Arguably the Greatest Athlete ever

Red Rain

Jim Thorpe, hands down.

Given that he played both football and baseball at a high level (batted over .300 one season, and batted over over .500 in one world series with the Braves--playing with a broken bone in his foot), you've got to at least consider Deion Sanders in the mix.

rich4eagle

@canton-mike said:
I'm neither a gambler nor horse race fan, but I watched all those triple crown races & have NEVER seen domination to compare with Secretariat's domination of those fields. No matter when the jockey let him go, he simply ran away from the other horses. I'll never forget that.
Mike

Well, Mike I watched em all................still waiting to see better.......maybe Deon Sanders can outrun a horse........whatever

The thread was for serious thought for those who know sports......Big Red was the best athlete I ever saw.........if he had two legs it would be unaminous

If only he had a brain

Mr. T

@kosar_for_president said:
He now lives with Mark McGwire in KC.

WRREBEL

I can't believe none of the donkeys in tiajuana got an honorable mention..

They were savages

rich4eagle

It appears you do not understand.........go see the movie and then comment

rich4eagle

I saw the movie today.....quite good......if you are woman or a horse or an athlete you will love it.........if you are dimwitted male.......well zoom way over your head

Great Flick....the should have emphasized his record time in all three events still holds and his track record at Belmont still holds by a margin

ballpeen

I'll have to see the movie. That big chestnut horse could run.

If we are talking animals as athletes, I'll offer one rank bull:

The PBR decided it best to retire him since nobody wanted to ride him anymore.

Canton Mike

@ballpeen said:
I'll have to see the movie. That big chestnut horse could run.
If we are talking animals as athletes, I'll offer one rank bull:

The PBR decided it best to retire him since nobody wanted to ride him anymore.

Let's call it a tie due to the different sports, but that bull WAS devastating. There was a great show on Bodacious that aired in the last year or so. After Tuff Hedeman came back from the injury in the tape, he drew Bodacious to ride & withdrew. Nobody blamed him.

Mike

rich4eagle

@ballpeen said:
I'll have to see the movie. That big chestnut horse could run.
If we are talking animals as athletes, I'll offer one rank bull:

The PBR decided it best to retire him since nobody wanted to ride him anymore.

Damn you got me............Ballpeen......Bodacious is the best there ever was..................makes Secretariat a wimp...............

but wait we are talking two different agendas.................running superb

or hitting superb

Bodacious is now the best NFL defensive player ever

And yeah Secretariat..............is well the best athlete ever..................three supreme events 37 years ago and still hold the record in all three......................and in the endurance event..........NO CHALLENGERS EVER

but I like your mojo

ballpeen

Not a wimp at all man....I am a BIG, Big Red fan.....just offering a equal option from the animal kingdom.

Speed and heart, power and heart....same thing really