The worlds top sports and your opinion of the biggest icon

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Your opinion should be most iconic not necessarily the best, I have not searched for those more obscure sports and have just been honest and admitted i know fuck all about them, you can only be classed as iconic if non lovers of that sport have heard about of you.(imho)I reckon the younger you are the more difference there will be compared to us mature posters.

1. Football - Pele
2. Cricket - Don Bradman
3. Basketball - Michael Jordan
4. Field hockey - No one
5. Tennis - John McEnroe
6. Volleyball - no one
7. Table Tennis - Desmond Douglas
8. Baseball - Jo DiMaggio
9. American Football - William the refrigerator Perry
9. Rugby - JPR Williams
10. Golf - Jack no Tiger no Jack no Tiger fuck it Tiger Woods edges it.

I am sure many won’t agree with the list of sports but there was a big criteria and it’s interesting having table tennis,hockey and volleyball in there.
 
1. Football - Pele or Maradona
2. Cricket - Sachin Tendulkar
3. Basketball - Michael Jordan
4. Field hockey - No one
5. Tennis - John McEnroe or Federer
6. Volleyball - no one
7. Table Tennis - no one
8. Baseball - Babe Ruth
9. American Football - The quarter back who’s been playing for ages.... Can’t remember his name.
9. Rugby - Jonah Lomu
10. Golf - Tiger Woods
11. F1 - Ayrton Senna
12. NASCAR - Dale Earnhardt or Richard Petty
13. Moto GP - Rossi
14. Indycar - Mario Andretti
15. Athletics - Usain Bolt
16. UFC - Conor Macgregor
17. Skateboarding - Tony Hawk
18. Winter Sports - Eddie the Eagle!
 
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1. Football - Messi
2. Cricket - Jack Russell
3. Basketball - Michael Jordan
4. Field hockey - Callum Giles
5. Tennis - Sampras/Agassi
6. Volleyball - Misty Mae Trainor
7. Table Tennis - Boris
8. Baseball - Alex Rodriguez
9. American Football - Tom Brady
9. Rugby - Will Carling?
10. Golf - Tiger Woods
 
crooky said:
1. Football - Pele or Maradona
2. Cricket - Sachin Tendulkar
3. Basketball - Michael Jordan
4. Field hockey - No one
5. Tennis - John McEnroe or Federer
6. Volleyball - no one
7. Table Tennis - no one
8. Baseball - Babe Ruth
9. American Football - The quarter back who’s been playing for ages.... Can’t remember his name.
9. Rugby - Jonah Lomu
10. Golf - Tiger Woods
11. F1 - Ayrton Senna
12. NASCAR - Dale Earnhardt or Richard Petty
13. Moto GP - Rossi
14. Indycar - Mario Andretti
15. Athletics - Usain Bolt
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Tom Brady?

Babe Ruth is a good one. I should diss you over NASCAR I mean bloody NASCAR. It’s the worlds biggest sports not red neck hobby hour:-)
 
hilts said:
Tom Brady?

Babe Ruth is a good one. I should diss you over NASCAR I mean bloody NASCAR. It’s the worlds biggest sports not red neck hobby hour:-)
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That’s the one.

It was massive in the US for a period. I think it’s declined quite a bit in the past decade though.

I remember the official F1 magazine having a piece on Earnhardt passing away. Like they never ever talked about NASCAR. I don’t think I even knew what NASCAR was until they ran that article.

Also NASCAR was probably the biggest sports news story of the weekend. One of the drivers was caught using the N word in a virtual race...
 
crooky said:
That’s the one.

It was massive in the US for a period. I think it’s declined quite a bit in the past decade though.

I remember the official F1 magazine having a piece on Earnhardt passing away. Like they never ever talked about NASCAR. I don’t think I even knew what NASCAR was until they ran that article.

Also NASCAR was probably the biggest sports news story of the weekend. One of the drivers was caught using the N word in a virtual race...
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Everyone knows there is only one NASCAR legend

Ricky Bobby
 


I agree with Magic Johnson. When asked is Michael
Jordan the best ever, Magic replied; “I think so! I think he’s not only the best basketball player but probably the greatest athlete that’s ever played any sport!”

I was and always will be a City fan, I loved and love City players, I was and am a football fan, and I played football as a kid... until I got into basketball saw MJ play! This is in Great Britain where basketball isn’t a big sport in any way. I didn’t even really know anyone else who was into basketball.

But after a few times watching Jordan, I used to sleep with a basketball by the side of my bed so the first thing I did every day was pick up a basketball. I’d wake up in the morning so I could go to play basketball in the park before school, at break and dinner at school and on the way home from school... all because of Jordan.

In the end I only got to 6’4” (i was a centre and that’s small) and I never became good enough to make it. Now I barely ever watch basketball anymore and I’m still into football and more into rugby league than basketball (which I started playing after I knew I wasn’t good enough to make it in the basketball haha!)

But MJ was just the greatest in any sport!

 
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Obviously all subjective to your age
As a 50 year old bloke, I have a little trouble with people who people nominate Maradona for football, as you never got to see him, bar a WC every 4 years, and the very odd occasion Football Italia showed Napoli, on a Sunday. There simply wasn't enough exposure, at that time.

So, as 50 year old

Football. Phil Jon..... sorry, Messi

Golf. Woods #

Boxing. Tyson##

RL Hanley or Langer... can't make my mind up

Cricket. Warne. You just breathed a MASSIVE sigh of relief, when he wasn't bowling

Then there's the sports I couldn't give two fucks about, but still have seen.

F1 Senna
Tennis. Federer
Snooker. Hendry
Darts. Taylor (spits)
Athletics. Michael Johnson (he made it look easy)

# at the risk of contradicting myself, because of age, I'd go for Jack (watching old, readily available repeats). He was playing week on week against legends, Watson, Palmer, Player, Seve,... Woods just used to beat up Mickelson, Els, Singh, etc. There's a world of difference

##again, because of age contradiction, I'd go for Ali. Again, in his time, there were greats. Tyson just used to hammer fat Yanks like Jesse Ferguson, etc. The heavyweight division was poor, when Tyson was in his pomp
 
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