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Lou Gehrig
Lou Gehrig was born of German DNA. And boy could this white boy play some baseball. Many rank him as the greatest clean-up hitter of all time. I second that. Career statistics AVG .340 HR 493 RBI 1,995 Teams New York Yankees (1923-1939) Career highlights and awards All-Time records Career Grand Slams: 23 Highest Career Slugging Percentage by a First Baseman: .632 Notable achievements AL MVP: 1927, 1936 Seven-time MLB All-Star: 1933-1939 (DNP 1939) Led the league in home runs: 1934 (49) & 1936 (49) Led the league in RBIs: 1927 (175), 1928 (142), 1930 (174), 1931 (184) & 1934 (165) Led the league in times on base: 1927 (330), 1930 (324), 1931 (328), 1934 (321), 1936 (342) & 1937 (331) Led the league in batting average (.363), home runs (49), and RBIs (165) in 1934, resulting in a Triple Crown Career batting average: .340 (2,721-for-8,001) Played in 2,130 consecutive games: June 1, 1925 to April 30, 1939 Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame Elected 1939 Vote Unanimous[1] |
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Arnold Palmer
One of golf's most loved players of all time. He is 3rd in most Major wins with 7.
Career Turned Pro 1954 Tours PGA Tour (joined 1955) Champions Tour (joined 1980) Professional wins 94, PGA Tour: 62, Other regular: 17 Champions Tour: 10, Other senior: 5 Best Results in Major Championships Wins: 7 Masters Won 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964 U.S. Open Won 1960 British Open Won 1961, 1962 PGA Championship T2: 1964, 1968, 1970 Awards PGA Tour Money Winner 1958, 1960, 1962, 1963 PGA Player of the Year 1960, 1962 Vardon Trophy 1961, 1962, 1964, 1967 |
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Dan Gable.
Collegiate and Olympic wrestling champion. As a coach he has won many NCAA wrestling titles for Iowa. Probably one of the greatest American wrestlers ever. This thread has included many great white athletes, however when you consider all the great white athletes produced in the sports of wrestling, cycling, weightlifting, and gymnastics we could find many more white champions.
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Jimmie Foxx
Foxx was one of baseballs all time great sluggers. Unlike today's players who cheat by using drugs, Foxx was known to hit homeruns 500 plus feet.
MLB debut May 1, 1925 for the Philadelphia Athletics Final game September 23, 1945 for the Philadelphia Phillies Career statistics AVG .325 HR 534 RBI 1922 Teams Philadelphia Athletics (1925-1935) Boston Red Sox (1936-1942) Chicago Cubs (1942, 1944) Philadelphia Phillies (1945) Career highlights and awards American League MVP: 1932, 1933, 1938 Led the league in home runs: 1932 (58), 1933 (48), 1935 (36), 1939 (35) Led the league in RBIs: 1932 (169), 1933 (163), 1938 (175) Led the league in batting average: 1933 (.356), 1938 (.349) Led the league in runs scored: 1932 (151) Lifetime batting average: .325 |
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Dick Butkus was maybe the NFL's most feared player of all time. Nothing could stop this man. He even played in a Super Bowl with a broken arm. He was known to knock QB's out cold. Career information NFL Draft: 1965 / Round: 1/ Pick 3 College: Illinois Career highlights Pro Bowls 1965-1972 Honors NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team NFL 1970s All-Decade Team NFL 1960s All-Decade Team 1969 NFL Defensive Player of the Year 1970 NFL Defensive Player of the Year Retired #s Chicago Bears #51 Teams 1965-1973 Chicago Bears Stats at DatabaseFootball.com College Football Hall of Fame Pro Football Hall of Fame, 197 |
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Jim Ryun
Probably the greatest middle distance runner of all time. Big, strong, powerful runner with cardio from another planet.
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"Der Regenmeister" Rudolf "Rudi" Caracciola
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Tom Glavine
Glavine this year became only the 5th left-handed pitcher to win 300 games. During the 1990's, he was one of baseball's best pitchers. A sure lock for the hall of fame. Free Agent — No. 47 Starting Pitcher Born: March 25, 1966 (1966-03-25) (age 41) Bats: Left Throws: Left Major League Baseball debut August 17, 1987 for the Atlanta Braves Selected MLB statistics (through September 30, 2007) Win-Loss 303-199 Earned Run Average 3.51 Strikeouts 2570 23rd player to win 300 career games 10-time All-Star (1991-93, 1996-98, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006) 2-time National League Cy Young Award winner (1991, 1998) Finished 2nd in National League Cy Young award voting (1992, 2000) Finished 3rd in National League Cy Young award voting (1993, 1995) Finished 10th in National League MVP voting (1992) Finished 11th in National League MVP voting (1991) Finished 14th in National League MVP voting (2000) Finished 21st in National League MVP voting (1998) Finished 24th in National League MVP voting (1993) World Series MVP Award (1995) 5-time National League leader in wins (1991-93, 1998, 2000) 4-time Silver Slugger winner (1991, 1995-96, 1998) Only pitcher to throw two shutouts at Coors Field, doing so while with Atlanta |
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George Blanda
Blanda could do it all. He could run, catch, pass, kick field goals and punt. He also played the most seasons in the NFL (26) and scored the most points.
