Favourite Sportsman of All Time !

[Brendan Janus]

A question that I get asked a lot,
There's loads of EFC players, to name but a few, Dixie, Sheeds, Ratters, Reidy, even Arteta, there's more,
I loved Ali & Tommy Hearns, & Sugar Ray Leonard,
But when I get pushed my favourite sportsman of all time is Ian 'Beefy' Botham !!!!!
There you are

 

[Prevenger17]

The Ultimate Warrior

 

[The binman chronicles]

The honourable mentions go to:

Neville Southall (of course)
Nigel Mansell
Ian Botham
Nigel Benn
Andre Agassi
Marco Van Basten
Roberto Baggio

But it would have to be one of Ali or Pele. I cannot choose.

 

[ArtetaMagic]

Messi


Botham ffs

 

[kev]

Pretty sure this thread's been done before.

David Bryant
Three time world indoors singles champion
Three times world outdoors singles champion
Four times commonwealth games singles gold medalist

...and all won whilst smoking a pipe. lol

 

[The binman chronicles]

Messi


Botham ffs

If you've chosen Messi I guess you aren't old enough to have been able to appreciate Botham?

 

[Goodison87]

Diego Maradona, I could watch this fella with a football for days on end. Time after time.

As they say; “There is no great genius without some touch of madness”.

 

[ste d' indica]

Michael Holding, sublime bowler, legendary commentator, principled human being.

 

[ArtetaMagic]

If you've chosen Messi I guess you aren't old enough to have been able to appreciate Botham?

Sadly I am old enough, more a hatred of cricket than anything else

 

[malcson]

Muhammad Ali a true great in an era when being World Champion really meant you were the best on the planet.

 

[Papa Shango]

Larry Bird
Jim Brown
Drew Brees
Matthias Sammer

 

[Rita_Poon]

Special mention to those pioneers that've got parts of sport named after them, Salto, Fosbury, Salchow etc.

 

[Prevenger17]

Ali
Jordan
Bird
Brady


Also, I'm very new to him, but watching Coach Prime Deion Sanders has me absolutely hype. Best ever in his position and the only man to win a superbowl and play in a world series.

 

[BlueStevie35]

Just from growing up

Lennox Lewis
Mike Tyson
Phil Taylor
Andy Murray
Novak Djokovic
Andrew Flintoff
Stuart Broad
Jimmy Anderson
Jason Robinson
Johnny Wilkinson
Sean Long
Rob Burrow

 

[anjelikaferrett]

Michael Holding, sublime bowler, legendary commentator, principled human being.

Yes him. I'll have to think of some others now!