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Old October 8th, 2007 #21
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Maddux is one of the top 7-10 best pitchers of all time. He has won 347 games, 16 gold gloves, 4 CY Young Awards and currently has 3,273 strikeouts.



He was the first pitcher in Major League history to win the Cy Young Award for four consecutive years (1992-1995), during which he had a 75-29 record with a 1.98 ERA while allowing less than one runner per inning. Maddux is the only pitcher in MLB history to win 15 games in 17 consecutive seasons.[1
 
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Peyton Manning, if he stays healthy, can probably blow all of the quarterback records away. Now he is one top-notch White athlete and from a family that will always be Southern and SEC football royalty.

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Here are a few more that come to mind:

John Riggins
Wladimir Klitschko
Roman Sebrile(World record holder in the decathlon)
Joe Montana
Dirk Nowitzki(2007 NBA MVP)
Jack Nicklaus
Roger Clemens
Jeremy Wariner(World and Olympic Champ at 400 meters)
Randy Barnes( World record holder in the shot put)
Steve Prefontaine( Had he lived he probably would have set world records in
many distance races)
Lance Armstrong
Michael Phelps( Holds multiple world records in swimming)
Vasily Alexeev( Won Superheavyweight weightlifting Gold medals in 1972 and 1976)
I am sure I could come up with a lot more.
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During the 1980's Largent was the second best wide out in all of the NFL, only behind nigger Jerry Rice. Most of his numbers even now, are still among the top of all time records. Not bad for a guy who played for a sucky team his entire life.






When Largent retired, he held all major NFL receiving records, including: most receptions in a career (819), most receiving yards in a career (13,089), and most touchdown receptions (101). He was also in possession of a then-record streak of 177 consecutive regular-season games with a reception.

Largent was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1995. In 1999, he was ranked number 46 on The Sporting News' list of the 100 Greatest Football Players, the only Seahawk on the list
 
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Walter Ray Williams is the greatest bowler of all time. As for 2007, he holds almost every major record there is to hold.


Williams Jr. is a 6-time PBA Player of the Year (1986, 93, 96, 97, 98, 03) and the all-time leading money winner on the PBA Tour.[1] He was the first bowler in history to earn $2 million, achieving this in 1997. With his win in the 2003 U.S. Open, he also became the first $3 million career winner: with his 42nd title (Dydo Japan Cup) he became the first $4 million career winner. He has also won 6 World Horseshoe Pitching titles. He was also invited to pitch horseshoes at the White House with President George H. W. Bush in 1989.[2] He finished 2nd in the 2005 world horseshoe pitching championships.
 
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Maddux is one of the top 7-10 best pitchers of all time. He has won 347 games, 16 gold gloves, 4 CY Young Awards and currently has 3,273 strikeouts.



He was the first pitcher in Major League history to win the Cy Young Award for four consecutive years (1992-1995), during which he had a 75-29 record with a 1.98 ERA while allowing less than one runner per inning. Maddux is the only pitcher in MLB history to win 15 games in 17 consecutive seasons.[1
You just had to pick a cards pic....He looks better in a cubs uniform.
 
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You just had to pick a cards pic....He looks better in a cubs uniform.


I think that Maddux pic I used was wrong. He never played for the cards. He played for the Cubs (twice), the Braves, the Dodgers and then the Pardes. MMM....
 
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'Captain Comeback' The Great ROGER STAUBACH!


You want old school? Well, when it comes to fourth-quarter comebacks, Roger Staubach is definitely old school. And the 1972 NFC divisional playoff game between the Dallas Cowboys and the San Francisco 49ers was his playground.

A decade before Joe Montana, John Elway and Dan Marino came onto the NFL scene and turned fourth quarters into their personal highlight collections, Staubach was creating the art form of dramatic comebacks.

He was the original "Captain Comeback." And as the 49ers found out in this second-round playoff game, even when Staubach didn't start a game, he could finish like few quarterbacks in the NFL.

