@the-gipper said:

Its just naming 5 guys off the top of your head.

Guys that I like. Yes. And that's all that matters to me.

Also thought of Doug Deacon Frank Minnifield and a few other guys.

WSS

@the-gipper said:

Its just naming 5 guys off the top of your head.

Yes it's not that hard just think of your top 100 and whittle it down to 5.  

@westside-steve said:

Too much work bud. Kobayashi Maru.

WSS

Its just naming 5 guys off the top of your head.

@the-gipper said:

Update your list and we shall see!!!

Too much work bud. Kobayashi Maru.

WSS

@westside-steve said:

Well then, blow me. 

WSS

Update your list and we shall see!!!

@the-gipper said:

OK....some of you cannot count to 5.   Others, like here....didn't get the fact that we were looking for just the past 30 years.  Only Omar would fit here.

Well then, blow me. 

WSS

Kyrie

Kevin Love

Josh Gordon

Stipe Miocic

Hon. Mention : Joe Thomas

@westside-steve said:

Jim Brown

Brian Sipe

Bob Feller

Omar Vizquel

Johnny Powers

WSS

OK....some of you cannot count to 5.   Others, like here....didn't get the fact that we were looking for just the past 30 years.  Only Omar would fit here.

@the-cysko-kid said:

Depends on if you are using success as a measure of just athletic ability. If it's the latter than Josh Gordon is probably conversation worthy. 

You are free to name any 5 you like.   If you want to put Gordon in amongst your 5, you may.  But, again...you gave only 1 name.   Is he the only one you deem "worthy"?

@dutch-oven said:

Stipe Miocic is the current heavyweight champ of the UFC

OK....fair enough.  But that is only one that you listed.   I was looking for your Top 5.    Who are the rest?

Brian Sipe

Bob Feller

Omar Vizquel

Johnny Powers

WSS

Wrestled and played baseball at Cleveland state.  Firefighter.... Hometown guy who made it big time.  Pretty awesome 

@dutch-oven said:

Stipe Miocic is the current heavyweight champ of the UFC

Longest tenured hw champ of that organization. Possibly my favorite guy in Cleveland. 

@dutch-oven said:

Stipe Miocic is the current heavyweight champ of the UFC

What's the UFC?

But if you're a heavyweight champion of most anything you're a bad-azz. (except maybe eating wings or pizza  )

@the-gipper said:

And who the egg foo yung is that?

Stipe Miocic is the current heavyweight champ of the UFC

@the-gipper said:

NO part of Wester Pa would be involved.  Hell no.

Excellent. You have the job, congratulations. 

@mjp28 said:

"EAST of Toledo" to Western Pa just outside of Pittsburgh?  North to the lake including Ashtabula and Erie? You know NE Ohio-ish.

NO part of Wester Pa would be involved.  Hell no.

@the-gipper said:

It would be like a line from Sandusky....to Mansfield....then over to like Steubenville.

"EAST of Toledo" to Western Pa just outside of Pittsburgh?  North to the lake including Ashtabula and Erie? You know NE Ohio-ish.

@mjp28 said:

You're right it will open up another whole list of potential questions, all interesting and causing one to think.

First make it easy professional or other and make it north of Columbus, eh?

It would be like a line from Sandusky....to Mansfield....then over to like Steubenville.

LeBron James.      St. Vincent/St. Mary      I assume there will be no arguments here:

Orlando Pace  Sandusky HS    Recent Pro Football HOF Inductee

Desmond Howard   VASJ  HS.......simply on the basis of having won the most prestigious award in sports:  The Heisman Trophy

Troy Smith   Glenville......ditto on the above

Alvin Robertson   Barberton.    Olympic Gold medal winner...plus....one of only 4 players to ever officially record a Quadruple Double...and the only one in which steals was one of the stats.    (Akeem Olajuwon, David Robinson, Nate Thurmond.)

This list is based on these objective criteria..but, honestly, based on their overall athletic careers, the last three would not rightly be in this game....but it is highly difficult to say who would.   

Other candidates:

Basketball:

Clark Kellogg  VASJ  

Charles Oakley...not sure which HS...but Cleveland

Jerome Lane...SVSM

Larry Nance Jr.   Revere

Steph Curry was born in Akron...but he went to HS in both Toronto Canada, and graduated from a Christian School in Charlotte NC.

Football

Bernie Kosar  Boardman

Beanie Wells  Akron Garfield

Mike Vrabel  Walsh

Whitney Mercilus  Akron Garfield

Antoine Whitfield  Akron Garfield

James Harrison   Coventry

London Fletcher  VASJ

Chris Spielman  Massillon

Donte Whitner   Glenville

Ted Ginn Jr.  Glenville

Bryan Hoyer  St. Ignatius

Charlie Frye  Willard

If I were to replace the three above that I mentioned, in their stead I would probably put  Kosar, Kellog, and probably Spielman in there.

@the-gipper said:

How about this:    The Best Athletes produced out of Northeast Ohio....since 1980.  

What I will say is:   someone who came out of the High School systems in NEO.

Ergo...that would eliminate people that played for like Akron U or Kent state etc....unless they also went to HS here. (so...e.g.  that would take out Jason Taylor....HOF DE from Akron U...but who is from somewhere in Western Pa. )

You're right it will open up another whole list of potential questions, all interesting and causing one to think.

First make it easy professional or other and make it north of Columbus, eh?

@mjp28 said:

Read this real quick and answer:

The Best 5 Cleveland Athletes of the Last 30 years

Professional? College? Amateur? Hmmmmm, doesn’t say.

Is Desmond Howard a Cleveland athlete? I listed my 5 professional ones but could add 5 more, it's a bit subjective. 

How about this:    The Best Athletes produced out of Northeast Ohio....since 1980.  

What I will say is:   someone who came out of the High School systems in NEO.

Ergo...that would eliminate people that played for like Akron U or Kent state etc....unless they also went to HS here. (so...e.g.  that would take out Jason Taylor....HOF DE from Akron U...but who is from somewhere in Western Pa. )

The Best 5 Cleveland Athletes of the Last 30 years

Professional? College? Amateur? Hmmmmm, doesn’t say.

Is Desmond Howard a Cleveland athlete? I listed my 5 professional ones but could add 5 more, it's a bit subjective.