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Favorite pro athletes of all time

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#1 ·
Current or retired, let's hear some of your all time favorite pro athletes. Not necessarily the BEST ever, the most famous or even in the "major" sports; just players you've liked or admired. Here are mine:

NFL : Defense - Ronnie Lott. Offense - Barry Sanders. Current player - Larry Fitzgerald.

MLB - All time position player, Tony Gwynn (close runner up, Edgar Martinez). Pitcher - Nolan Ryan (runner up Randy Johnson).

NBA - Terry Porter. (Honorable mentions to David Robinson and Alex English)

NHL - Wayne Gretzky. (Besides being THE GOAT, he is a very nice guy. I got to meet him once and he talked to me for a good five minutes when he didn't really have to).
 
#2 ·
NFL- Joe Montana, JJ Watt, Larry Fitzgerald

NBA- Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, Tim Duncan

MLB- Chipper Jones, Nolan Ryan, Albert Pujols

Boxing- George Foreman, Roy Jones JR, Mike Tyson

MMA- Randy Couture, Rhonda Rousey, Chuck Liddell

Golf- Jack Nicholas, Greg Norman

Hockey- Wayne Gretzky, Patrick Roy

Alternative- Tony Hawk, Matt Hoffman, Shawn White

Disc Golf- Nate Sexton, Paige Pierce, Ken Climo

Tennis- Pete Sampras, John McEnroe, Serena Williams
 
#9 ·
Boxing- George Foreman, Roy Jones JR, Mike Tyson

Alternative- Tony Hawk, Matt Hoffman, Shawn White
I totally forgot about Boxers! Roy Jones Jr. in his prime was incredible! Smokin' Joe Frazier was also a baaaad man. Too bad we don't have Wide World of Sports anymore...

On a side note, Tony Hawk lived 4 doors down from me in Springfield for about a school year. I knew him to say hello to, but wish I'd have gotten to know him better. This would have been around 1980 or 1981, somewhere in there anyway.
 
#6 ·
Baseball, Ken Griffey Jr., George Foster, Johnny Bench
Football, Russell Wilson, Kenny Easley, Steve Largent
Basketball, Gary Payton, Shawn Kemp, Fred Brown
Hockey, Bobby Orr
Soccer, Raul Ruidiaz, Jordan Morris and the rest of the 2019 Seattle Sounders, MLS CHAMPS
 
#11 ·
Football it would have to be Steve Largent not because I'm a Seahawk fan but because my little brother broke his arm while swimming on the McKenzie river and Steve drove him to our house. I was a teenager and was alone so he stayed at our house until my parents came home to take my little brother to the hospital. I did get his autograph. My sister was a huge fan of his and she wasn't home... I still rub it in to this day
 
#18 ·
Definitely my favorite Seahawk and by all accounts a really great guy!
 
#22 ·
VERY different styles of Running back!

BTW, your boat's name sings in my Viking Blood!
 
#36 ·
Not necessarily the best, just favorites.

NFL - Peyton Manning, Joe Namath, Mean Joe Greene, Roman Gabriel, Richard Sherman, Terry Bradshaw
NBA - Wilt Chamberlain, Jerry West, Pete Maravich, Michael Jordan
MLB- Clyde Wright, Pete Rose, Johnny Bench, Jackie Robinson
Boxing - Muhammed Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard
Golf - Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Michelle Wie
Track - Bruce Jenner, Doug Brown, Steve Prefontaine
Tennis - Chris Evert, John McEnroe
MX/SX - Ricky Carmichael, Roger DeCoster, Travis Pastrana, Ryan Villopoto
Automobile Racing - Danica Patrick, Kyle Busch, Richard Petty, A.J. Foyt, Mario Andretti, John Force
 
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