Greatest Sporting Icon Ever Nominations

Dr. Giganto

I nominated Tiger Woods already

Tyler Durden

I'll add some more in blue!

Football/Soccer

1. Pele
2. George Best
3. David Beckham
4. Harry Kewell
5. Marco Van Basten
6. Sir Bobby Charlton
7. Michel Platini
8. Diego Maradona
9. Lothar Matthaeus
10.Garrincha
11.Zico
12.Zinedine Zidane
13.Alan Shearer
14.Johan Cruyff

Boxing

1. Muhammed Ali
2. Joe Louis
3. Jack Johnson
4. Rocky Marciano
5. George Foreman
6. Mike Tyson (like it or not, he is most certainly an icon)
7. Lennox Lewis
8. Sugar Ray Leonard
9. Sugar Ray Robisonson
10. Roberto Duran
11. Marvin Haglar
12. Roy Jones Jr.
12. Oscar De La Hoya
13. Alexis Arguelo
14. Joe Frazier



Rowing

1. Sir Steve Redgrave

Track & Field

1. Carl Lewis
2. Cathy Freeman
3. Daley Thompson
4. Emil Zatopek
5. Haile Gabrelsalaise
6. Michael Johnson
7. Linford Christie
8. Roger Bannister


Swimming

1. Mark Spitz
2. Kieren Perkins
3. Greg Louganis

Formula 1

1. Micheal Schumacher
2. Ayrton Senna
3. Jackie Stewart
4. Nigel Mansell
5. Nelson Piquet
6. Fangio
7. Stirling Moss
8. Nikki Lauda

Golf

1. Jack Nicklaus
2. Nick Faldo
3. Tiger Woods
4. Seve Ballesteros
5. Gary Player
6. Lee Trevino
7. Arnold Palmer
8. Tom Watson

Ummmm, who cares actually hahah

Snooker

1. Stephen Hendry
2. Steve Davis
3. Joe Davis
4. Ray Reardon
5. Alex Higgins
6. Jimmy White


Baseball

1. Babe Ruth
2. Barry Bonds
3. Ted Williams
4. Hank Aaron
5. Willie Mays
6. George Steinbrenner
7. Roger Clemens. (Yup, active an already an icon)
8. Ted Williams
9. Pete Rose
10. Nolan Ryan
11. Ty Cobb
12. Micky Mantle
13. Joe DiMaggio
14. Willie Mays
15. Ricky Henderson
16. Stan Musial
17. Don't you mean girls rounders!

Basketball

1. Micheal Jordon
2. Andrew Gaze
3. Shaquielle O Neal
4. Wilt Chamberlain
5. Larry Bird
6. Bill Russell

Cycling

1. Lance Armstrong
2. Eddie Merx ??

Hockey

1. Wayne Gretzky
2. Rocket Richard
3. Mario Lemieux
4. Bobby Orr
5. Gordie Howe

American Football

1. Jim Brown
2. James Hird
3. Jerry Rice
4. John Unitas
5. Joe Montana
6. Al Davis
7. Joe Montana
8. Johnny Unitas
9. Lawrence Taylor
10. Dan Marino
11. Men in shoulder pads!! Yuk!!


Tennis

1.Pete Sampras
2. Martina Navrotilova
3. Fred Perry
4. Rod Laver
5. Jimmy Connors
6. John McEnroe
7. Steffi Graf
8. Andre Agassi
9. Bjorn Borg
10.John Newcombe

Cricket

1. Adam Gilchrist
2. Shane Warne
3. Sir Don Bradman
4. Ian Botham
5. Sachin Tendulkar
6. Kapil Dev
7. Richard Hadlee
8. Sunil Gavaskar
9. Brian Lara
10. Sir Garry Sobers
11. Imran Khan
12. Viv Richards
13. Graeme Pollock
14. Barry Richards
15. Geoff Boycott
16. Steve Waugh

Rugby League

1. Andrew Johns
2. Vai'ga Tuigamala
3. Jonathan Davies
4. Shaun Edwards
5. Martin Offiah

Darts

1. Phil Taylor
2. Thought you said sports

Toss

Yeah, all these people are great, but we're talking ICON.

They have to transcend sport. Nominating dart players, snooker players and fucking Martin Offiah is a waste of time.

If Ali doesn't win the world is doomed.

Tyler Durden

The man wanted 16 in each sport. You have a go.

K Jay

Why is'nt Darts a sport?

I had a sig, once.

Tyler Durden

I'm not going into this one yet again, I'm sure this has been done before.

Suffice to say if you think it is a sport then that's brilliant.

Toss

Where does it say 16?

Crocker

No I wanted a up to 16 in each sport

Tyler Durden

Which is what I said.

thirty7

I know, probably a mistake. But i tried narrowing to 10 over all.

With Gilly, i think he is by far the greatest player of the modern era, he can win a game from every situation. Although if i had my time again, I would definitely put him in there.

I wish my sex life was like ECW, first you get a One Night Stand followed by 2 months of nostalgic orgasms and then 6 months of constant sucking.