| Greatest Sporting Legend in your lifetime... only one pick. 01:16 - May 12 with 4739 views | Swanjaxs |
For me it has to be Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr
Undoubtedly the greatest ever sporting icon in my lifetime
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| Greatest Sporting Legend in your lifetime... only one pick. on 13:38 - May 12 with 860 views | thornabyswan |
| Greatest Sporting Legend in your lifetime... only one pick. on 13:28 - May 12 by GreatBritton |
I forgot Gareth, dammit.
If we're talking sublime artistry, class and an aesthetic quality to go with technique, speed, stamina, skill and all the rest of it, you can narrow the field a bit. When I mentioned the Brownlees I was mainly thinking about fraternity and guts. Leon comes into that category for his selflessness and industry for the team. There should have been a couple of categories:
1) pure artistry (Federer and Borg, Sobers and Benaud, Best, Cruyff and Pele plus Ronaldo perhaps)
2) Bravery, team ethic, odds-defying will power etc (Botham, Leon, Bobby Moore, several Welsh rugby players)
3) sportsmen and women you just loved to watch, even if they had a limitation or two perhaps (Giggs. Ronnie o'Sullivan ,Shane Warne and so forth) |
Viv Richards loved watching him at his peak.
Never ever wore a helmet either fantastic player and entertainer. |  |
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| Greatest Sporting Legend in your lifetime... only one pick. on 14:12 - May 12 with 838 views | Lohengrin |
Deeply flawed majesty. Nijinsky in football boots.
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| Greatest Sporting Legend in your lifetime... only one pick. on 14:14 - May 12 with 835 views | builthjack |
| Greatest Sporting Legend in your lifetime... only one pick. on 09:11 - May 12 by GreatBritton |
The answer is, of course, Ali, but Botham, Benaud, Sobers, Cruyff, Best, Jordan, Borg etc all deserve an honourable mention. Me, I've got a soft spot for the Brownlee brothers. |
Andre is better than Jordan. |  |
| Swansea Indepenent Poster Of The Year 2021. Dr P / Mart66 / Roathie / Parlay / E20/ Duffle was 2nd, but he is deluded and thinks in his little twisted brain that he won. Poor sod. We let him win this year, as he has cried for a whole year. His 14 usernames, bless his cotton socks.
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| Greatest Sporting Legend in your lifetime... only one pick. on 14:31 - May 12 with 815 views | Highjack |
| Greatest Sporting Legend in your lifetime... only one pick. on 14:12 - May 12 by Lohengrin |
Deeply flawed majesty. Nijinsky in football boots.
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The dancer or the horse? |  |
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| Greatest Sporting Legend in your lifetime... only one pick. on 14:48 - May 12 with 796 views | londonlisa2001 |
| Greatest Sporting Legend in your lifetime... only one pick. on 09:20 - May 12 by monmouth |
Federer tops the tennis list by miles mun if we are just talking greatest at the sport. Ali only comes second to Alan Curtis because we are talking the whole package.
Pele also has to challenge Ali. In fact I'd say they are absolutely on a par.
Otherwise it's just a game of 'what's your favourite sport' [Post edited 12 May 2020 9:21]
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Maybe if you’re only talking about men...
It’s interesting that you assume it’s only men. | | | |
| Greatest Sporting Legend in your lifetime... only one pick. on 15:02 - May 12 with 787 views | Glossolalia |
Federer. He was always exceptional, then 2017 happened. Beat Nadal at a grand slam final, won Wimbledon without dropping a set, and destroyed Rafa a further three times that year. Aged 35-36 too. The greatest in my lifetime (1989-) |  | | |
| Greatest Sporting Legend in your lifetime... only one pick. on 15:12 - May 12 with 781 views | Lohengrin |
| Greatest Sporting Legend in your lifetime... only one pick. on 14:31 - May 12 by Highjack |
The dancer or the horse? |
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| Greatest Sporting Legend in your lifetime... only one pick. on 15:19 - May 12 with 775 views | londonlisa2001 |
| Greatest Sporting Legend in your lifetime... only one pick. on 15:02 - May 12 by Glossolalia |
Federer. He was always exceptional, then 2017 happened. Beat Nadal at a grand slam final, won Wimbledon without dropping a set, and destroyed Rafa a further three times that year. Aged 35-36 too. The greatest in my lifetime (1989-) |
If we are only talking tennis, Serena and Martina before her both have very strong cases for being regarded as the greatest player of all time. | | | |
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| Greatest Sporting Legend in your lifetime... only one pick. on 15:55 - May 12 with 745 views | sP7qupUf |
I know that this a Swansea City Forum but how on earth can you class Leon in this bracket?
