Your Mt. Rushmore of Sports

[Buck]

Choose the 4 guys who would be on YOUR Mt. Rushmore of Sports.

Hopefully it would be 4 guys from teams that you root for, thats what I'm going for here. I don't necessarily just want the 4 guys from a certain city.

I'm interested in seeing who everyone picks.

This is probably a repost.

[The Franchise]

I've got a three-headed Mt. Rushmore.

Joe Montana, Derrick Thomas and Wayne Gretzky

[Buehler445]

Favre Favre Favre Favre
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[The Franchise]

Favre Favre Brady Favre
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FYP

[seclark]

bob gibson
tony twist
conrad dobler
bob uecker(just so he'd have a great seat)

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[Buehler445]

Jordan
Michael Johnson (sprinter)
Dawson
Mario Chalmers (can't help myself, I have to be honest)
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[Buehler445]

FYP

Ah. Thanks. Missed that one :)
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[vailpass]

Elway. Jordan. Ali. Ruth.

[Jenson71]

Jim Thorpe, John Wooden, Vince Lombardi, Lou Gehrig

[booyaf2]

Goff-Waters-Ndukewe-niswanger

[Demonpenz]

Mario Lemieux, Michael Jordan, Babe Ruth, Montana

[Buck]

The Pure hitters thread got me thinking about this...

I would have to say that my Mt. Rushmore has to be the 4 most influential sports figures that have shaped me into the fan I am today.

Here goes nothing.

1. Tony Gwynn

Growing up the Chargers sucked balls for most of my Childhood while, the Padres were great right at the time that molds most sports fans into what they are (11-12 years old). Tony Gwynn was the best player every year on those Padres teams and he's definitely worth being my #1 on the Mt. Rushmore, the George Washington if you will. It was such an honor to see him play, and there was never a game that I attended where he didn't come through with a hit (seems like it anyways).

I remember the day hit hit #3000. I was getting ready to go to football practice, but my parents let me stay home until he got the hit. It was in the first inning on August 6, 1999. It was against the Montreal Expos in Le Stadium Olympique (Sp?). Its a shame that he couldn't hit that in front of his home crowd, but sort of cool that those Expos fans got to see something exciting.

I also have fond memories of the 1998 World Series where Tony Gwynn hit a homer into the upper deck in Yankees Stadium. I feel bad that he never got to win a World Series, he definitely deserved it.

2. Junior Seau

The guy was an absolute beast on the defensive side of the Football. He was a master of timing the snap, and he always laid wood. Again, I feel bad that he never won a Super Bowl, but I guess he has a chance this year. I really don't have as much to say about him as Gwynn, but hes definitely worthy of my #2 spot on the Mt. Rushmore.

3. LaDanian Tomlinson

He broke nearly every Chargers rushing record by his 4th season in the NFL, the man is a beast, not much else to say. He's been the Chargers only "Franchise Player" on the offensive side of the ball since I've been alive (Fouts retired when I was 1, so he doesn't count), and hes definitely my favorite Charger of all time. Seau got #2 on my influential list because he was on the team when I was a kid.

4. Kobe Bean Bryant

Man this guy is a stud. He gets so much hate on him because everyone else other than him compares him to Jordan. Has he ever said he was better than Jordan? No. Anyways, hes so exciting to watch, knowing he can drop 40 points any given night. I'm happy that he finally got his own ring this year to get that monkey off his back. The memories of this guy are a plenty too. From That run in the late 90s/early 00s, to the heart crushing defeat against the Celtics, to him finally getting that elusive 4th ring this last year. Great ball player.

[MOhillbilly]

bob gibson
tony twist
conrad dobler
bob uecker(just so he'd have a great seat)

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dead to me!!!!!!

[MOhillbilly]

george brett
maurice carver
glenn montgomery
gregg williams

[CoMoChief]

Michael Jordan
Tiger Woods
Vince Lombardi
Babe Ruth

[Jerm]

Jack Nicklaus
Michael Jordan
Dennis Bergkamp
Hank Aaron
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[Pablo]

Bobby Sippio
Boomer Grigsby
Kris Wilson
Owen Schmitt

[Infidel Goat]

Arnold Palmer, Tim Duncan, Brian Piccolo, Chris Paul

Honorable mention: Aaron Curry.