Year(s): 1949-1975 NFL Draft: 1949 / Round: 12 / Pick: 119 College: Kentucky Professional Teams NFL Chicago Bears (1949, 1951-1958) NFL Baltimore Colts (1950) AFL Houston Oilers (1960-1966) AFL Oakland Raiders (1967-1969) NFL Oakland Raiders (1970-1975) Career Stats Stats at NFL.com Total TDs-INT 241-277 Yards 26,920 Field Goals Made 177 Career Highlights and Awards 1961 UPI AFL-AFC MVP Award 1970 UPI AFL-AFC MVP Award 1970 Bert Bell Award 10-Year AFL Player AFL All-Time Team AFL All-Star Game 1961, '62, '63, ' |
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Nolan Ryan
Nolan Ryan
Pitcher Born: January 31, 1947 (1947-01-31) (age 60) Batted: Right Threw: Right MLB debut September 11, 1966 for the New York Mets Final game September 22, 1993 for the Texas Rangers Career statistics Win-Loss 324-292 Strikeouts 5714 ERA 3.19 Teams * New York Mets (1966, 1968-1971) * California Angels (1972-1979) * Houston Astros (1980-1988) * Texas Rangers (1989-1993) Career highlights and awards * All Star Games: 8 * No-hitters: 7 (most all time) * 5,714 career strikeouts (most all time) Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame Elected 1999 Vote 98.2% (first ballot) Lynn Nolan Ryan, Jr. (born January 31, 1947) is a former American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played in a major league record 27 seasons for the New York Mets, California Angels, Houston Astros, and Texas Rangers, from 1966 to 1993. Ryan, a hard-throwing right-handed pitcher, threw pitches that were regularly recorded above 100 mph, even past the age of 40. The media tagged him, or more specifically his pitching, as "The Ryan Express" (a reference to the 1965 film Von Ryan's Express). Ryan was an eight-time MLB All-Star, and his 5,714 career strikeouts rank first in baseball history. He leads the runner-up by over 1,000 strikeouts as of early in the 2007 season. The pitcher in second place as of early 2007 varies between Roger Clemens and Randy Johnson, who are both active and who are both over the 4,600-strikeout mark. Similarly, Ryan's 2,795 bases on balls lead second-place Steve Carlton by 962—walking over 50% more hitters than any other pitcher in Major League history. Ryan is also the all-time leader in no-hitters with seven, three more than any other pitcher. He is tied with Bob Feller for the most one-hitters with 12. Ryan also pitched 18 two-hitters.
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Ryan was almost unhuman. He started playing some 15 years before I was born. Then he played until I was 12. Even in his mid 40's, he was still throwing in the upper 90's.
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Another thing about Ryan, he's such a humble guy. He married his high school sweetheart, and down in Texas he's still next to God.
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Rocky Marciano knocks out Joe Louis
Rocky Marciano knocks out Muhammad Ali (Edit: Actually a promotional sparring match, not a credited fight) Rocky Marciano (September 1, 1923 – August 31, 1969), born Rocco Francis Marchegiano, was the heavyweight champion of the world from 1952 to 1956. Marciano, with forty-three knockouts to his credit (an 88% knockout rate), remains the only heavyweight champion in boxing history to retire without a defeat or a draw in his professional career. In 1971, Ring magazine founder Nat Fleischer named Marciano as the tenth greatest heavyweight champion ever.[6] In 1998, Ring magazine named Marciano as the sixth greatest heavyweight champion ever. In 2002, Ring Magazine numbered Marciano at #12 on the list of the 80 Best Fighters of the Last 80 Years. In 2003, Ring Magazine rated Marciano #14 on the list of 100 greatest punchers of all time. In 2005, Marciano was named the fifth greatest heavyweight of all time by the International Boxing Research Organization.[7] A 1977 ranking by Ring magazine listed Marciano as the greatest Italian-American fighter. In 2007, on ESPN.com's list of the 50 Greatest Boxers of All Time, Marciano was ranked #14. A 1968 radio computer simulation by Murry Woroner concluded that Marciano was the greatest heavyweight champion.[2] Marciano holds the record for the longest undefeated streak by a heavyweight and for being the only World Heavyweight Champion to go undefeated throughout his career. This record was challenged by Larry Holmes in 1985 when Holmes went 48-0 before losing to Michael Spinks twice. Light heavyweight Dariusz Michalczewski also challenged Marciano when he was 48-0. Mexican legend Julio César Chávez holds the record for longest win streak with eighty-eight straight until he suffered a draw in 1993. Ricardo Lopez also retired undefeated in 2001 from the light flyweight division at 51-0-1. Throughout history, other boxers have retired undefeated, but many had at least one draw, including the super middleweight Sven Ottke 34-0 and middleweight Laszlo Papp 28-0-2. Willie Pep, a lightweight, had a perfect 63-0 record before he was defeated. Packy McFarland was a lightweight (fighting between 1904-1915) who lost his first fight and then won his next 98. Marciano was knocked down to the canvas only twice in his professional career. The first occurred in his first championship bout, against Jersey Joe Walcott and the second occurred against Archie Moore. On both occasions, he rose to knock his opponent out. Marciano was named fighter of the year by Ring Magazine three times. His three championship fights between 1952-54 were named fights of the year by that magazine. In 2006, an ESPN poll voted Marciano's 1952 championship bout against Walcott as the greatest knockout ever. Marciano also received the Hickok Belt for top professional athlete of the year in 1952. In 1955, he was voted second most important American athlete of the year. Marciano is a member of the International Boxing Hall Of Fame. From Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Marciano
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By the way, I can't give you any more rep. right yet, but thanks for this thread. I've quite enjoyed it.
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Hey Dawn, Rocky never fought Ali. Rocky had done retired some 5-6 years before Ali turned pro. He did lay out Joe Louis.
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Yeah, I just read that that was a sparring match between them, later used as some sort of promotion. Just edited the post to reflect that, btw. Still entertaining though. I don't know much about boxing, but his knockout of Joe Louis was awesome!
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Another thing about Ryan. It was cool when he beat the crap out of that White Sox player who charged him. That may be baseball's greatest fight. |
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