Who are your top 5 favorite athletes?

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Team sports.  Im not rattling golfers and fighters and trying to find a place.  

In a semi order

Favre, Woodson, Driver, Rodgers, Barry

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I got annoyed seeing my friends kid wear a Justin Jefferson jersey.  There are no Vikings fans here.   They are Bills fans.  Then it dawned on me I loved Barry....who wouldn't between like 6-12?   And I had his jersey although I was firmly a Packers fan.    

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Thurman Munson

Phil Simms

Don Mattingly

Eli

Mariano 

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Dale Murphy
John Smoltz
Barry Sanders
Wayne Gretzky
Mark Price

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Ignoring golfers… 

all time?  Garnett, Montana, Chrebet, Tino Martinez, Tomlinson

 

Current?  Blake Snell, Garrett Wilson, Jayden Daniels, Dame Lillard, Randy Arozarena

 

Kevin Kiermaier could be 6th on both lists. I have always loved great defensive center fielders. He’s still playing but his career mostly feels over. 

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Jordan

barry sanders 

Faulk

montana

Rice

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Ichiro

Marshawn Lynch

Dave Parker 

Bird

Federer 

 

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Bird, Bonds, Pedro, Tiger and Federer

I want to add Brady and Big Papi, but I can’t. 

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Non-Detroit/UM/MSU players:

Bobby Clarke

Wayne Gretzky

David Robinson

Goose Gossage

Brett Favre

 

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41 minutes ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

Thurman Munson

Phil Simms

Don Mattingly

Eli

Mariano 

No Jeter fan, or just not top 5?

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Just now, Fireballer said:

No Jeter fan, or just not top 5?

He would be 6.  Hard leaving some off, like O’Neill and Bavaro, Banks and Harry Carson, LT 

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Riggins

Dale Murphy

Tony Gwynn

Jack Nicklaus

Ripken Jr

 

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So not necessarily current players?

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Pat Mahomes

Bobby Witt, Jr.

Paul Pierce

Kevin Sietzer

Derrick Thomas

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 Non NY players 

Earl Campbell

Roger Staubach

Tony Gwynn

 Josh Allen

Nolan Ryan

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Troy Polamalu

Ben Roethlisberger 

Mike Trout 

TJ Watt 

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1 hour ago, Bier Meister said:

Jordan

barry sanders 

Faulk

montana

Rice

Was not a well thought out OP.   Yea MJ is making my top 5.  

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Hmmmm

These are not necessarily the "best" just who i enjoyed through my life

Ryne Sandberg

Walter Payton 

Barry Sanders

Michael Jordan

Magic Johnson

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Kirby Puckett
John Randle
Cris Carter
Ken Griffey Jr
Michael Jordan
 

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Earl Campbell

Carl Lewis

Nolan Ryan

Hakeem Olajuwon

Andre Johnson

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Dr. J

Sweetness

Fred Lynn

Brad Park

Steve Grogan

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Lyle Alzado

Bill Romanowski

Mark McGwire

Barry Bonds

Mike Webster

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Elway, Reggie Miller

…big drop off…

Kirby Puckett

Edgerrin James

Peyton 

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Usain Bolt

Sanders

Penei Sewell

Mark Fydrich

Larry Bird 

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Based on sheer dominance 

Bird

Phelps

Dale Earnhardt

Tiger

Nadal

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2 hours ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

 Non NY players 

Earl Campbell

Roger Staubach

Tony Gwynn

 Josh Allen  

Nolan Ryan

 

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27 minutes ago, WhiteWonder said:

 

 Nice catch. Non Yankees and Giants then. lol. 

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3 hours ago, cmh6476 said:

Pat Mahomes

Bobby Witt, Jr.

Paul Pierce

Kevin Sietzer

Derrick Thomas

Seitzer was the craze back in '88 for cards etc.  I saw a couple games at Royals Stadium back in '87.  Went there to see Bo Jackson.  Well, just before I got there he broke his collarbone.  Either way, got to see Seitzer, picked up a couple of yearbooks I have to this day from them.  Saw Bill Ripken hit his first big league HR in one game and Phil Nikero get one of his 318 wins in the other.  Royals lost both.  Also learned that upper deck is steep as a damn cliffside.

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Brees

Jordan

Piere Thomas

Lott

Pippen

 

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Jordan

Brooks

Sean Taylor

Ripken

Clemens

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Mattingly easily #1 not even close

Bird

Montana

Bo 

John Hannah - only because I went to a football camp of his then he came to a couple of my hs games. Great guy. 

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Larry Bird

Ray Bourque

Cam Neely

Pedro Martinez

Jim Rice

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7 hours ago, Mark Davis said:

Seitzer was the craze back in '88 for cards etc.  I saw a couple games at Royals Stadium back in '87.  Went there to see Bo Jackson.  Well, just before I got there he broke his collarbone.  Either way, got to see Seitzer, picked up a couple of yearbooks I have to this day from them.  Saw Bill Ripken hit his first big league HR in one game and Phil Nikero get one of his 318 wins in the other.  Royals lost both.  Also learned that upper deck is steep as a damn cliffside.

Obviously, he's the odd duck in my list.   Bo might have made more sense, but my little brother was all in on bo.  

It might have been that when I really started playing and watching baseball, George was in the twilight of his career and he was making the move from 3rdc to first and hoping Seitz was going to be that next start to cement his legacy at third.  Or maybe watching his hustle and determination day in and day out

 Really I'm not sure what it was, but even to this day my slow pitch softball number is 33.

 

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Walter Payton

Michael Jordan

Barry Sanders

Caitlin Clark

Dallas Clark

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Bart Starr

Ray Nitschke

John Brockington

Lewis Ferdinand Alcindor

Robin Yount/Paul Molitor/Gorman Thomas

 

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I need to add Mike Tyson to my list.

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1 hour ago, Hawkeye21 said:

I need to add Mike Tyson to my list.

And drop Caitlin Clark!

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No love for Lia Catherine Thomas?

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2 minutes ago, BufordT said:

And drop Caitlin Clark!

Nope

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Discounting local teams:

Ken Stabler

George Gervin

Chris Chelios (Habs/Hawks)

Reggie Jackson

T.J. Oshie