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Babe Ruth
Ty Cobb
Stan "the Man" Musial
Ted Williams
Sandy Koufax
Jim Thorp
Rocky Marciano
Sugar Ray Robinson
Gene "Big Daddy" Lipscomb
Lance "Bambi" Alworth
"Broadway" Joe Namath
Paul "the Golden Boy" Hornung
Arnold Palmer
Those are not all but a fair collection of athletes I liked to watch either on teeeveee or in documentaries.
L.W.
"Always go straight forward, and if you meet the devil, cut him in two and go between the pieces." (William Sturgis, clipper ship captain, 1830s.)
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Phil Robertson for me
gotta like a guy that has his priorities straight
F football, it's right during hunting season!
I'm pretty certain when we sing our anthem and mention the land of the free, the original intent didn't mean cell phones, food stamps and birth control.
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Aside from a dictionary, modern society, two millennium of recorded history, and me, nobody. Akin to the difference betwixt a craft and an art, we find Dale 'Oh there's a wall' Earnhardt, and every athlete ever distinctly separated.
The factory of the future will have only two employees, a man and a dog. The man will be there to feed the dog. The dog will be there to keep the man from touching the equipment. � WARREN G. BENNIS
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Johnny Unitas and Warren Spahn. Both were class acts, and both had accomplishments way beyond those of their contemporaries.
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I couldn't resist the Viqueens pic. Reading over on Totalpackers.com this afternoon and came across that. Looks like Jerick McKinnon is going to get the lions share of the touches on Sunday, though I'm not sure enough to bet on him in fantasy.
The factory of the future will have only two employees, a man and a dog. The man will be there to feed the dog. The dog will be there to keep the man from touching the equipment. � WARREN G. BENNIS
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While still young, Aaron Rogers is a prime example. Philanthropic, genuine, and a monster QB
The factory of the future will have only two employees, a man and a dog. The man will be there to feed the dog. The dog will be there to keep the man from touching the equipment. � WARREN G. BENNIS
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Nah, greatest of all time. The only opinion that matters is mine.
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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I like the attitude. Attaboy
The factory of the future will have only two employees, a man and a dog. The man will be there to feed the dog. The dog will be there to keep the man from touching the equipment. � WARREN G. BENNIS
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Jerry Rice
Joe Montana
Steve Young
Fran Tarkington
Larry Czonka
Terry Bradshaw
Tony Dorsett
Lynn Swan
Barry Sanders
Bo Jackson
Emmit Smith
Joe Frasier
George Foreman
Manny Pacquiao
Mickey Ward
Sugar Ray Leonard
Nolan Ryan
Hank Aaron
Carl Lewis
Edwin Moses
Eric Heiden
Larry Bird
Michael Jordan
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Baseball - Stan Musial
Football - Jim Brown
Hockey - The Great One
Basketball - Jordan
Team - 1980 US Olympic Hockey Team
Dave
Sticks and stones may break my bones ... but hollow-points expand on impact.
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Ted Williams was a war hero, hunter and a talented athlete. ![[Linked Image]](http://darrengarnick.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/ted-hunt-buff.jpg)
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Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla!
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John Bachar ![[Linked Image]](http://bacharphotos.com/files/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Oz.jpg)
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A couple of all time favorites...
- Jerry West, Mr. Clutch, always a class act
- Fred Biletnekoff - How could you not like a wide receiver who smoked on the sidelines and often threw up before games? (Of course, that may have had something to do with partying the night before with the likes of Kenny Stabler and John Matuszak)
If you're fixin' to put a hole in something,
make it a hole to remember.
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"All that the South has ever desired was that the Union, as established by our forefathers, should be preserved, and that the government, as originally organized, should be administered in purity and truth." – Robert E. Lee
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Gordy Howell,..is that Thurston's brother?
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Carmen Basilio
Jay Springsteen.
Both great and Class Acts as well.
Add Juan Fangio
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My son - because of the way that he conducted himself in every sport.
George Amundsen - because he combined the best all-around athlete I ever saw on a college football field with the type of person that all college football players should be.
Those two stand above the rest, but I could list many whose skills I have admired without really knowing the people possessing them.
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