Good discussion.
Went through and gathered some of the obvious votes (sorry if I missed any non-obvious ones) and this is sort of the list I can cobble together at this point:
Tennis - Federer (5 votes), Nadal (1 vote)
Golf - Nicklaus (2 votes), Tiger (2 votes), Hogan (1 vote)
Baseball - Ted Williams, Mays, Bonds, Ruth, Cobb (1 vote each)
Hockey - Gretzky (3 votes), Roenick (1 vote)..... surprised no Lemieux although I agree with Gretzky
Soccer - Pele (3 votes), Messi (2 votes), Zidane (1 vote)
Basketball - Jordan (3 votes), Chamberlain (1 vote), Steve Nash? (1 vote)
NFL - Montana, Brown (1 vote each)..... although I agree and refrained on the basis it's too much a position-dependent sport
Snooker - O'Sullivan, Hendry (1 vote each)
Darts - Phil Taylor (2 votes)
Sprinting - Bolt (4 votes), Michael Johnson (1 vote)
Swimming - Weissmuller, Mousambani, Spitz (1 vote each)
Rugby - Gareth Edwards
Distance running - Halle Gebresellasie
MMA - Jon Jones
Skateboarding - Tony Hawk
Downhill skiing - Sonny Bono
Karate - Norris, Lee (1 vote each)
Middle distance - Sebastian Coe
Ski jumping - Eddie Edwards
Cricket - Don Bradman
College basketball - Pete Maravich
NASCAR - Richard Petty
Formula 1 - Aryton Senna
Cycling - Eddy Merckx
Horse racing - Secretariat
Course fishing - Bob Nudd
Thai skiing (really?) - Vanessa Mae
Sailing - Ben Ainslie
Rowing - Steve Redgrave
Anyway... we're still missing some sports that may or may not be considered, but that certainly must have their own TBE's, like......
Pocket billiards, speed skating, gymnastics, archery, volleyball, diving.......
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