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Originally posted by Crowley
Is this the big guy who makes infomercials? I'd hardly call that a sport.
No, it's the guy that whips the Mexicans working in the fields.

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Armstrong

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Originally posted by SJ247
Armstrong
Now THAT man could play the trumpet!

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Originally posted by Palynka
Now THAT man could play the trumpet!
And he did a mean 'moon walk'!

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Originally posted by darvlay
You don't know Hacksaw or King Kong Bundy? You know Hacksaw, right? Ay-ooooooh! That cross-eyed bastard with his thumb in the air? "Don't sing that anthem here! This is America!" Doesn't ring a bell at all?

What about the Junkyard Dog? Surely you remember the song? And then ya G-r-a-b-t-h-e-m-c-a-k-e-s awwwww Grab Them Cakes, I don't care what it takes!
Don't forget Rowdy Roddy Piper! He was the only one that could make racist comments and get away with it if he said it during "Piper's Pit".

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Originally posted by Red Night
Thorpe
What about Coolidge and Salami? Why didn't they make the list?

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Originally posted by darvlay
I was just about to say the Hulkster but Red's already covered it. Good on ya, Red!
I am a real American...I'll fight the rights of everyone

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Originally posted by Crowley
RN is getting America and 'The World' mixed up again, as many Americans do...
Yes, well of course you've never heard of anyone on that list.

Ali is totally unknown in your part of the world. How far out in the veldt do you live? Do you have running water there?

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Originally posted by Red Night
Yes, well of course you've never heard of anyone on that list.

Ali is totally unknown in your part of the world. How far out in the veldt do you live? Do you have running water there?
I like how you have Bruce Jenner 6th on your list. Then a barrage of baseball stars from the 50s and before, like everyone just knows who these people are. My Father wouldn't even know 80-90% of that list. But it's cool, it was the best laugh I had all day. Cheers, bud!

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Originally posted by SJ247
Armstrong
Another good name.

Lewis
Unser
Namath
Mays
Bonds
Russell
Prefontaine
Shorter
Spitz
Beamon
Rudolph
Connors
McEnroe
King
Weismuller
Patton
Everett

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Originally posted by darvlay
I like how you have Bruce Jenner 6th on your list. Then a barrage of baseball stars from the 50s and before, like everyone just knows who these people are. My Father wouldn't even know 80-90% of that list. But it's cool, it was the best laugh I had all day. Cheers, bud!
As always, the list is meant to be a compilation and not a listing in order. It is too hard to do for US athletes.

Cheers Darv.

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Originally posted by darvlay
I like how you have Bruce Jenner 6th on your list. Then a barrage of baseball stars from the 50s and before, like everyone just knows who these people are. My Father wouldn't even know 80-90% of that list. But it's cool, it was the best laugh I had all day. Cheers, bud!
I just looked over the initial list and I would be willing to bet that your Dad would know over half of the names, maybe more.

Most people in the world would recognize at least half.

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Originally posted by Red Night
I just looked over the initial list and I would be willing to bet that your Dad would know over half of the names, maybe more.

Most people in the world would recognize at least half.
Stop it, you're killing me!

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Originally posted by darvlay
Stop it, you're killing me!
Take the bet....

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Originally posted by Red Night
Take the bet....
If there was a way to prove that "most of the world" didn't recognize half of those names, I would take the bet in a second but then again you wouldn't have offered it either.