Battle of the Sporting Heroes

[Simon]

Battle #9
David Campese 2
John Eales 8
Wynton Rufer 1

Battle #10
Colin Meads 4
Bob Beamon 4
Nadia Comaneci 5

 

[Simon]

Battle #11

Jimmy Glass (British) - Football

Honours
115 career games for Bournemouth, Carlisle and other teams
Scorer of the goal for 72nd greatest sporting moment ever voted by channel 4
Same goal ranked 7th in the Times list of 50 most important goals ever

vs

Edwin Moses (American) - Athletics

Honours
2 time Olympic Gold Medalist in 400m Hurdles
1988 Olympic Bronze Medalist in 400m Hurdles
2 time World Championships Gold medalist in 400m hurdles
1980 Track and Field News Athlete of the Year
1984 WWOS Athlete of the Year
1984 SI Athlete of the Year
Winner of 122 consecutive 400m Hurdles races

vs

Nick Faldo (British) - Golf

Honours
Winner of 40 Professional tournaments
3 time winner of the Masters
3 time winner of the Open Championship
3 time European player of the year
2 time European Tour Order of Merit winner
Inducted into World Golf Hall of Fame in 1997
1977 European Tour rookie of the Year
1990 PGA player of the year

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Battle #12

Brian Clough (British) - Football

Honours
274 career games for Middlesbrough and Sunderland
251 career senior club goals
2 caps for England
2 time European cup winner as a manager with Nottm Forrest

vs

Pele (Brazilian) - Football

Honours
468 career games for Santos and New Yorks
501 career senior club goals
92 caps for Brazil
77 International goals
10 Domestic titles with Santos
1977 Domestic title winner with New York
3 time World Cup winner with Brazil
11 time Domestic leading goalscorer for Santos
Elected as Athlete of the century in 1981 and 1999
Uniceft Footballer of the century in 1999
FIFA player of the century in 2000
South American player of the century in 1999
vs

Cathy Freeman (Australian) - Athletics

Honours
2000 Olympic goal medal in 400m
1996 Olympic silver medali in 400m
2 time World Championship gold medalist in 400m
4 time Commonwealth games gold medalist
1998 Australian of the Year
2001 Laureus Sportswoman of the Year
29 career titles in all competitions

 

[grecian]

Evil

Faldo against Moses. I have to go for Faldo, not the most talented but made himself into an intimidating robot on the course.

Pele, I guess. Even though Clough was a god, the Hillsborough kerfuffle is something I can't quite forgive him for, being the Suns mouthpiece wasn't great....

 

[NUFAN]

Moses and Pele.

2 god like names.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Stinkeroonies for Faldo & Cloughie.

Moses & Pele.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Moses & Clough

 

[Blewy]

Glass and Pele

 

[ripper868]

Moses

Freeman, mainly for Bruce's call during the 2000 400m final.

 

[Burgey]

Moses & Freeman

 

[luffy]

Freeman

 

[duffer]

Moses

Freeman, mainly for Bruce's call during the 2000 400m final.

Aye this. Especially so for McAvaney's hilarious orgasms during the race.

 

[Michaelf7777777]

Glass and Clough

 

[ripper868]

Aye this. Especially so for McAvaney's hilarious orgasms during the race.

Just tried to youtube for the coverage of it...forgot that IOC has locked it up never to be seen agai

 

[biased indian]

Moses & Pele.

 

[Somerset]

Nick Faldo and Pele.

 

[Ausage]

Abstain and Pele. Freeman's had some incredible moments, but Pele is... well... Pele. His name is synonymous with perfection in football.

Just wish he'd stop talking about how potent his junk isn't.

 

[Son Of Coco]

Moses and Freeman

 

[pinchy81]

Faldo & Clough

 

[Tom Halsey]

Glass and Pele.

 

[GIMH]

Glass & Pele