Johnny Manziel....if he coulda kept his head straight. Football, baseball, golf...he could do it all.
There's probably a fair number of kids like him; gifted athletically but unable to compete for whatever reason. There was a lineman working on the stadium lights at ASU a number of years ago. He was watching the track team practice. He climbed down from the lights as asked if he could join one of the 100 yard sprints. Wearing lineman boots and long pants he torched the whole bunch of them easily. He climbed back up and went back to work. Probably a few stories like that around.
Athleticism exists outside playing with balls. Too many people associate athletics with some sort of ball. If you want to see some incredible athleticism, watch a rodeo sometime. Then watch a motocross race. There aren’t many football players that could ride a horse or motorcycle...
Lots of them. Plenty of whtebit’s have been great athletes.
A young Babe Ruth was 6’2 of lean muscle who was the best pitcher in the majors but was such a good hitter that they moved him to first base so that he could bat. He was a scratch golfer IF his putter cooperated.
Of course, the best white athlete of all time might have been another Babe...as in Babe Didrickson Zaharia. Multiple Olympic gold medalist in track and field. Best women’s basketball player of the age. Good enough that she could play baseball on a pretty high level with men. And a dominant hall of fame female golfer.
Mildred Ella "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias (/zəˈhɑːriəs/; June 26, 1911 – September 27, 1956) was an American athlete who excelled in golf, basketball, baseball and track and field. She won two gold medals in track and field at the 1932 Summer Olympics, before turning to professional golf and winning 10 LPGA major championships. She is widely regarded as one of the greatest female athletes of all time.
For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: "If a man will not work, he shall not eat."
I'm not sure that success in a sport (or sports) always equates to how athletic a person is. A lot can go into judging how athletic someone is. Speed, strength, size, agility, eye/hand coordination,...anything.
A few relatively recent outstanding athletes, looking mainly at overall athleticism:
Georges St Pierre Luke Kuechly Mac McClung....really young Johnny Manziel JJ Watt
Who is it? Had this discussion with a couple of friends, and we came up with nothing.
You and your friends are idiots.
Thanks for the input dumbass
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Quit giving in inch by inch then looking back to lament the mile behind ya and wonder how to preserve those few feet left in front of ya. They'll never stop until they're stopped. That's a fact.
Made my morning now I just need to clean the coffee off the keyboard.
On a serious note the big question is what exactly is one measuring, which wouldn't be as easy as measuring Mr. John Holmes qualifications. Sports and athletics cover a wide range of activity. I think if sportswriters or sports historians would actually sit down to answer this question (which I don't think they would) the greatest white athlete would probably be someone from over eighty years ago, and quite likely not american.
Grandpa fought Fascists in WWII, Dad fought Communists in Vietnam. - American is meant for the middle.
He played the skin flute and male organ in high school.
And he's probably a master at both!
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David Logan) is a former American football player, radio personality, and high school coach. Logan played in nine National Football League seasons from 1976 to 1984, primarily for the Cleveland Browns. He has been the Voice of Denver Broncos football for 20 years, serving as the team's color analyst for six seasons prior to sliding into the play-by-play role.
Dave Logan was an All-State football player at Wheat Ridge High School. While in high school, he won The Denver Post's Gold Helmet Award. An award for the state's top senior football player, scholar and citizen.[1] Out of high school, Logan was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 19th round as a pitcher/infielder.[2]
Logan instead chose to attend the University of Colorado where he lettered in both basketball and football. In 1974, he was selected by Playboy as a Pre-season All-American. In 1975, he was selected by The Sporting News as an All-American.[2] In 1976, he was drafted by the NBA's Kansas City Kings in the ninth round (143rd overall pick) and by the Cleveland Browns in the third round.
Logan played for the Cleveland Browns (1976–83) and the Denver Broncos (1984). As a Cleveland Brown, Logan ranked among the top 5 in "virtually every receiving category in the franchise record books."
As of 2016, Logan had coached more than 23 seasons of high school football, making 21 post season appearances, and winning seven state championships. Logan is one of only three players, along with Dave Winfield and Mickey McCarty, to be drafted by the NBA, NFL, and MLB.
For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: "If a man will not work, he shall not eat."
The tension in the room was palpable, high stakes tiddlywinks is like that, but in the end the White guy narrowly edged out the Japanese double agent
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