Battle of the Sporting Heroes

[Somerset]

Jack Nicklaus and Michael Phelps

 

[biased indian]

Greg Norman - born in Mount Isa.
George Best - Legend, nearly went for Snorky though.

same as above

 

[pinchy81]

-1 Norman & Sterling

 

[The Sean]

Nicklaus in the first.

And I'm not sure what's more gutting about the second battle - that Bestie and Sterlo are up against each other, or that Phelps might actually beat them both. George Best for me.

 

[fredfertang]

Nicklaus in the first

As to the second has to be Bestie - amazed he's trailing

 

[PhoenixFire]

Best is the definition of legend IMO.

 

[Michaelf7777777]

Abstain and George Best

 

[Tom Halsey]

Nicklaus and Bestie.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Can't bring myself to vote against big Dennis. Bruce Rioch never left much of a legacy after his one season in charge at The Arsenal, but signing the great man was inspired.

Best in the second. Was maybe all a bit too easy for him. Would be very interesting to see what he could do now, with the greater protection ball-players get. Back when he was playing he had blokes like "Chopper" Harris, Tommy Smith, Norman Hunter, Big Jack Charlton, Billy Bremner (well, all of Leeds, basically) & Peter Storey trying to (and often succeeding in) kicking lumps out of him. He could've made hay, but equally could've drunk himself to death by 30 because it would be so effortless.

 

[GIMH]

Dirty Den, my favourite player that never played in the beautiful white

Phelps in the second, too many United players through

has Aldo been up yet?

 

[Blewy]

Posting for Simon, who is away today.

Result Battle #25

Greg Norman - 3
Jack Nicklaus - 8
Dennis Bergkamp - 7

Result Battle #26

Peter Sterling - 5
George Best - 8
Michael Phelps - 10

 

[Blewy]

Battle #27

Gary Ablett (Australian) - Australian Rules Football

Honours
248 career club games for Geelong and Hawthorn
1030 career goals
11 State games for Victoria
43 State goals
7 time All Australian
AFL Team of the century
Geelong team of the century
Australian Football Hall of Fame
3 time Coleman medalist
1989 Norm Smith Medalist
5th all time leading goalkicker

vs

Kieren Perkins (Australian) - Swimming

Honours
2 time Olympic Gold Medalist
2 time Olympic Silver Medalist
2 time World Championship Gold Medalist
3 time Commonwealth Games Gold Medalist
7 time Pan Pacific Games Gold Medalist
1994 World Swimmer of the Year
4 time World Record Holder

vs

Gerd Muller (German) - Football

Honours
565 career club games for clubs such as Bayern Munich and Nordlingen
489 career club goals
62 International caps for West Germany
68 International goals
4 time Bundesliga winner with Bayern Munich
3 time European Champions Cup winner
1974 World Cup winner
1972 European Championship winner
7 time top German goalscorer
1970 World Cup top goalscorer
2 time German footballer of the year
1970 European footballer of the year
1963-2003 Best Bundesliga player


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Battle #28

Tommy Haas (German) - Tennis

Honours
436 career match wins
11 career singles titles
1 career doubles title
3 time Australian Open Semi Finalist
3 time US Open Quarter Finalist
Highest Ranking #2
2000 Olympic Games Silver Medal for Singles
1 time Masters series winner
1 time Masters series runner up

vs

Miguel Indurain (Spanish) - Cycling

Honours
5 time Tour de France winner
12 time Tour de France Stage winner
2 time Giro d'italia winner
4 time Giro d'italia Stage winner
1996 Olympic Gold Medal for Time trial
1995 world Time Trial Champion
1995 WWOS Athlete of the Year


vs

Ivan Mauger (New Zealand) - Speedway Racer

Honours
6 time world Champion
2 time New Zealand Sportsman of the Year
3 time World 1000m Longtrack champion
2 time World Pairs champion
4 time World Team speedway champion
4 time European champion
4 time British champion
Most Individual championship wins (9)
First Person to Win World Speedway and Longtrack in same year

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Ablett
Mauger

I'm turning antipode

 

[NUFAN]

Kieren Perkins - loved his gold from lane 8.
Miguel Indurain - When I first starting taking an interest in Tour De France he was the man.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Ablett
Ivan Mauger

 

[PhoenixFire]

Muller
Indurain

 

[luffy]

Ablett

 

[duffer]

Ablett and abstain.

 

[Jono]

Ablett

 

[biased indian]

Muller
Indurain

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