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re: Who is the greatest athlete ever from your school?
Posted on 7/10/23 at 11:19 am to AUTiger789
Posted on 7/10/23 at 11:19 am to AUTiger789
Deion Sanders says 'hai'
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Posted on 7/10/23 at 11:26 am to BigScoreboard
Reggie White ran a 4.6 40 as a defensive end. He was like a Jadeveon Clowney on steroids. He was able manhandle offensive limeman while being almost as fast as a skill position player. My dad had a class with him at UT and had nothing but good things to say about him. A real legend it’s a shame he’s gone
Posted on 7/10/23 at 11:37 am to GreatPumpkin
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Reggie White ran a 4.6 40 as a defensive end. He was like a Jadeveon Clowney on steroids. He was able manhandle offensive limeman while being almost as fast as a skill position player. My dad had a class with him at UT and had nothing but good things to say about him. A real legend it’s a shame he’s gone
I went to a youth retreat where he preached in the early 80s. "The Minister of Defense" wasn't just a nickname. This guy loved the Lord and was truly a caretaker of his fellow man. The world was a better place with Reggie White in it.
Posted on 7/10/23 at 11:45 am to madmaxvol
Bambi (Lance Alworth)
Wear Schoonover
Possibly Matt Jones.
Wear Schoonover
Possibly Matt Jones.
This post was edited on 7/10/23 at 11:46 am
Posted on 7/10/23 at 11:45 am to BuckI
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Thorpe was a good athlete but did ever face African American athletes? His achievements happened during segregation.
Thorpe nor Owens could choose who they competed against. If you want to play the cross-era game...
Jesse Owen's Personal Best:
100 meter: 10.2
200 Meter: 20.7
Justin Gatlin (Tennessee) Personal Best:
100 meter: 9.74
200 meter: 19.74
Posted on 7/10/23 at 11:47 am to tylerdurden24
Be hard pressed to beat Hines Ward out at UGA....at least as a football player...dude played almost every position on the field except on either side of the line (for all I know he may have taken a snap or two, he did at most positions) and played at a very high level at all of them...and lead the SEC in popcorn sells 2 seasons...
Posted on 7/10/23 at 11:55 am to AwgustaDawg
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Be hard pressed to beat Hines Ward out at UGA....at least as a football player...dude played almost every position on the field except on either side of the line (for all I know he may have taken a snap or two, he did at most positions) and played at a very high level at all of them...and lead the SEC in popcorn sells 2 seasons...
Georgia had Ward...and Champ Bailey that were swiss army knives, capable of playing so many different positions. I never understood why so many people thought it made sense for Charles Woodson to win the Heisman in '97, but the closest Ward or Bailey ever got was when Bailey finished 6th in voting.
Posted on 7/10/23 at 1:53 pm to madmaxvol
Perhaps an athlete who was just great...
Dr. Denton A. Cooley, a college basketball star at Texas in the 1940's, performed the first totally artificial heart transplant in 1969.
He founded the Texas Heart Institute in 1962 and continued performing surgery until his 87th birthday, remaining active as President Emeritus until the Monday before he died at age 96.
By age 50 he had performed more than 5,000 cardiac operations, including 17 heart transplants. It has been estimated that over four decades, Cooley and his associates performed an estimated 100,000 open-heart surgeries — more than any other surgeon in the world.
Denton Cooley
Dr. Denton A. Cooley, a college basketball star at Texas in the 1940's, performed the first totally artificial heart transplant in 1969.
He founded the Texas Heart Institute in 1962 and continued performing surgery until his 87th birthday, remaining active as President Emeritus until the Monday before he died at age 96.
By age 50 he had performed more than 5,000 cardiac operations, including 17 heart transplants. It has been estimated that over four decades, Cooley and his associates performed an estimated 100,000 open-heart surgeries — more than any other surgeon in the world.
Denton Cooley
Posted on 7/10/23 at 2:20 pm to BuckI
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Jessie Owens
Bama kid.
Didn't he do it in German shoes (adidas?)? Seems like I recall a story about that or maybe borrowed shoes when someone stole his.
This post was edited on 7/10/23 at 2:21 pm
Posted on 7/10/23 at 2:20 pm to PorkerDaddy
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Bambi (Lance Alworth)
Wear Schoonover
Possibly Matt Jones.
Clyde "Smackover" Scott
Mike Conley Sr.
Shawn Andrews was apparently one of the most agile 300+ lb people around
Quinn Grovey - Nolan said that Quinn probably would have been his starting PG in the late 80's
Posted on 7/10/23 at 2:37 pm to madmaxvol
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Justin Gatlin (Tennessee) Personal Best:
100 meter: 9.74
200 meter: 19.74
That is just stupid fast.
Unreal
Posted on 7/10/23 at 2:52 pm to Che Boludo
quote:Yes and not only did they give him a pair of shoes but made him a spokesperson for the brand. I guess he was treated better in Germany than in the US.
Bama kid.
Didn't he do it in German shoes (adidas?)? Seems like I recall a story about that or maybe borrowed shoes when someone stole his.
Posted on 7/10/23 at 2:55 pm to Ptins944
quote:Things like this trump any athletic achievement.
Dr. Denton A. Cooley, a college basketball star at Texas in the 1940's, performed the first totally artificial heart transplant in 1969.
Posted on 7/10/23 at 3:23 pm to BuckI
Mike Conley Sr of the Arkansas Razorbacks
Long jumped over 28 feet
Triple jumped 59'7, literally inches away from triple jumping 60 feet
Long jumped over 28 feet
Triple jumped 59'7, literally inches away from triple jumping 60 feet
Posted on 7/10/23 at 5:14 pm to Humpy go Lucky
Gonna go with Earl Campbell.
Everyone else on the list is a pussy compared to Earl.
Everyone else on the list is a pussy compared to Earl.
Posted on 7/10/23 at 5:35 pm to Aggie in TN
Eric Moulds or Jeffrey Simmons for State.
Posted on 7/10/23 at 5:42 pm to BenHOGan1
Tyson Gay
Posted on 7/10/23 at 7:17 pm to BuckI
As far as an actual “athlete” DK Metcalf has been a good NFL player but ran a 10.3 against Olympic athletes at 6’4 235. Broke combine records for bench press, 4.33 40, etc. He was never the best player on his team at Ole Miss but as a straight up athlete he’s hard to top. Won the MVP in the celeb all star basketball game too but that doesn’t mean anything other than him being good at pretty much any ball he picks up
ETA: looks like a Linebacker
ETA: looks like a Linebacker
This post was edited on 7/10/23 at 7:20 pm
Posted on 7/10/23 at 7:23 pm to BuckI
Wade Christopher.
Posted on 7/10/23 at 7:27 pm to BuckI
Eric Zeier
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