TBEs in other sports

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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.......

Bump. (I like this topic)

Looking at the list some years later, I'd add Lebron James to the list in basketball, and certainly Tom Brady to the list in football.

Here’s my nominations ...
Federer
Woods
(I’m too ignorant about baseball and ice hockey to have a decent opinion)
Pele
Jordan
(also a newbie to NFL )
Hendry
Taylor
Bolt
Phelps
i nominated Edwards and Gabresellassie so better not vote again!

Cricket - definitely Bradman as a batsman, but I will go with Holding as a bowler and Botham as an all rounder
F1 for me is Senna

[TitoFan]

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.......

Bump. (I like this topic)

Looking at the list some years later, I'd add Lebron James to the list in basketball, and certainly Tom Brady to the list in football.

Here’s my nominations ...
Federer
Woods
(I’m too ignorant about baseball and ice hockey to have a decent opinion)
Pele
Jordan
(also a newbie to NFL )
Hendry
Taylor
Bolt
Phelps
i nominated Edwards and Gabresellassie so better not vote again!

Cricket - definitely Bradman as a batsman, but I will go with Holding as a bowler and Botham as an all rounder
F1 for me is Senna

I'm with you on every name on the list, except for Woods.

In the NFL I'd put Tom Brady without a shadow of a doubt.

Bolt, Phelps, and Senna... absolutely. And some of the others I'm afraid I know very little about.