A lot of good examples so far but I have to go with this one. Pretty much everything so far is debatable to some degree.
Except Man o' War was actually voted the horse of the century over Secretariat.
My vote goes to Secretariat though.
A lot of good examples so far but I have to go with this one. Pretty much everything so far is debatable to some degree.
Theoretical physics - Albert Einstein
Except Man o' War was actually voted the horse of the century over Secretariat.
My vote goes to Secretariat though.
Well I'd vote for Carlos " White Feather" Hathcock in the most dangerous sport of all......Man Hunting.
Ya wanna talk horses, do you?
The Great Dan Patch, IMO, and many others, was the fastest pacer
that ever lived.
Born in 1896, he broke 14 world records and had a time trial of 1:55 that
stood up for maybe a half century.
This was done on dirt tracks, old fashioned sulkies, and primitive training
methods.
With modern equipment, training, and stone-dust tracks, I doubt any modern horse could beat him.
Hell, he might win the Indianapolis 500
Jordan was by far the greatest at his position, but just looking at the stats and history of the game it is tough to argue against Wilt
I've also never heard of anybody being referred to as the greatest ice hockey player ever but Gretzky. How good was Gretzky? When he arrived on the NHL scene, the scoring record for a season was 152 points. After a 137 point rookie campaign, Gretzky exceeded 152 points in seven consecutive seasons. That's probably on a par with a baseball player batting at least .425 for seven consecutive years, routinely topping Rogers Hornsby's record .424 average time and time again.
Except Man o' War was actually voted the horse of the century over Secretariat.
My vote goes to Secretariat though.
The greatest boxer of all time is Joe Louis.
Lance Armstrong, the man was as dominant as a professional athlete can be. It had to be a pretty tough pill to swallow riding in the tour de France knowing the best you could do was finish second.
Never heard of Bobby Orr? There are constant debates over who was the greatest. Most lean in Orr's favor as well in my experience.
Lance Armstrong, the man was as dominant as a professional athlete can be. It had to be a pretty tough pill to swallow riding in the tour de France knowing the best you could do was finish second.