Greatest Athlete from Each State

TexasAg1969

Babe Zaharious from Texas. She could do any sport professionally from track to golf. The Jim Thorpe of women.

tiamat63

Athlete? Sorry, as much as I love golf... that just wouldn't qualify.

Jesse Owens or Lebron would be my pick.

Browns149

According to Wikipedia, Steve Young was born in Utah

The Gipper

@browns149 said:
According to Wikipedia, Steve Young was born in Utah

OK, but he must have left there at an early age:

Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, Young attended Greenwich High School in Greenwich, Connecticut. He earned 1978 All-FCIAC West Division First Team honors in his junior year, his first year starting at quarterback for the Cardinals, under head coach Mike Ornato. In 1979, he once again earned All-FCIAC West Division First Team honors, along with CIAC All-State honors, rushing for 13 touchdowns. In two seasons, he ran the ball 267 times for 1,928 yards. In the option offense run by Greenwich, passing was always the second option; he completed only 41 percent of his throws for 1,220 yards. On Thanksgiving Day in November 1979, Steve was Quarterback for Greenwich High School starting in the F.C.I.A.C (Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference) Championship Game. In that FCIAC game, Greenwich High lost to Darien High School, known for its "Tidal Wave Defense" by the score of 17-0. During his senior year he was co-captain of the football, basketball and baseball teams. In basketball, he averaged 15 points a game. In baseball, he hit .384 and played center field when he wasn't pitching. He was 5-1 and threw a 3-0 no-hitter against New Canaan High School.

Comeonman

@tiamat63 said:

Athlete? Sorry, as much as I love golf... that just wouldn't qualify.

Jesse Owens or Lebron would be my pick.

Agreed. No golfer should be on the list. Jack probably had a 3 inch vertical in his prime

StinkHole

Great topic.

I think you gotta go Jim Brown over Ty Cobb from Georgia.

Joe Montana is debatable. Athletes such as Wilt Chamberlain, Kobe Bryant, Johnny Unitas, Arnold Palmer came out of Pa.

There really is no right or wrong IMO.

Although golf isn't really an athletic event.

Richiswhere

Minnesota = Dave Winfield

Alabama = Bo Jackson

TexasAg1969

@tiamat63 said:

Athlete? Sorry, as much as I love golf... that just wouldn't qualify.

Jesse Owens or Lebron would be my pick.

Here. Educate yourself. She was great at basketball, baseball, softball, pocket billiards, javelin, high jump, hurdles, diving, roller skating and bowling. She just made her living in golf because back then it was the only one that paid worth a damn for a woman. She was a phenomenal athlete.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babe_Didrikson_Zaharias

gumby73

Wisconsin- Eric Heiden, might be 100 speed skaters in the World(99 in Wisconsin). Joe Thomas over JJ Watt.. NC honorary mention to Rick Flair WHHooo!

StinkHole

@gumby73 said:
Wisconsin- Eric Heiden, might be 100 speed skaters in the World(99 in Wisconsin). Joe Thomas over JJ Watt.. NC honorary mention to Rick Flair WHHooo!

No way Thomas over Watt.

gumby73

@stinkhole said:
No way Thomas over Watt.

All day JT. count the pro bowls. Watt still in puberty .

tiamat63

@texasag1969 said:

Here. Educate yourself. She was great at basketball, baseball, softball, pocket billiards, javelin, high jump, hurdles, diving, roller skating and bowling. She just made her living in golf because back then it was the only one that paid worth a damn for a woman. She was a phenomenal athlete.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babe_Didrikson_Zaharias

Again, I'm well aware its possible to be an athlete yet play golf. However if you're listed as being the best 'athlete' in your state based on dominating a single game - and that game being golf... then I just can't acknowledge that.

ColumbusKing

Allen Iverson gives Lawrence Taylor a run for his money, Iverson was the pound for pound (barely 6 foot, 160 lbs) the greatest of all time.

blowe

It's gotta be lebron if you base this off pure athleticism.

Canton Mike

@blowe said:
It's gotta be lebron if you base this off pure athleticism.

Greatest athlete from Ohio? I think it's LBJ too.

Mike

wargograw

Earl Campbell here, probably.

TexasAg1969

@tiamat63 said:

Again, I'm well aware its possible to be an athlete yet play golf. However if you're listed as being the best 'athlete' in your state based on dominating a single game - and that game being golf... then I just can't acknowledge that.

She dominated every damn sport she ever played at the highest level available at that time. I'd say that is a far greater athlete than one who only has one sport. We have two very different definitions of "athlete". Yours is far more restrictive and IMHO far less accurate.

Kent

Utah- I have to go with Cael Sanderson over Steve Young. Sanderson won 4 national titles in wrestling and finished his college career with a record of 159-0. He went on to win an Olympic gold medal too.

ColumbusKing

The truth is, an athlete is a person who is proficient in sports and other forms of physical exercise. Based on this, a golfer cannot be on this list, golf is not a sport but rather a game as it does not require rigorous physical activity, and can be played professionally by people who are overweight, injured, and especially non-athletic.

TexasAg1969

@columbusking said:
The truth is, an athlete is a person who is proficient in sports and other forms of physical exercise. Based on this, a golfer cannot be on this list, golf is not a sport but rather a game as it does not require rigorous physical activity, and can be played professionally by people who are overweight, injured, and especially non-athletic.

So Babe Ruth was not an athlete. Right!