who were the greatest sportsmen of the last century?

[Anil]

carl lewis
jesse owens
rod laver
pete sampras
don bradman
gary sobers
michael jordan
michael schumacher
diego maradona
pele
jack nicklaus
garry kasparov

 

[Simon]

Ayrton Senna and Pele
no one else worth mentioning IMO

 

[Mr. P]

Bradman is also in the same class as pele...

 

[Simon]

in about 8 countries he is.....
i wouldnt consider any crickets for this award simply because of the fact it hasnt been played in enough countries at the top level for the last 130 years....

 

[Mr. P]

so? how does that stop them being great sportsmen?

that really doesn't make much sense, the only sports you could use is soccer, running and (maybe) tennis!

 

[yaju]

Wouldn't put Pele.

 

[cbuts]

ud look for the man who dominated his sport like no other. so aryton senter shouldnt be in the list. he could a/woulda been great. imagine the schumacer senter battle, but alas it never was to be. far to many people to select one, its to opionated to just choose one sportsman

 

[Langeveldt]

1/ Don Bradman
2/ Babe Ruth
3/ Pele
4/ Michael Schumacher
5/ Gary Kasparov
6/ Jesse Owens
7/ Tiger Woods
8/ Garfield Sobers
9/ Jona Lomu

 

[Simon]

ud look for the man who dominated his sport like no other. so aryton senter shouldnt be in the list. he could a/woulda been great. imagine the schumacer senter battle, but alas it never was to be. far to many people to select one, its to opionated to just choose one sportsman

Its senna, not senter......
and besides hes got schumacher covered, theres never been a driver in the same class as senna, except for maybe fangio.....

 

[Sanz]

Michael Jordan and Carl Lewis.

 

[Anil]

Ayrton Senna and Pele
no one else worth mentioning IMO

senna could've been the greatest ever, but sadly he didn't live long enough to prove that, so he can't be called the greatest ever as far as achievements or accomplishments go....

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Add Lance Armstrong and Barry Bonds to the list.

 

[Sanz]

Lance is more of a 21st century athlete.

 

[superkingdave]

Haile Gebrselassie

 

[Swervy]

I wouldnt want to comment on sportsmen/women I have never seen play their sport whilst I have been aware of sport (and so the obvious Pele,Bradman I cant coment on,as I can only go off what other people have said)

So for me, my list must include ian Botham,Jerry Rice (wide receiver for the San Fran 49ers and Oakland Raiders),Navratilova,Zidane,Maradona,Carl Lewis,Daley Thompson

 

[yaju]

Pele wasn't that great as a player as he performed well only against minor teams, against which he used to play all the time. His average against the minor or south american teams is 3.4 goals per game, and 0.4 against rest of the countries e.g. Germany, England.

 

[roseboy64]

That may be true but he is stil one of the best footballers ever.

 

[roseboy64]

This is my list, not in any order:
1/Pele
2/Hank Aaron
3/Babe Ruth
4/Tiger Woods
5/Jack Niclaus
6/Micheal Schumacher
7/Cy Young
8/Donald Bradman
9/Garfield Sobers
10/Micheal Jordan
11/Larry Bird
12/Earvin "Magic" Johnson
13/Jesse Owens
14/Pete Sampras
15/Muhammad Ali(last but not least )

 

[roseboy64]

Add Lance Armstrong and Barry Bonds to the list.

Barry only really exploded post 2000.Lance was only really noticed in this century.Think he only won one or two titles before that.

 

[cbuts]

tiger did **** all in the 90's u cant include him in a list of 20th centruy players