best athlete ever?

[Hannibal]

Got to go with Jordan. Basketball has the best athletes. Requires strength, stamina, speed, hand-eye coordination, team work, grace, offence and defense.

I must respectfully disagree...STRONGLY! Some would argue that MJ was not even the best basketball player. And as far as basketball players being the best athletes????? I would vote for a Hockey Player before a basketball player. They have to everything a basketball player has to do...WHILE SKATING. They might not have to JUMP....but when is the last time Kobe drove the lane and had to worry about being cross checked into next week.

IMO.....Track athletes are the most athletic. That is athletics in its purest form.

 

[Test boy]

IMO.....Track athletes are the most athletic. That is athletics in its purest form.

Track athletes are athletes without a true skill. Everybody can run and jump and throw.

 

[Devon1299]

We're forgeting football here, (traditional football,not that fake American stuff) Most sports require a court or expensive equipment, we all know this, how many people wanted to play hockey, but couldn't/can't afford the expensive costs, baseball requires multiple people, and tennis is just straight up expensive. The best players, Best/Pele all grew up kicking a ball made out of rags and newspaper wrapped together. Track athlets in my opinion are just there, everyone can run and jump, some better than others.

 

[MasterMind]

I can't believe Mario Lemieux was mentioned but not....Wayne Gretzky......Wayne Gretzky is the greatest hockey player of all time

 

[Chosser]

Props to the great one. That little guy looked like he was gonna get killed on the ice his first year and now look where he is, nailing that chick from that gymnastics movie and owning every hockey record ever.

 

[Burnboy]

dan gable- only lost one wrestling match his whole career, including high school. wont the olympics without being scored upon

cael sanderson- junior in college, undefeated since he started wrestling at the age of 7

wrestling is the oldest sport in the world. over 800 forms throughout history and over 50 today. uses no balls, pads, bats, gloves, just your own body.

 

[rippazoid]

Bo Jackson......4.18 40/ 40inch vertical/ 6'1" 228lbs/ over 400lb bench/ started in both NFL and MLB all star games in the same year winning mvp in MLB allstar game. the stories about what this man could do as far as throwing a football or baseball is phenominal.

 

[fistfullofsteel]

RON DIXON

RON DIXON THE KICK OFF RETURN SPECIALIST/WIDE RECEIVER FOR THE NY FOOTBALL GIANTS, until he got tackled on the 4 yard line because he kept on looking back like god was behind him or something.

 

[Taffy]

Paavo Nurmi,

Muhammad Ali,

Daley Thomson,

Gareth Edwards.

 

[anthrax]

Muhammad Ali,
Jesse Owens ,
Michael Jordan ,
Carl Lewis