Of his 23 fourth-quarter comebacks, Staubach needed only the final two minutes to pull off 17 unlikely victories. But against the 49ers, Staubach would provide quite possibly his most unlikely of playoff comeback.

Out of action since Week 5 with a separated shoulder, Staubach watched from the Candlestick Park sidelines for the first three quarters. In his place, Craig Morton struggled to get the Cowboys offense in motion.


Roger Staubach didn't start against the 49ers, but he sure finished them off in 1972.
The 49ers, meanwhile, opened the game with a bang. Vic Washington took the opening kickoff 97 yards for a touchdown. And when the 49ers took a 21-6 lead in the second quarter, it looked like San Francisco would finally reverse its fortune against the Cowboys, who had beaten them in the two previous NFC Championship games.

"They were laughing at us. Making fun of us during the game," said Dallas safety Charlie Waters. "They were really enjoying having the upper hand on us. They didn't think there was any way (we'd come back) -- because our offense was sputtering. We were doing absolutely nothing."

Dallas was able to cut the deficit to 21-13 by halftime, as Morton hooked up with eventual Hall of Famer Lance Alworth on a 28-yard touchdown pass. But when the 49ers took a 28-13 lead into the fourth quarter, head coach Tom Landry decided to send Staubach into the game.

Calvin Hill's 48-yard run set up a field goal that got the Cowboys within 28-16 with 10 minutes to play. The Cowboys' defense held San Francisco in check the rest of the way, setting the stage for the final two minutes, when Staubach went into full comeback mode. When it was all said and done, Staubach's magnificent fourth-quarter performance saw him complete 12 of 20 passes for 174 yards and two touchdowns.

A toss to Billy Parks got the Cowboys to the 20 after the two-minute warning. Staubach then spotted Parks in the end zone for the first of his two touchdown passes. Dallas was now down 28-23 with 1:20 to play.

But the Cowboys needed to figure out a way to get the ball back into Staubach's hands.

"We had this foreign kicker from Australia, Toni Fritsch," said Waters. "He used to try all these tricky ways of kicking the ball. And he used to do this thing where he'd run up to the ball and run past it. And he'd kick it behind his back."

Sure enough, Fritsch fooled the 49ers. He lined up to kick to the left, but Fritsch instead squibbed the ball to the right, bouncing it off the 49ers' Preston Riley. Mel Renfro recovered the ball for the Cowboys.

"Once we got that onside kick, the momentum definitely turned," Staubach said.

Again, Staubach hit Parks to set up the winning touchdown. Then with 52 seconds to play, the game-winner went to Ron Sellers, capping a 15-point rally in the fourth quarter and a 30-28 victory.

"I think the biggest thing about Roger is that he never quit," Cowboys defensive end Bob Lilly said. "It didn't matter now much the Cowboys were down."

Candlestick Park would be the site of another dramatic ending 10 years later in the 1981 NFC title game between these teams. But long before Montana's pass turned into "The Catch" by Dwight Clark, a comeback by Staubach once again left the San Francisco faithful stunned.
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One of the most phenomenal athletes of any sport!
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Gordie Howe is referred to as simply "Mr. Hockey". World War II had just ended when he first entered the National Hockey League, and when he played his final NHL season 33 years later, Wayne Gretzky was playing his first. Over those five decades, Howe didn't just survive, he was dominant - on the scoring lists, in battles in the corners, on game-winning goals and when the year-end awards were handed out. He was a big man, though by modern standards no behemoth, but what set him apart was his incredible strength.
Though other superstars could be deemed somewhat better scorers, tougher fighters or faster skaters, no player has approached Gordie Howe's sustained level of excellence. Incredibly, Gordie finished in the top 5 in NHL scoring for 20 straight seasons. To endure and excel, Howe needed a unique set of qualities, both physical and mental, and the foundations for his astonishing career were laid in him from an early age.