[Lumpy]

Joe Montana
Derrick Thomas
Marcus Allen
Tiger Woods

[kstater]

Mike Tyson, Lawrence Phillips, Kobe Bryant, Ben Rothelisburger.

[Rooster]

Herm Edwards
Carl Peterson
Dick Curl
Gunther

[Infidel Goat]

My KC area version would be:

Tom Watson, George Brett, Len Dawson, Wilt Chamberlain.

Honorable mention: Danny Manning

[Jenson71]

Jim Thorpe, John Wooden, Vince Lombardi, Lou Gehrig

These four men represent to me what sport is all about. First of all, you have to be clever or smart in some way. Sport must involve exercising the mind as well as the body, otherwise it's not a true sport. Secondly, you have to be interested in the team over yourself. True sports limit individualism for the cause of greater team glory. Running, swimming, wrestling are athletic events. Football, baseball, rugby, relays are sports. The purest icons of sports must be focused on the common good rather than themselves. Thirdly, a pure icon of sport must realize that sport is not an end in itself, but is part of a greater end: that is, striving for humanity's potential. Anyone who places sport ahead of humanity's potential does a diservice to humanity by relagating it to a lesser status.

[ArrowheadHawk]

Jordon,Montana,Lance Armstrong,Babe Ruth
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[CaliforniaChief]

Derrick Thomas, George Brett, Kobe Bryant, and Chuck Long

[oldandslow]

Greatest Athletes

Babe Ruth
Michael Jordan
James Brown
Lance Armstrong

Personal heroes

Bob Gibson
Len Dawson
Michael Jordan
Hank Aaron

[RJ]

Ok, if this is a personal favorites Mt. Rushmore:

Otis Taylor
Lou Brock
Wiilie Mays
Len Bias (I will substitute Earl Monroe if college players don't qualify).

If it's a greatest ever Mt. Rushmore:

Babe Ruth
Michael Jordan
Muhammad Ali
Willie Mays

[Rain Man]

First off, no non-football player should be on Mt. Rushmore, so let's get that out of the way first.


The Mt. Rushmore of my personal life would be Otis Taylor, Deron Cherry, Albert Lewis, and Art Still. Otis was my childhood hero and the others were the guys I enjoyed watching when I came of age. There are a lot of guys who could come close on this list, though - Lanier, Buck Buchanan, Derrick Thomas, Christian Okoye, John Alt, Will Shields, Priest, and so on.

My personal "big picture" Mt. Rushmore would include Jim Thorpe, Otis Taylor, Vince Lombardi, and Barry Sanders. Thorpe started it all from a player perspective, Taylor was my personal hero, Lombardi was the definition of a leader, and Sanders made the game fun and exciting more than any other player.

[rockymtnchief]

MINE...George Brett, DT, Lane Frost, Willie Lanier

Sports, in general....Ruth, Jordan, Gretzky, Lombardi

[RJ]

Greatest Athletes

Babe Ruth
Michael Jordan
James Brown
Lance Armstrong

Personal heroes

Bob Gibson
Len Dawson
Michael Jordan
Hank Aaron



Hun'! Popcorn!

[Frazod]

Montana
Brett
Thomas
Pujols

[Amnorix]

My personal one would be something like Ted Williams, Bill Russell, Larry Bird, Bobby Orr and Tom Brady

Across all (American) sports all time it'd be something like Babe Ruth, Wayne Gretzky, Michael Jordan. I'm not sure any football player ever OWNED their sport the way these three owned their sports at their height.

Since it's MY Mount Rushmore, you can forget about stars at boring sports like golf, or someone playing a sport I dont' watch, like Federer or Pele or whoever. :D

[RealSNR]

It's kind of weird to call it a Mt. Rushmore. Gutzon Borglum was a well-known KKK member, you know

[Rain Man]

Ok, if this is a personal favorites Mt. Rushmore:

Otis Taylor
Lou Brock
Wiilie Mays
Len Bias (I will substitute Earl Monroe if college players don't qualify).



The bummer would be when the Len Bias part of the mountain collapsed into rubble the night before the unveiling.