He has been a wonderful player for us but in football terms look at the names mentioned on this page alone. | | | |
| Greatest Sporting Legend in your lifetime... only one pick. on 16:02 - May 12 with 743 views | Lohengrin |
| Greatest Sporting Legend in your lifetime... only one pick. on 15:55 - May 12 by sP7qupUf |
I know that this a Swansea City Forum but how on earth can you class Leon in this bracket?
He has been a wonderful player for us but in football terms look at the names mentioned on this page alone. |
Chalk it up to pride. In many eyes no child is as beautiful as their own. | |
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| Greatest Sporting Legend in your lifetime... only one pick. on 16:09 - May 12 with 728 views | londonlisa2001 |
| Greatest Sporting Legend in your lifetime... only one pick. on 15:55 - May 12 by sP7qupUf |
I know that this a Swansea City Forum but how on earth can you class Leon in this bracket?
He has been a wonderful player for us but in football terms look at the names mentioned on this page alone. |
I’m pretty sure the post was ironic? At least, I hope it was. He’s nowhere near the greatest player to play for the Swans. In fact, he’s not even the greatest player to play for the Swans that’s still employed by the club. | | | |
| Greatest Sporting Legend in your lifetime... only one pick. on 16:30 - May 12 with 712 views | Lohengrin |
| Greatest Sporting Legend in your lifetime... only one pick. on 16:09 - May 12 by londonlisa2001 |
I’m pretty sure the post was ironic? At least, I hope it was. He’s nowhere near the greatest player to play for the Swans. In fact, he’s not even the greatest player to play for the Swans that’s still employed by the club. |
Who do you fancy is the player still connected that takes the prize, Lis? | |
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| Greatest Sporting Legend in your lifetime... only one pick. on 16:38 - May 12 with 706 views | londonlisa2001 |
| Greatest Sporting Legend in your lifetime... only one pick. on 16:30 - May 12 by Lohengrin |
Who do you fancy is the player still connected that takes the prize, Lis? |
Curtis of those still in the employ of the club.
Leon was a great player but not even in the same league. | | | |
| Greatest Sporting Legend in your lifetime... only one pick. on 16:44 - May 12 with 701 views | Lohengrin |
| Greatest Sporting Legend in your lifetime... only one pick. on 16:38 - May 12 by londonlisa2001 |
Curtis of those still in the employ of the club.
Leon was a great player but not even in the same league. |
Fair enough but it’s not really comparing apples with apples, they were completely different types of player. | |
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| Greatest Sporting Legend in your lifetime... only one pick. on 16:50 - May 12 with 693 views | londonlisa2001 |
| Greatest Sporting Legend in your lifetime... only one pick. on 16:44 - May 12 by Lohengrin |
Fair enough but it’s not really comparing apples with apples, they were completely different types of player. |
Yeah, one of them was a thousand times better than the other... | | | |
| Greatest Sporting Legend in your lifetime... only one pick. on 16:54 - May 12 with 688 views | Lohengrin |
| Greatest Sporting Legend in your lifetime... only one pick. on 16:50 - May 12 by londonlisa2001 |
Yeah, one of them was a thousand times better than the other... |
First crush I take it?
Anyway how are you coping up there? I don’t envy you I must say, I haven’t long come down off the mountain with the pups and to look out and to see the Sun’s reflection dancing on the breakers in the bay was a sight to behold on a clear day like this. | |
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| Greatest Sporting Legend in your lifetime... only one pick. on 17:08 - May 12 with 677 views | londonlisa2001 |
| Greatest Sporting Legend in your lifetime... only one pick. on 16:54 - May 12 by Lohengrin |
First crush I take it?
Anyway how are you coping up there? I don’t envy you I must say, I haven’t long come down off the mountain with the pups and to look out and to see the Sun’s reflection dancing on the breakers in the bay was a sight to behold on a clear day like this. |
Not sure about crush. He was my favourite player when I was a kid though.
We’ve been blessed with many great players over the years, and Leon is also one of them. But he didn’t have that effortless balance that the real greats have - Curtis did. Other opinions exist - wrong ones
All fine here. The view’s not so good though and the dog walks are a challenge with lots of people. It’ll be better when we can drive further to get somewhere less busy. Safer as well. May try that later this week now we’re able to. | | | |
| Greatest Sporting Legend in your lifetime... only one pick. on 17:09 - May 12 with 676 views | Lohengrin |
| Greatest Sporting Legend in your lifetime... only one pick. on 17:08 - May 12 by londonlisa2001 |
Not sure about crush. He was my favourite player when I was a kid though.
