Greatest Athlete of All-Time?

[Chuck]

I saw this X post by Sean Casey and he is asking of Ohtani is the greatest athlete to ever live. 

To me it's Bo Jackson hands down, Deion Sanders possibly second...but hey.. let's do a poll. 

[Lhalo]

Bo Jackson followed by Jim Thorpe.

[tdawg87]

Bo Jackson was a god damn Terminator. Just an absolute freak of nature. 

[T.G.]

Bo knows greatness.

[Erstad Grit]

Former angel great, Bo Jackson

[Lhalo]

I was at the ‘89 all star game. I got there early to make sure I got to see Bo at the plate. I was not disappointed. 

[jsnpritchett]

Jan-Michael Vincent.

[Make Angels Great Again]

It's between Bo and Deion Sanders for sure. Deion once scored a touchdown and hit a home run in the same week...just insane.

[Sully151]

 Buster Keaton.

 

[Angel Oracle]

25 minutes ago, Sully151 said:

 Buster Keaton.

 

Absolute legend

[Jeremiah]

Jackie Robinson was an athletic savant. He played baseball, basketball, track, and football in college. In football, he played QB and safety. Then he went and had a Hall of Fame career in baseball. Just ridiculous.

[T.G.]

I can't believe Bartolo Colon isn't one of the choices.

 

[Angelsfan1984]

[greginpsca]

For pure athletic ability Dave Winfield. He was drafted by NBA, MLB & NFL.

[ettin]

Not sure why Mike Trout isn't on this list.

Or Kobe Bryant for that matter.

Not saying they are necessarily the choice, but I think they were both good enough to place on the list, at least.

Edited February 24 by ettin

[nando714]

1) Bo

2) Prime 

3) Jackie 

underrated name- Joe Mauer 

dude was a top college football and baseball prospect. Probably could have played pro football as well

[T.G.]

Ralston Schmidt 

[Mark68]

[full circle]

[happybat4]

Herschel Walker was pretty athletic, completed in winter Olympics as well. 

Eddie Alvarez medaled in both the summer and winter Olympics

Charlie Ward won the Heisman and had a long NBA career.

Bob Hayes won gold medals and later became a HOF football wide receiver

Wilt Chamberlain is also in the Volleyball Hall of Fame.

 

[Angelsjunky]

No tennis players. At the very least, Novak Djokovic deserves consideration, and probably Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer. Tennis requires the full range of athletic skills - these guys are among the fittest people on planet earth, and develop all kinds of skills.

[Chuck]

On 2/23/2024 at 9:00 PM, ettin said:

Not sure why Mike Trout isn't on this list.

Or Kobe Bryant for that matter.

Not saying they are necessarily the choice, but I think they were both good enough to place on the list, at least.

There’s too many options. I wish we had more than 20 spots for a poll.

I originally had Dave Winfield, Mike Trout, Wilt Chamberlain in there. 

[Chuck]

Goes to show you the difference between the people on here and X in terms of intelligence.

 

[HanfordGuy]

On 2/23/2024 at 2:05 PM, jsnpritchett said:

Jan-Michael Vincent.

Hanford native, Jan-Michael Vincent!!!

[HanfordGuy]

Oh I don’t know… I’m trying to think…ummm….JEFF MATHIS!!!