[Hammock Parties]

LJ
Damon Huard
Devard Darling
Greg Wesley

[Demonpenz]

The bummer would be when the Len Bias part of the mountain collapsed into rubble the night before the unveiling.

that mountain has alot of snow on it

[Frazod]

LJ
Damon Huard
Devard Darling
Greg Wesley

Someone will be by from the government later to put you to sleep. :grr:

[Sully]

Thorpe, Jordan, Yzerman, Ruth

Honorable Mention (homeristic)
Montana
Howe
Bo Jackson
Sammy Baugh
Biletnikof
Huff
Lott

[shakesthecat]

George Brett
Billy Williams
Ed Podolak
Jerry West

[Jewish Rabbi]

Tim Tebow.

That's all.

[Sully]

The bummer would be when the Len Bias part of the mountain collapsed into rubble the night before the unveiling.

That rubble would have a street value of 3.8 billion.

[siberian khatru]

George Brett
Amos Otis
Frank White
Hal McRae

Growing up, those guys meant so much to me. I wish AO had gotten the ring the others did.

Oh, and the tour guides will be Pete LaCock and Joe Zdeb.

[CoMoChief]

Carl Peterson
Lin Eliott
Herm Edwards
Greg Robinson

[Pants]

Jack Nicklaus
Michael Jordan
Dennis Bergkamp
Hank Aaron
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Holy shit, Dennis Bergkamp rep. But, honestly Marco Van Basten and Ruud Gullit were probably better. :)

[Bearcat]

Peter Forsberg -- I loved watching the guy play, and it's a shame that he's had so many injuries over the years. When healthy, he was the most well rounded, dominant hockey player in the world.
Honorable mentions: Chris Drury, Joe Sakic

Derrick Thomas

Peyton Manning -- Yeah, I know... sorry, but he's easily the best quarterback that I've seen with respect to watching a player's entire career, and I wish Ron Jaworski would just follow the guy around filming everything he does on the football field.

Mario Chalmers
Honorable metion: Sherron Collins -- for his ability to take over games, and while Mario gets the spot for the miracle shot, Collins' steal+pivot/save while staying in bounds+3 pointer a couple of minutes before was actually the more impressive play in the comeback, IMO.

[Monty]

Joe Montana
Rocky Bleier...just in case the young uns don't know who he is: http://www.pittsburghsteelers.co.uk/steelers/players/rocky%20bleier.htm
Derrick Thomas
Jesse Owens

[siberian khatru]

Carl Peterson
Lin Eliott
Herm Edwards
Greg Robinson

That would be good to have in a Roland Emmerich movie where everything gets blown up by meteors or global warming or aliens or Mayans and shit.

[JD10367]

If forced to pick one person for each Boston sports franchise, who each represent the excellence and achievements of the franchise:

Red Auerbach, Bill Belichick, Theo Epstein... and the Zamboni driver for the Bruins. Or maybe the guy who sell the foam "Bruins #1!" fingers.

[teedubya]

Danny Manning - George Brett - Satchel Paige - Derrick Thomas

[Jerm]

Holy shit, Dennis Bergkamp rep. But, honestly Marco Van Basten and Ruud Gullit were probably better. :)

Eh you're probably right lol, Cryuff (sp?) included.

Bergy was always my fav player so gotta throw him on there.
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[gblowfish]

If we're talking about KC Sports it would be:

George Brett
Len Dawson
Tom Watson
Buck O'Neil (or Satchel Paige, maybe both)

If we're talking about sports history, figure the most important sports are football, baseball, basketball, and all others I'd go:

Joe Montana
Babe Ruth
Michael Jordan
Muhammad Ali

[seclark]

dead to me!!!!!!

please explain?
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[kcfanXIII]

len dawson, derrick thomas, buck o'neil, george brett

in line but too soon: tony g, when he gets in the hall, and zack grienke if he can ever play for a playoff team here in kc.

[teedubya]

If we're talking about KC Sports it would be:

George Brett
Len Dawson
Tom Watson
Buck O'Neil (or Satchel Paige, maybe both)

If we're talking about sports history, figure the most important sports are football, baseball, basketball, and all others I'd go:

Joe Montana
Babe Ruth
Michael Jordan
Muhammad Ali

I had to get rid of Michael Jordan...as Satchel Paige is a WAY better solution!

[Pants]

Eh you're probably right lol, Cryuff (sp?) included.

Bergy was always my fav player so gotta throw him on there.
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Yeah, Bergs and Kluivert were the sickest forward combo out of all the countries in the world. God, that mid to late 90's Dutch team was ridiculous. Too bad they always choked in the traditional Dutch way.