We’ve been blessed with many great players over the years, and Leon is also one of them. But he didn’t have that effortless balance that the real greats have - Curtis did. Other opinions exist - wrong ones
All fine here. The view’s not so good though and the dog walks are a challenge with lots of people. It’ll be better when we can drive further to get somewhere less busy. Safer as well. May try that later this week now we’re able to. |
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| Greatest Sporting Legend in your lifetime... only one pick. on 17:13 - May 12 with 672 views | londonlisa2001 |
| Greatest Sporting Legend in your lifetime... only one pick. on 17:09 - May 12 by Lohengrin |
Stay safe. This house would be no home without you. |
Oh, we’ve been very careful. Albeit we must have been exposed to it before we all knew about it. Whether enough to get infected or not who knows until testing is done at some point.
I was saying yesterday though there have been more cases per capita (that we know of) in Swansea than in Hammersmith & Fulham (can only get the figures at a local authority level). Which given the difference in population density, is genuinely astonishing. | | | |
| Greatest Sporting Legend in your lifetime... only one pick. on 17:19 - May 12 with 665 views | monmouth |
| Greatest Sporting Legend in your lifetime... only one pick. on 14:48 - May 12 by londonlisa2001 |
Maybe if you’re only talking about men...
It’s interesting that you assume it’s only men. |
Yes, guilty.
I'll stand by it though. |  |
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| Greatest Sporting Legend in your lifetime... only one pick. on 17:21 - May 12 with 662 views | Lohengrin |
| Greatest Sporting Legend in your lifetime... only one pick. on 17:13 - May 12 by londonlisa2001 |
Oh, we’ve been very careful. Albeit we must have been exposed to it before we all knew about it. Whether enough to get infected or not who knows until testing is done at some point.
I was saying yesterday though there have been more cases per capita (that we know of) in Swansea than in Hammersmith & Fulham (can only get the figures at a local authority level). Which given the difference in population density, is genuinely astonishing. |
Listening to the BBC World Service in work last night and a Virologist was saying that Cumbria was a hot spot. I was scratching my head at that, I’ve spent a bit of time there and it would have been somewhere I’d have imagined was a haven. What do I know? | |
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| Greatest Sporting Legend in your lifetime... only one pick. on 17:34 - May 12 with 653 views | Catullus |
| Greatest Sporting Legend in your lifetime... only one pick. on 16:50 - May 12 by londonlisa2001 |
Yeah, one of them was a thousand times better than the other... |
A thousand times??? I agree Curt was better but I would have loved to see them play together, Curt would have thrived on Leon winning the ball back and finding him in space! Just my opinion!
Anyway, my choice isn't a sport I follow not one I have ever participated in, it's Steve Redgrave. I know others have won more golds but to me he is the embodiment of faster, higher, stronger which must have been a really massive effort at 38 with type 2 diabetes.
Honourable mentions for Daley Thompson and Tanni Grey-Thompson. | |
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| Greatest Sporting Legend in your lifetime... only one pick. on 17:36 - May 12 with 651 views | londonlisa2001 |
| Greatest Sporting Legend in your lifetime... only one pick. on 17:19 - May 12 by monmouth |
Yes, guilty.
I'll stand by it though. |
He can’t be described as topping the list ‘by miles’ if you include 2 players that won more than him (Serena and Martina)... he could be your favourite. That’s different. | | | |
| Greatest Sporting Legend in your lifetime... only one pick. on 17:41 - May 12 with 642 views | londonlisa2001 |
| Greatest Sporting Legend in your lifetime... only one pick. on 17:34 - May 12 by Catullus |
A thousand times??? I agree Curt was better but I would have loved to see them play together, Curt would have thrived on Leon winning the ball back and finding him in space! Just my opinion!
Anyway, my choice isn't a sport I follow not one I have ever participated in, it's Steve Redgrave. I know others have won more golds but to me he is the embodiment of faster, higher, stronger which must have been a really massive effort at 38 with type 2 diabetes.
Honourable mentions for Daley Thompson and Tanni Grey-Thompson. |
I was having a laugh, not being serious.
To be fair, I think Robbie did a good job at winning the ball back for Curtis. I also think he was better than Leon btw | | | |
| Greatest Sporting Legend in your lifetime... only one pick. on 17:52 - May 12 with 633 views | Highjack |
| Greatest Sporting Legend in your lifetime... only one pick. on 17:36 - May 12 by londonlisa2001 |
He can’t be described as topping the list ‘by miles’ if you include 2 players that won more than him (Serena and Martina)... he could be your favourite. That’s different. |
Serena and Martina are/were phenomenal and this is not belittling their amazing achievements but the fact is they are/were playing at a far lower standard than the men’s game. Serena was asked if she’d ever play Andy Murray and she replied “I doubt I’d win a single point”. | |
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