Who is the greatest athlete of all time?

Saw this question in the FAQ, and I thought, "I want this answered." So here it is.

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Michael Jordan

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Muhammad Ali

Heavyweight boxers are, in my opinion, the most finely-tuned athletes on Earth. Ali was the greatest boxer of all time. Therefore,... [show more]

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20  votes
3.  

Lance Armstrong

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18  votes
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Pele

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6.  

Wayne Gretzky

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10  votes
7.  

Tiger Woods

This is a guy who can CHOOSE whether or not to win.

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9  votes
8.  

Roger Federer

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6  votes
9.  

Terry Fox

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Fox Started the Marathon of Hope aka Terry Fox Run which is the first charity event run around the world.

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5  votes
10.  

Wilt Chamberlain

100 points in an NBA game, NO ONE ELSE HAS EVER

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5  votes
11.  

Babe Ruth

At least we know he was steroid free.

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5  votes
12.  

Dave Winfield

Who else gets drafted from college for 2 basketball teams, a football team AND a baseball team?!?! NO one!

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4  votes
13.  

Peyton Manning

He has been breaking records at an inhuman pace

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4  votes
14.  

Pete Sampras

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4  votes
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Steve Prefontaine

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17.  

Diego Armando Maradona

Just show it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pen8ADybasg&am
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Takeru Kobayashi

On July 3, 2001, the all time record for hot dogs and buns at the Nathan's Famous contest was 25-1/8. On July 4, 2001, the record... [show more]

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3  votes
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Michael Phelps

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3  votes
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Roberto clemente

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21.  

Paavo Nurmi

Won nine gold and three silver medals in Olympics. Even won two gold medals with only 26 minutes between events. http://en.wiki... [show more]

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2  votes
22.  

Edwin Moses

He didn't lose a race for 10 years!

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Steve Redgrave

The only UK athelete to win Gold at FIVE consectutive olympic games (1984-2000) . As you can tell from his picture the sport is Ro... [show more]

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Tom Brady

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Bob Mathias

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26.  

Babe Didrickson

She did a lot of everything and was usually pretty damn good. http://espn.go.com/s...00014147.html

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Daley Thompson

Daley Thompson won the decathlon gold medal at the Olympic Games in 1980 and 1984, and broke the world record for the event four t... [show more]

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28.  

Lasse Viren

Won olympic gold in 10.000 meters and broke the world record despite falling in the final.

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Joe Namath

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This topic was started by rph2go Member (Level 7): 38,394 points on June 20th, 2006. 89 grupies have voted on one or more of the 29 answers.

Tags: athlete, best, history, sports

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