Jim Thorpe

Jan 11, 2021
12:11:57pm

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Jim Thorpe

Two Gold Medals (decathlon and pentathlon)
Professional Football Player
Professional Basketball Player
Professional Baseball Player

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Messages

Author

Time

Present your candidate and evidence for the greatest athlete of all time

Coop

1/11/21 11:58am

Bo Jackson

TNT

1/11/21 11:59am

Evidence:

mncougar

1/11/21 12:03pm

Unfortunately he made his legacy against teams I cheered for. I saw him dent a

wabluecoug

1/11/21 12:03pm

Bo had a shot to be a Hall of Famer in both Football & Baseball

CaliWG

1/11/21 12:21pm

Baseball*

ChiCityCoug

1/11/21 12:44pm

Good catch. Sometimes the fingers & the brain aren't on the same page.

CaliWG

1/11/21 1:18pm

I’m actually surprised I’m the one who caught it. So many others had seen it lol

ChiCityCoug

1/11/21 2:05pm

I just assumed that he saw him play basketball at some point and Bo was so

wabluecoug

1/11/21 2:10pm

An athlete like that can for sure play ball. Coulda played three sports.

ChiCityCoug

1/11/21 2:12pm

Isn't he a world class Archer now?

CaliWG

1/11/21 2:18pm

Jimmer

ballen

1/11/21 12:00pm

MJ. The Last Dance.

Penske Material

1/11/21 12:01pm

Felton

DieHarder

1/11/21 12:03pm

Evidence:

ochobeeguy

1/11/21 12:56pm

I agree on Wilt. An intriguing one is Johnny Weissmuller

bluelands

1/11/21 12:04pm

Mic drop

IceBlueCoug

1/11/21 12:08pm

You're bringing that against Wilt? Ironic.

Coop

1/11/21 12:13pm

+20,0000

bob falfa

1/11/21 1:00pm

Jim Thorpe

SpecialT

1/11/21 12:11pm

This for sure.

CMAC38

1/11/21 12:23pm

I think it was a different era. There are so many better athletes than him today

SweetBabyG

1/11/21 12:53pm

There's an argument to be made that if he had access to all the equipment,

SpecialT

1/11/21 12:57pm

I agree with that to a degree. But if everyone of his generation had access and

SweetBabyG

1/11/21 1:14pm

Deion Sanders has to be up there with Wilt and Bo. Randy Moss and Danny Ainge

Thrill

1/11/21 12:13pm

Wasn't AI the top basketball AND football recruit?

LeonMarek

1/11/21 12:19pm

Ashton Eaton, dominated the decathlon

The Pope

1/11/21 12:21pm

Wilt 20k women is also some kind of a record

OU Cougar

1/11/21 12:32pm

Caitlyn Jenner

Zach Morris

1/11/21 12:36pm

Oddly there is a fantastic argument for this

TheismanHill1911

1/11/21 12:52pm

Dave Winfield - Drafted by Padres (MLB) Hawks (NBA) Vikings (NFL) Stars (ABA)

PenrynCoug

1/11/21 1:15pm

Never heard of him. Going down the rabbit hole now

4thand19

1/11/21 1:45pm

And?

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