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Posted on 2/16/19 at 11:21 am to Farmer1906
Posted on 2/16/19 at 11:21 am to Farmer1906
Earl Campbell
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Posted on 2/16/19 at 11:26 am to TidalTim
Bill Russell.
Posted on 2/16/19 at 11:27 am to GetCocky11
Down goes Frazier Down goes Frazier Down goes Frazier
Posted on 2/16/19 at 11:30 am to MullenBoys
Dizzy Dean was from Arkansas. Google is your friend.
Posted on 2/16/19 at 11:51 am to EKG
Ask a Texan who from Texas is the best at something.
They give you a list.
Idiots.
They give you a list.
Idiots.
Posted on 2/16/19 at 11:56 am to Farmer1906
Posted on 2/16/19 at 12:00 pm to EKG
Correct. Again. Noted.
Posted on 2/18/19 at 8:55 pm to Irons Puppet
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Bo could run fast, jump high and hit a fastball. Not many have that combination.
AND run over a top NFL LB and throw out one of the fastest player in MLB from the fence to home plate.
Posted on 2/18/19 at 9:01 pm to labamafan
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Didn’t Deion Sanders do that as well?
Nope.
Neon Deion was never a MLB All-Star.
Bo Jackson was the one of the best, in two professional sports, at the same time. I don't think we will ever see that again. Possibly the best all around athlete of all time.
Posted on 2/18/19 at 9:08 pm to Prof
Wilma Rudolph for Tennessee
Willie Gault should be mentioned for Georgia. He was a winter Olympian, and would have been a summer one were it not for the boycott. Plus he was very good at football.
Willie Gault should be mentioned for Georgia. He was a winter Olympian, and would have been a summer one were it not for the boycott. Plus he was very good at football.
Posted on 2/18/19 at 9:27 pm to NoNotMe
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Dizzy Dean was from Arkansas. Google is your friend.
You right. He grew up in Mississippi and is burried in Mississippi but was born in Arkansas and lived there until like age 6 so techically you are correct sir.
Posted on 2/18/19 at 9:38 pm to EKG
quote:no dumbass she isn’t from Texas. She is from the same hometown as Saban Fairmont WV.
Mary Lou Retton
Posted on 2/18/19 at 9:40 pm to TidalTim
Bill Russell probably. Most nba championships (11), won a few as player-coach also
Some others could be (pretty sure all are/will be Hall of Famers):
Peyton Manning
Mel Ott
Terry Bradshaw
Ted Lyons- 260 wins as a pitcher
Karl Malone
Jim Taylor
Lou Brock
Clyde Drexler
Bob Pettit
Elvin Hayes
Ed Reed
Willis Reed
Kevin Mawae
Some others could be (pretty sure all are/will be Hall of Famers):
Peyton Manning
Mel Ott
Terry Bradshaw
Ted Lyons- 260 wins as a pitcher
Karl Malone
Jim Taylor
Lou Brock
Clyde Drexler
Bob Pettit
Elvin Hayes
Ed Reed
Willis Reed
Kevin Mawae
Posted on 2/18/19 at 9:55 pm to Cranjis McBasketball
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Bill Russell probably. Most nba championships (11), won a few as player-coach also
Yup, if not for the immense racism that Russell's father faced in Louisiana he might have never moved his family to California where Bill learned to play ball
Posted on 2/18/19 at 10:34 pm to MullenBoys
Mississippi is an interesting one because you could make a case from the jerry rice/walter peyton angle, theres marcus Dupree who would get my vote, but you've also got jake gibbs. a national championship all american qb on a college football team that threw the ball as much as anyone in the country if not more and then went on to sign an overpaying contract for the time with the yankees that was intended to and did keep him from the nfl. kinda similar to the kid from ou this year
This post was edited on 2/18/19 at 10:36 pm
Posted on 2/18/19 at 10:42 pm to coastrebel
Michael Jordan
And if Nascar was a sport we'd have....all of them hahah
And if Nascar was a sport we'd have....all of them hahah
Posted on 2/18/19 at 11:13 pm to BoozeDawg
Bo Jackson
Jesse Owens
Willie Mayes
Hank Aaron
Satchel Paige
Julio Jones
Snake Stabler
Ozzie Newsome
Jeremiah Castille
Bobby Allison
Jesse Owens
Willie Mayes
Hank Aaron
Satchel Paige
Julio Jones
Snake Stabler
Ozzie Newsome
Jeremiah Castille
Bobby Allison
Posted on 2/18/19 at 11:41 pm to Tiger1988
She lived there for a few years.
Her dad was a coal executive.
Think Mary Lou would classify herself as a Texas.
Lived in Houston most of her life, went to UT and married a former Texas QB.
Her dad was a coal executive.
Think Mary Lou would classify herself as a Texas.
Lived in Houston most of her life, went to UT and married a former Texas QB.
This post was edited on 2/18/19 at 11:43 pm
Posted on 2/19/19 at 12:08 am to Montgomery Hill
Jerry West
Randy Moss
Sam Huff
George Brett
Hal Greer
Hack Wilson
Chuck Howley
Mary Lou Retton
Randy Moss
Sam Huff
George Brett
Hal Greer
Hack Wilson
Chuck Howley
Mary Lou Retton
Posted on 2/19/19 at 7:26 am to Montgomery Hill
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Think Mary Lou would classify herself as a Texas.
Lived in Houston most of her life, went to UT and married a former Texas QB.
She is a friend of my DIL best friend. Their kids trained at the same gym in Fairmont just a few years ago.
She grew up there until she came here. Then she moved back. She IS NOT from Houston or Spring where she is currently living. Regardless of where her husband played football.
You can’t “claim” them unless they were born in your state.
Would you consider Alan Faneca from Houston? He played high school football in Houston Area? His family moved to here from New Orleans area. He lived elsewhere during his playing career.
I wouldn’t consider Pistol Pete as “from Louisiana” he wasn’t born there, didn’t play high school basketball there.
Let’s get really clear on how this crap works:
Did you know that Texas only has 2 Texas born QBs to ever win a Super Bowl?
Brees and Foles that’s it. You want to compare Louisiana QBs that have won SBs?
No comparison - 9 and that’s just off the top of my head that i can think of.
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