Your favorite sports star of all time? I'll start. Pistol Pete Maravich.

[Goodheart]

Pistol Pete Maravich - an amazing talent, so ahead of his time, and so very entertaining. He was one of those "did I really just witness that?" sort of performers, like my second favorite... the incomparable Secretariat.

[CanonRay]

1. Ernie Banks or Walter Payton

[multigraincracker]

2. Muhammad Ali

The best eva.

[Lochloosa]

14. Yep.

[Goodheart]

17. like the Pistol, an innovator.

I went to a Coldplay concert and they played an Ali clip... "“God is watching me. God don’t praise me because I beat Joe Frazier. God don’t give nothing about Joe Frazier. God don’t care nothing about England or America as far as we aware of.”

My heart swelled.

[underpants]

3. Pete Rose or Bernie Kosar

[padfun]

4. Bob Horner

Only because I met him at ASU. He never did live up to his potential but did hit 4 homers in a game once.

And I loved Pistol Pete, too. He was a great talent that comes once in a generation. Injuries shortened a career that would have been great.

[soothsayer]

5. I read "sports car" and was puzzled

[Tikki]

6. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar...

...also Cyril Rioli (AFL) and like you, I adore a horse whose name is WINX.

Tikki

[YDogg]

7. Roberto Clemente

[applegrove]

8. From my childhood. This canadian kept winning World Superstars championships

as Brian Budd was a soccer player and the others were all from more musclely American sports. He ran circles around the other atheletes. You don't know what it meant to a Canadian bunch of kids to see that year after. I never saw him play soccer but he was a childhood favourite.

https://www.thestar.com/news/obituaries/2008/06/13/brian_budd_56_canadian_soccer_star.html

Another favourite from that era was Skinny Minnie Miller from Roller Derby.

[Goodheart]

9. I remember that show, but I don't remember him. Very interesting.

[applegrove]

11. 1977 - 79 he won. He was blond. Just the fact he was a soccer player

was such a Goliath vs. David type thing with the other athletes. Soccer players don't look out of the ordinary but they are by far the best athletes in terms of endurance.

[Darwins_Retriever]

47. along the same line a french something, Guy Drew(?)

He weighed like 180 lbs and was able to press something like 350lbs.

[Hoyt]

10. Ali and Hank Aaron.

[Guilded Lilly]

12. Andre Agassi :)

[Goodheart]

23. Love him, but McEnroe makes my top ten. :)

[Guilded Lilly]

36. "You can't be serious" 😉 ( a big fan, too!)

[First Speaker]

13. Willie Mays...

...he could just do it all. And made it look exciting. I never saw Ruth--obviously--but I can't think of anyone else whom I'd put in Mays' class...

[Goodheart]

15. And he played in that era when baseballs were especially tough to hit. I mean, Bob Gibson...

come on!

[MyOwnPeace]

32. And Clemente broke Gibson's leg

with a hit!

Oh, by the way, I'm torn between Mohammad Ali and Roberto Clemente......

[BeyondGeography]

16. Walt "Clyde" Frazier

A man totally of his times in early 70s New York. Culturally in sync with the the city, an artistic master on both ends of the court and a leader on two championship teams. He made it look so easy. It’s not.

[Goodheart]

19. Yeah, but the Pistol scored 68 on Walt Frazier one night :)

Frazier was the undisputed defensive master among guards.

[BeyondGeography]

24. Clyde was ok with that

He still talks about that game. Pete was en fuego.

[Doc Sportello]

18. Roberto Clemente

My hero growing up was Micky but Clemente was so great for s long and so great as a human being.

BTW, I got to see Pistol Pete play in person. Just amazing. Would cross half court and put it up from that far out. And make it!

[Goodheart]

21. Pistol Pete was so great that in his senior season at LSU when he made his final appearances

at the opponents' arenas (Georgia, Florida, Mississippi State, Kentucky, etc.) the school officials there gave him going away ceremonies on the court, and the fans gave him standing ovations.

[Doc Sportello]

25. I saw him in the same tournament with Calvin Murphy and Bob Lanier

It was the old All-College in OKC. Just amazing looking back that three HOFs were there. Maravich was the man.

