Top 10 sports figures/athletes alltime

[Alec900]

Greatest athlete ever? Alexander Karelin

[VatoMulatto]

If you go by fame

boxing- ali
baseball- bath ruth
basketball- jordan
soccer- pele
hockey- wayne gretzky
wrestling- hulk hogan
golf- tiger woods

I think those are the top names ever in the world of sports

Hahahaha.......Please tell me you're just trolling???

Real wrestling should be included on a list like this though:

Greco-Roman Wrestling - Alexander Karelin (Best wrestler ever and one of the best athletes of all time)

[Jc8804]

Football is jerry rice or john elway or
Jim brown.

The superbowl is all over the world and
Games are seen in how many countries?the NFL
Is making bank

[Riley Freeman]

My Top 10

Muhammad Ali
Jim Brown
Bill Russell
Magic Johnson
Joe Louis
Mike Tyson
Jack Johnson
Jerry Rice
Sugar Ray Robinson
Sugar Ray Leonard

[Mr Ehrmantraut]

[edgarg]

If you go by fame

boxing- ali
baseball- bath ruth
basketball- jordan
soccer- pele
hockey- wayne gretzky
wrestling- hulk hogan
golf- tiger woods

I think those are the top names ever in the world of sports

I suggest that you look up Suzanne Lenglen the French tennis star. She was, in her day, for about ten years, more famous in Europe and the US than Jack Dempsey, Bill Tilden and Babe Ruth combined. Several pages in daily newspapers were devoted to her and what she was doing, wearing, drinking, eating etc. And she was no glamour girl by a long way.

She was the first real international sporting icon, got her first tennis racquet aged 10, no coaching except her non-playing elderly father, lost the finals of the French Championship age 14 and even with a 5 year War break, never lost another match (except one through illness and defaulted) for the rest of her career. Won the equivlent of over 30 Grand Slam titles. Then she became the first Pro tennis star. Her history is actually fascinating if you dig into it, and those players who knew her well said that she was far superior to those who came after, like Helen Wills-Moody the 8 time Wimbledon winner.

[Jc8804]

Jesse owens

[Szef]

Football is jerry rice or john elway or
Jim brown.

The superbowl is all over the world and
Games are seen in how many countries?the NFL
Is making bank

[ThePunchingBag]

People never mention Kelly Slater on these kinds of lists, but that guy has been dominating his sport like no other athlete has except for maybe Floyd and B.Hop.

11 World titles, many against kids half his age who weren't even alive when he won his first title. He's the youngest and oldest world title winner.

If you don't think surfing is a sport then you don't know jack about extreme sports or you're using the wrong definition.

I would include Tony Hawk in the popularity category, but Kelly Slater has been dominating the surfing world for a long long time.

[Sugar Adam Ali]

I suggest that you look up Suzanne Lenglen the French tennis star. She was, in her day, for about ten years, more famous in Europe and the US than Jack Dempsey, Bill Tilden and Babe Ruth combined. Several pages in daily newspapers were devoted to her and what she was doing, wearing, drinking, eating etc. And she was no glamour girl by a long way.

She was the first real international sporting icon, got her first tennis racquet aged 10, no coaching except her non-playing elderly father, lost the finals of the French Championship age 14 and even with a 5 year War break, never lost another match (except one through illness and defaulted) for the rest of her career. Won the equivlent of over 30 Grand Slam titles. Then she became the first Pro tennis star. Her history is actually fascinating if you dig into it, and those players who knew her well said that she was far superior to those who came after, like Helen Wills-Moody the 8 time Wimbledon winner.

If i have to look someone up,, then obviously they havent lasted the test of time,,, i know who babe ruth, jesse owens, jim thorpe are,,,,,

I dont need to look up hulk hogan,, everyone already knows he slammed andre the giant,,,

But good post,, never heard of her,, thanks for teaching me something, i will look her up