[Fat Elvis]

Jim Brown, Jim Thorpe, Jesse Owens, Pele

[GoHuge]

bob gibson
tony twist
conrad dobler
bob uecker(just so he'd have a great seat)

secBob Gibson has always been one of my favorite athletes. No matter who you where or how bad you where you feared that man. I was lucky enough to meet him and Conrad Dobler at the same time during a George Brett roast. In person Conrad is just a soft spoken nice guy. Probably talked to him for twenty minutes. When you shake Gibson's hand you can kind of understand why he could do what he could with a baseball. Like alot of professional athletes his hands are freaking huge. He and Frank White standing side-by-side are still built like brick shit house's looking like they're ready to take the field. Was a pretty cool night meeting all those guys at once and there was no more than 100 people there. Just got to hangout with your sports heroes like they where one of your buddies all night long. Dobler is a great story teller.

Dick Butkus
Mickey Mantle
Muhammad Ali
Bobby Jones

[Fat Elvis]

Jim Brown, Jim Thorpe, Jesse Owens, Pele

If we are only including Americans, then my list would be:

Jim Brown, Jim Thorpe, Jesse Owens, Babe Didrikson-Zaharias

[MOhillbilly]

please explain?
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RedWings fan since the russian 5. :)

remember the story where i bit that dudes thumb off? that pretty much started when i walked into a bar full of blues fans decked out in wings gear.

[Dallas Chief]

In no particular order

Billy Mills- Watching Running Brave as a kid got me into running and changed my life forever

Derrick Thomas- Watching him play gave me hope for the Chiefs- for the first time.

George Brett- He was and still is Kansas City to me.

Priest Holmes and Joe Montana- Toss up, I can't pick just one. The Chiefs were never quite the same team without either of these two guys. With them playing it seemed like anything was possible. The early 90's and eaely 00's were awesome years to be a fan.

[seclark]

RedWings fan since the russian 5. :)

remember the story where i bit that dudes thumb off? that pretty much started when i walked into a bar full of blues fans decked out in wings gear.

wings fan, huh?
you're no longer welcome in my barn...err...guest house!
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[MOhillbilly]

wings fan, huh?
you're no longer welcome in my barn...err...guest house!
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didnt you guys go like 0-26 in the playoffs?ROFL

[seclark]

didnt you guys go like 0-26 in the playoffs?ROFL

well, yeah...why do you think i'm a chiefs fan too?
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[Mr. Flopnuts]

DT - Ken Griffey Jr. - Michael Jordan - Joe Montana

[KCChiefsMan]

Vince Lombardi
Michael Jordan
Joe Montana
Ted Williams

[burt]

Jim Thorpe, Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan, Ali

[Baby Lee]

Is this a Mount Rushmore of the very best, or a Mount Rushmore of the one's you've most enjoyed watching?

1. Jordan, Montana, Tiger, Thorpe.

2. Jordan, Derrick, George Brett, Sherron Collins.

[The Poz]

D. Thomas
Len Dawson
Lanny McDonald
Rocky DiPietro

[MOhillbilly]

well, yeah...why do you think i'm a chiefs fan too?
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glutton for punishment...thats my line.

[Baby Lee]

Oooooh, Amno - can't believe I forgot Edson Arantes do Nascimento.

To boot, physiologically, he has an amalgam of all the best characteristics of Jim Brown and Barry Sanders. Imagine what America would think of him if he'd been raised to tote the rock.

[Buck]

ITS YOU'RE MT RUSHMORE. Read the damn OP

[Baby Lee]

ITS YOU'RE MT RUSHMORE. Read the damn OP

I'm Mount Rushmore?

And it can still be either my MR of who I think are the best of all time, OR my MR of my personal favorites.

[L.A. Chieffan]

Elway. Jordan. Ali. Ruth.

TRADE ELWAY FOR WOODS AND YOU GOT A DEAL

[Buck]

I'm Mount Rushmore?

And it can still be either my MR of who I think are the best of all time, OR my MR of my personal favorites.

The Mount Rushmore of your personal favorites.

I already know who the best of all time are..