[Goodheart]

26. The three M's.... Maravich, Murphy, and Rick Mount

[lpbk2713]

20. Babe Didrikson Zaharias might well be the best athlete of all time.

She excelled in several sports. But because she was born
female she never received the recognition she deserved.

[Goodheart]

22. I've been to the Babe Didrickson Museum down in Beaumont, TX

also remember a nice movie about her starring Susan Clark and Alex Karras.

[marmar]

27. Muhammad Ali

[Goodheart]

29. Only one person listed so far that I really can't abide. Won't say who. LOL

but I just love Ali.

[Earth-shine]

55. +1 Ali has my vote.

A truly wonderful man.

[BlueNProud]

28. Reggie!!!

Whether he struck out or launched a dinger his at bats were must watch.

[Goodheart]

30. I always wished I had his looks. LOL

[quaint]

31. Billie Jean King

[rurallib]

33. I'll say that ultimate team player, Bill Russell

The Celtics great. Ernie Banks was my favorite as a kid, but as I grew Russ became a favorite, Team first.
And those matchups against Wilt - who also stands high on my list.

[BootinUp]

34. Bjorn!

Borg.

[hlthe2b]

42. I loved watching him play as well.

[bahboo]

35. Arthur Ashe....

[Goodheart]

37. Are you from Richmond?

[bahboo]

38. nope...lifelong tennis fan....

and a fan of good humans....

[hlthe2b]

41. Ditto. He was not just a great player, phenomenal roll model, but a really good man

[Thunderbeast]

39. Megan Rapinoe is a hero!

Watched her play four years at University of Portland.

[SamKnause]

40. Joe Calzaghe (retired undefeated boxer)

[BootinUp]

43. My number 2 would be Marcus Allen.

[Skittles]

44. Gordon Banks

yes indeed

[Boomerproud]

56. When I was in high school in the 70s my best friend had a

trans-Atlantic radio and we were in love with George Best the bad boy of soccer. Good memories.

[Skittles]

58. I too loved George, oh heck, I swear every girl in England did

but Gordon Banks was always my favorite football (er, soccer) player

[Claire Oh Nette]

45. Pete Rose, Johnny Bench, Ken Griffey, Jr

and Magic Johnson.

[Chipper Chat]

46. Larry Bird.

[jcgoldie]

48. Dr J

Loved him as a kid.

[Goodheart]

50. Among the three best players ever.

[Darwins_Retriever]

49. George Brett

I'm from KC. Highest batting average since Ted Williams' 400.

[ironflange]

51. Jack Nicklaus, until he turned out to be a Trumper

Then Bobby Orr, till he turned out to be a Trumper too. So I'll go with Secretariat, no way he was a Trumper.

[liberaltrucker]

52. Jerry Rice

The greatest wide receiver of his era, possibly ever.

[Goodheart]

53. Either him or Randy Moss.

[liberaltrucker]

54. True.

Definitely a tossup.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

57. I'm a early entry fan to Team Agassi.

I caught an Andre Agassi semifinal match in Memphis in 1988. That sealed the deal. I'd no idea he was an American until the post match interview. He was spellbinding. I'd been a big tennis fan from 1973 on. Loved Borg. But I adopted Andre. Both me and my hubby would drive from Manhattan to whereever we could see him play.

His retirement in 2006 was a celebration given all the pain he played through. His book "Open" is wonderful. Read it if you can.

Open https://g.co/kgs/zdDmcW

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

59. Terry Bradshaw

I think he played football.

[RegularJam]

60. Warrick Dunn. nt

[Goodheart]

61. He's from Baton Rouge, like me, and although he played for Florida State

he's still a local hero.

[RegularJam]

65. Fl State can go pound...

Local hero here in the Tampa Bay Area. What a good man.

[jmowreader]

62. Dale Earnhardt and Kam Chancellor

[YoshidaYui]

63. MY FAVORITE SPORTS STAR OF ALL TIME???

number 42... RONNIE LOTT!!

[Danmel]

64. I met Pistol Pete at the Maurice Stokes Basketball game

At Kutscher's country club in the Catskills in 1970.
I was 10. He was very nice.