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re: Best Sports Figure Born in Each SEC State
Posted on 6/9/26 at 10:33 am to VFL67
Posted on 6/9/26 at 10:33 am to VFL67
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Jerry Rice
If you’ve ever driven through Crawford, MS, and blinked, you missed it. Unfortunately, I have several times. Crazy that the greatest WR of all time came from there.
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Posted on 6/9/26 at 10:38 am to Ourichie
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Oklahoma is Jim Thorpe. Arguably one of the best if not the best athlete in histor
I agree although Mickey Mantle would be a lot of States #1.
Posted on 6/9/26 at 10:44 am to VFL67
Below is my list for the best athlete/figure from each SEC State
1. Alabama: Jesse Owens or Carl Lewis
2. Arkansas: Scotty Pippen, Sonny Liston or Don Hutson
3. Georgia: Jim Brown or Herschel Walker
4. Louisiana: Armand Duplantis or Bill Russell
5. Mississippi: Walter Payton, Jerry Rice or Floyd Mayweather
6. Tennessee: Reggie White, Ric Flair , Oscar Robertson or Doug Atkins
7. South Carolina: Kevin Garnett or Joe Frazier
8. Kentucky: Muhammad Ali
9. Florida: Deion Sanders or David Robinson or Ray Lewis
10. Oklahoma: Jim Thorpe or Mickey Mantle
11. Texas: Earl Campbell or Lance Armstrong or George Foreman
12. Missouri: Michael Spinks or Bill Bradley
1. Alabama: Jesse Owens or Carl Lewis
2. Arkansas: Scotty Pippen, Sonny Liston or Don Hutson
3. Georgia: Jim Brown or Herschel Walker
4. Louisiana: Armand Duplantis or Bill Russell
5. Mississippi: Walter Payton, Jerry Rice or Floyd Mayweather
6. Tennessee: Reggie White, Ric Flair , Oscar Robertson or Doug Atkins
7. South Carolina: Kevin Garnett or Joe Frazier
8. Kentucky: Muhammad Ali
9. Florida: Deion Sanders or David Robinson or Ray Lewis
10. Oklahoma: Jim Thorpe or Mickey Mantle
11. Texas: Earl Campbell or Lance Armstrong or George Foreman
12. Missouri: Michael Spinks or Bill Bradley
Posted on 6/9/26 at 10:47 am to captdalton
Whoops I meant I wouldnt argue against any of the ones you listed. Bo is the only one that would not make my list or next one all the other ones you listed have a great claim
This post was edited on 6/9/26 at 10:49 am
Posted on 6/9/26 at 10:47 am to madmaxvol
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12. Missouri: Michael Spinks or Bill Bradley
I forgot Mizzou was in the conference lol
Posted on 6/9/26 at 10:47 am to FireDanMullen
Great idea for a counter argument, FireDanMullen. Defend Hitler and slam the USA. You may want to rethink this line of argument. 
Posted on 6/9/26 at 10:49 am to VFL67
Since you left of Missouri - I would probably say Yogi Berra.
Posted on 6/9/26 at 11:03 am to VFL67
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9. Florida: Deion Sanders or Chris Evert
Posted on 6/9/26 at 11:22 am to Ourichie
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Oklahoma is Jim Thorpe. Arguably one of the best if not the best athlete in history
Jim Thorpe was actually born in "Indian Territory" if that matters.
It was that long ago....
He was universally considered the best American athlete of the first half of the 20th century... which is amazing considering the exploits of the Jesse Owens' and such.
However when Thorpe played... all athletics were really primitive.
Mantle played enough later that sports had evolved and athletes were beginning to be highly skilled.
Posted on 6/9/26 at 12:06 pm to FireDanMullen
But as a non aryan winning gold in Berlin at a games meant to show off Germany's might he did indeed give him the finger so to speak and I addressed your point in my post if you'd bother to read instead of firing up your little outrage machine. But you go on defending Hitler clown.
This post was edited on 6/9/26 at 12:09 pm
Posted on 6/9/26 at 12:24 pm to VFL67
Arkansas: Bear Bryant ?
Posted on 6/9/26 at 1:14 pm to dchog
Why has Arkansas let so many Alabama legends leave their state
Posted on 6/9/26 at 1:48 pm to Allyn McKeen
I thought Dizzy was from Mississippi
Posted on 6/9/26 at 1:58 pm to byrt bulimia
Dizzy born in Arkansas and moved to Oklahoma and spent teenage years. Per google.
Posted on 6/9/26 at 2:04 pm to PawnShop
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Arkansas: Bear Bryant ?
Good catch...it does say "best sports figure", but I was thinking "Best Athlete" when I was looking at the lists.
Posted on 6/9/26 at 2:09 pm to Vulcan Materials
Because Arkansas football was just as bad then as they are now.
The St. Louis Cardinals was more popular than the razorbacks.
Fayetteville was isolated and very hard to get to.
The St. Louis Cardinals was more popular than the razorbacks.
Fayetteville was isolated and very hard to get to.
Posted on 6/9/26 at 2:16 pm to madmaxvol
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6. Tennessee: Ric Flair
Eh.
Posted on 6/9/26 at 2:17 pm to VFL67
Missouti is the only State without an our lol
Posted on 6/9/26 at 2:29 pm to VFL67
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This post was edited on 6/9/26 at 2:30 pm
Posted on 6/9/26 at 2:37 pm to wesfau
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6. Tennessee: Ric Flair
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Eh.
Sorry...had to include him...he used to have a houseboat on Norris Lake and I would see him there all the time. So, that's the "Homer" pick in mye.
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