Jordan, Ali, Gretzky, Lemieux, Woods, Montana, Rice, Ruth, Mays....bleh

[MOhillbilly]

lol

[Friendo]

Dan Marino/Larry Bird/David Thompson/John Wooden/Dean Smith

[orange]

Elway, Lombardi, Magic, Ruth.

[CoMoChief]

Elway, Lombardi, Magic, Ruth.

Elway can go to hell.

[DaKernal]

Jordan, Kobe, DT, Barry Sanders

[Sfeihc]

Steve Yzerman
Ernie Harwell
Barry Sanders
Joe Montana

[Reerun_KC]

Herm Edwards
Carl Peterson
Marty Shottenhiemer
Greg Robinson


Never have 4 people took so much fun away from a sport I truly love... I hate all 4 of those guys with a passion you cant explain.

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Pujols, Jack Nicklaus, Phil Mickelson, Priest Holmes,

[Pioli Zombie]

Bobby Orr, Doug Flutie, Larry Bird, Tom Brady. Guess where I grew up?
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[RJ]

I'm Mount Rushmore?

And it can still be either my MR of who I think are the best of all time, OR my MR of my personal favorites.


You are Mt. Rushmore. I am the walrus. Koo koo ka choo.

[RJ]

Bobby Orr, Doug Flutie, Larry Bird, Tom Brady. Guess where I grew up?
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Racist, regionalist Mt. Rushmore.

Favorite baseball player?

[Pants]

No Usain Bolt anywhere? The dude can cover 10 meters in 0.958 seconds, FFS...

[RJ]

No Usain Bolt anywhere? The dude can cover 10 meters in 0.958 seconds, FFS...


You gotta wait a while before your likeness gets carved into the face of a mountain.

[Pants]

You gotta wait a while before your likeness gets carved into the face of a mountain.

True, only evil people live to see their likeness in stone.

[Rausch]

Jordan, Montana, Ali, Gretsky...

[listopencil]

Patrick Roy, Vince Lombardi, Jordan, Babe Ruth

Just went with guys that represent the essence of their sport.

[Saccopoo]

Wilt Chamberlain, Alexander Karelin, Babe Ruth, Pele

[RJ]

True, only evil people live to see their likeness in stone.


Excellent point.

[rockymtnchief]

Patrick Roy, Vince Lombardi, Jordan, Babe Ruth

Just went with guys that represent the essence of their sport.

Then why did you pick Roy? The guy was great, but a douche. I always liked when he skated across the ice to fight the opposing goalie...who weighed 30 less pounds and was 4 inches shorter...and couldn't win.

[Saccopoo]

Then why did you pick Roy? The guy was great, but a douche. I always liked when he skated across the ice to fight the opposing goalie...who weighed 30 less pounds and was 4 inches shorter...and couldn't win.

Isn't that represent the essence of hockey? Sounds like Roy is a winner. (He also beat up some DJ at a party in Colorado Springs. It don't get more hockey than that.)

[rockymtnchief]

Isn't that represent the essence of hockey? Sounds like Roy is a winner. (He also beat up some DJ at a party in Colorado Springs. It don't get more hockey than that.)

Tough guys fight tough guys. They don't hand pick the smallest guy on the ice and chase him around until he fights.

However, I did like when Gretzky called out the little Broten and got his arse whooped.:thumb:

[CHENZ A!]

These 3 for sure:
Tiger Woods
Michael Jordan
Derrick Thomas

The fourth would be between:
Damon Stoudamire
Reggie Miller

[Skip Towne]

Wilt, Gale Sayers, John Riggins, Nolan Cromwell.

[rockymtnchief]

Patrick Roy 6'1" 200 lbs
Chris Osgood 5'9" 178 lbs
Mike Vernon 5'9" 167 lbs

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[boogblaster]

Wilt
Sweetness
Joe Willy
Marveles Marvin

[Bearcat]

The Mount Rushmore of your personal favorites.

I already know who the best of all time are..

Jordan, Ali, Gretzky, Lemieux, Woods, Montana, Rice, Ruth, Mays....bleh

Yeah, I thought you explained it well enough the first time. :shrug:

It would be much more interesting if people would post those they most enjoy(ed) watching in their lifetime.

[Buehler445]

Yeah, I thought you explained it well enough the first time. :shrug:

It would be much more interesting if people would post those they most enjoy(ed) watching in their lifetime.

07-08 KU basketball.
Derrick Thomas
Jordan
Peyton