. A great leader.\n(By the way, a lot of Pele's 1,000 goals were in exhibition matches)
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Good question.\n\nEach sport has it's Greatest performer. The standard changes with each decade.\n\nThere are many ways to measure Greatness in sports. Statistics is one, Consistency of performance is another.\n\nBabe Ruth is considered the greatest Base ball player of all time. \n\nMohammed Ali is considered one of the worlds greatest Boxers in the Ring...Ali was never knocked out.\n\n Sports Records are broken every year. So, the competition to excel keeps increasing.\n\nTiger Woods may be on his way to becoming the greatest winner of all time, both in Golf Matches won and his monetary rewards.\n\nThe Base ball and basket ball Hall of Frame takes the best players from each sport and asks the "Public" to vote for their admission to the Hall of Fame. It is very difficult to be inducted into the "Hall of Fame"....injuries to athletes is a great risk.
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basketball-michael jordan\nfootball-walter payton\nbaseball-babe ruth
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Michael Jordan - greatest basketball player ever\n-----\nJackie Robinson - set a major precedent on sports history\n-----\nDick Butkis - the dirtiest and most feared football player ever (and unlike Lawrence Taylor did not get his edge from being high on cocaine)\n----\nBabe Ruth - no great athlete as ever been as in poor of physical health as he was, a sports anomaly\n----\nWayne Gretzky - indisputably the greatest hockey player to ever play\n----\nDale Earnhardt - unlike petty, won his races and championships in an era of regulated racing (Petty's car was just faster than everyone elses when he was racing)\n----\nArthur Ashe - not only his tennis, but his legacy and foundation will make him remembered for decades to come\n----\nPele - another milestone in sports history by going pro as a minor, and one of the greatest soccer players of all time\n----\nNolan Ryan - a symbol of longevity as well as holder of numerous pitching records and quite possible the greatest pitcher to ever take the mound\n----\nCharles Barkley - even though he never won an NBA title, the 6-4 power forward had a phenomenal NBA and collegiate career, and often dominated players half a foot taller than him. He is one of the greatest anomalys in sports history.
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Mia Hamm is definately the best there is. I love her and look up to her as an extremely skilled player and awesome role model.
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Pele.  For being a great sportsman and a gentlemen to boot!  A credit to the game!