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To me, trying to pick a G.O.A.T. from any team sport is an exercise in futility--though it is always a great way to open barroom social gatherings which soon degenerate into shouts of, "Yo Mama" and "Sez you", followed quickly by a left cross. There are just too many variables in team sports to choose a G.O.A.T. without setting down clear criteria.
Golf, Boxing, Auto racing, however, are a bit easier. In these sports, the "Greatest" is working alone against single opponents or fixed standards (golf scores, for example). Given that, the only category on the list on which I have enough interest to make a call is boxing, and I'd have to agree with the others--Ali is the G.O.A.T., and will probably never be surpassed, given the condition of the sport today. |
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Schumacher has done it, and very well I might add, in one discipline. Mario won in sports cars, stock cars, F1 cars, and Indy cars. Won the Indy 500, won the Daytona 500, won an FI championship, won a CART championship. Could go on and on. Micheal was decent but had the Andretti bad luck at Indy and unfortunately Marco seems to be a bit of a primadonna. My vote goes to Mario. |
9. Cycling = Armstrong
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Racing -- hard to say -- Fangio, Senna, Donohue, Schumi.
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I was Schumachers biggest fan, up until his last Monaco drive when he deliberately put the Ferrari into a wall to create an artificial red flag and preserve his pole position. Advantage, Fangio.
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tennis player: Federer
soccer player: Maradona (for now) overall athlete: Jim Thorpe |
Hockey= Orr
Racing, without a doubt , Andretti. He mastered every discipline of auto racing. Not just road racing. |
I'd replace Armstrong with Eddy Merckx for cycling.
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A.J. Foyt was no slouch either. Indy 500 Daytona 500,and 24hrs. of Le Mans.
Jackie Stewart. He was one of the first drivers to be make a stand about track safety. |
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