Name the most impactful player of any sport in your opinion.

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KplusK
KplusK Members Posts: 2,114 ✭✭
edited August 2010 in From the Cheap Seats
Im gonna go with jordan-nba dont know too many that would dissagree
im going with bonds and Mcguire -MLB cause they brought the fans back in the homerun race(steroid era)
im gonna go with Namath-NFL he brought the limelight to Nfl they had an official celebrity that was bringing people to the game
in soccar which i dont watch until freddy Adu came in so him in hat
Gretzy and Messier in hockey
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  • Darius
    Darius Members Posts: 22,649 ✭✭✭✭
    edited July 2010
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    Tiger woods, Jackie Robinson
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  • KeepOnPushing
    KeepOnPushing Members Posts: 17,569 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 2010
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    Freddy Adu??? What???.....Lol

    anyways

    i agree with matt Tiger Woods and Jackie Robinson
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  • Dick Shitman
    Dick Shitman Members Posts: 9,032 ✭✭✭
    edited July 2010
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    muhammad ali?
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  • jackthemack
    jackthemack Members Posts: 11,491 ✭✭✭
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    Tiger Woods trumps all athletes in this regard
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  • Darius
    Darius Members Posts: 22,649 ✭✭✭✭
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    Yup golf courses had to be redesigned because of tiger and he is the reason so many great young folders exist in the PGA
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  • Tha Killa
    Tha Killa Members Posts: 4,451 ✭✭✭
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    ? said Freddy Adu.


    Pele is probably dying to roll over in a grave somewhere.
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  • jjswipe
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    Lmao @ freddy adu. Where does he play at now???

    Nba:the trinity of magic, bird, jordan. They revolutionized the game. Made it what it is today

    nfl: That's a tough one, let me think about that

    baseball: Jackie robinson, babe ruth: Ruth was the league's 1st mega star and we know what jackie robinson did.

    Boxing: Muhammad ali and after him, mike tyson sparked the heavyweight decision, filling the void ali left.

    Nhl: Gretzky

    soccer: Lmao @ adu still. Pele
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  • KplusK
    KplusK Members Posts: 2,114 ✭✭
    edited July 2010
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    KeepOnPushing wrote: »
    Freddy Adu??? What???.....Lol



    in soccar which i dont watch until freddy Adu came in so him in that

    i heard of pele bu never seen him play and i remember when adu came ou ? was going crazy like he was the next pele ? you watch soccer
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  • jjswipe
    jjswipe Members Posts: 1,039 ✭✭
    edited July 2010
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    Oh yeah, golf: Tiger woods
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  • KeepOnPushing
    KeepOnPushing Members Posts: 17,569 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 2010
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    Nah , ? Was Not Going Crazy to See Freddy Adu....ESPN was Going Crazy...
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  • Tha Killa
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    edited July 2010
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    Nobody in the States really watches soccer like that. People watch Arena League Football more than that ? .
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  • KplusK
    KplusK Members Posts: 2,114 ✭✭
    edited July 2010
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    rue i watch alot of espn..lol and yeah i lef out boxing Ali all day but i hink foreman and frasier made ? interesting also then tyson...if it was for those matches with them i mite not have known ali
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  • DarcSkies777
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    ? Shitman wrote: »
    muhammad ali?

    Strictly sports & Universal love with Meaning behind it?     ALI

    Sports and Branding only?     Michael Jordan

    Introducing a sport to a new audience as well as flat out dominance?     Venus/Serena Williams.

    Making people care about Golf again:     Tiger Woods
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  • Tha Killa
    Tha Killa Members Posts: 4,451 ✭✭✭
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    DarcSkies777 wrote: »

    Strictly sports & Universal love with Meaning behind it?     ALI

    Sports and Branding only?     Michael Jordan

    Introducing a sport to a new audience as well as flat out dominance?     Venus/Serena Williams.

    Making people care about Golf:     Tiger Woods

    *Fixed*. "Again" ? , really? There was a 1st time?
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  • garv
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    Maradona............... the guy has a church devoted to him in his homeland.
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  • Copper
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    edited August 2010
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    ali
    david beckham
    tiger woods
    jordan
    jim brown
    babe ruth
    pele
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  • dj expanium
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    ? Shitman wrote: »
    muhammad ali?
    The original predicted, self-quoted GOAT!!!!!muhammad-ali.jpg

    I'd go with Roger Federer in Tennis
    Jesse Owens in Track & Field
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  • Hip-Hop One
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    edited August 2010
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    They've been mentioned, but yeah, Ali, Bambino, Jackie Robinson, MJ and Pele.

    In Football I would have to say, not a player, but Vince Lombardi since he seems to embody everything that is the NFL. I don't think a player holds as much weight in Football as he does.
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  • Shizlansky
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    Magic vs Bird. Jordan is a close second
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  • Copper
    Copper Members Posts: 49,532 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    smh @ me forgetting jacki robinson and the william sisters, and dimagio
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  • Copper
    Copper Members Posts: 49,532 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 2010
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    jack johnson, dale earndhart, michael phelps, lance armstrong, gretszky
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  • R.D.
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    Shizlansky87 wrote: »
    Magic vs Bird. Jordan is a close second

    Eat A ? niggaaaa
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  • Focal Point
    Focal Point Members Posts: 16,307 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    That Mark Messier and Wayne Gretzky is true ? ... They were killing with Oilers back in the day, not to mention when Mark came to the Rangers "YESSIR!!!!" they won that championship in 94. Gretzky made scoring look so damn easy... hell just hockey overall.

    M. Ali.. he just tracended boxing, with Mike doing it as well, and Tiger was at one point doing the same... but you know... the certains distracted him from that course. Not taking anything from him, golf is hard as ? , and I would say Mike Phelps, but he doesn't get that type of coverage and hype until the Olympics

    Last not least as well as in no order, holla at the man name Jesse... J. Owens nothing else need be said
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  • R.D.
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    At thr height of his career Iverson was impactful, not sure if it was Jordan impact but he had a he'll of a impact
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  • KplusK
    KplusK Members Posts: 2,114 ✭✭
    edited August 2010
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    yeah he did have a good impact plus the crossover on jordan helped alot
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