Howe grew and matured quickly, and when he was 15 he made a bid to play with the New York Rangers, attending the team's training camp in Winnipeg. He was homesick, however, and before the end of the camp he returned to Saskatchewan. He made a better impression with the Detroit Red Wings the next year, joining a group of Red Wing veterans and untried youngsters to work out in front of Detroit boss Jack Adams. The ambidextrous Howe drew Adams' attention from the start with a sizzling rush down the left wing and a sharp shot. The next minute he escaped down the right wing, switched his stick to the other side and still with a forehand zipped another shot at the goal.

Howe made his professional debut when he was 18, taking up the right wing for Detroit at the beginning of the 1946-47 season. He was 6' tall and just over 200 pounds, making him one of the heavier players in the league. He scored in his first game but wasn't at all confident that he'd stay in the league for long. He kept a scrapbook of his first year, proof for future generations that he'd in fact played in the NHL. But Howe need not have worried about his hockey future. Though he only scored seven goals in his rookie season, he created a buzz among fans and opponents alike. He threw his weight around and he never backed away from a fight. Another tough star, Maurice "Rocket" Richard, challenged the rookie with a shove and a few angry words in Howe's first game in Montreal. Howe knocked Richard out cold with one punch.

Howe was put on a line with Sid Abel and Ted Lindsay and over the next three years the troika and the Detroit team became the league's best. Howe more than doubled his scoring in his third year and played in his first All-Star Game in 1948. True to his nature in his early years, he spent five minutes of the All-Star showcase in the penalty box for fighting. The Howe-Lindsay-Abel line was named "the Production Line" for its scoring proficiency in 1948-49 when Lindsay and Abel placed third and fourth in league scoring. Lindsay was the truculent and tough left winger who also had the skills to make and finish plays. Abel, the center, was a smooth skater and an accurate passer, and at seven years their senior the veteran of the line. Howe could do it all, and his scoring improved as he spent less time in the penalty box.

The three linemates finished the 1949-50 season 1-2-3 in the year-end scoring race, with Abel winning the Hart Trophy for his league-leading total and young Howe almost doubling his scoring total to place third. In the playoffs, in the first game of an acrimonious series against the Toronto Maple Leafs, the club that had dispatched the Red Wings in the teams' previous 11 playoff games, Howe was involved in an on-ice accident that almost ended his career and his life. The Leafs' Ted "Teeder" Kennedy was moving with the puck toward the Detroit goal, skating down the left wing about six feet from the boards. He had just passed the center line when Howe attempted to bodycheck him. Kennedy stopped abruptly and Howe went crashing into the boards head first. He lay unconscious on the ice, blood covering his face, until emergency staff removed him on a stretcher.

For the next few hours, many thought the worst. His mother was called in case his condition worsened and an operation was performed to relieve the pressure on his brain. Howe had fractured his skull and was out for the rest of the playoffs, but he did make a remarkable recovery. The Wings, stirred by Howe's injury, defeated the Leafs in overtime of the seventh game, ending Toronto's three-year reign as Stanley Cup champions. When Detroit won the Cup with a victory over the New York Rangers, again in overtime of the seventh game, Howe was cheered when he gingerly walked onto the Olympia ice to touch the trophy.

Apart from his forbidding temperament, Howe's athletic and savvy playing style also contributed to his longevity. He never wasted energy if he didn't need to, especially after he cut down on the number of fights he'd take part in early in his career. He was economical with his movements, anticipating when and where the play would intersect with his effortless progress around the ice. He often played 45 minutes of a game when the average total was 25. Observers noticed that when his exhausted line returned to the bench, Howe was the first to recover and raise his head, ready for another shift.

In all, Howe was selected to 21 NHL All-Star squads, 12 times to the First Team. Six times he led the NHL in scoring to capture the Art Ross Trophy and six times he won the Hart as the league's most valuable player. His Detroit teams won the Stanley Cup four times.

Howe had been in his prime during a defensive era, the 1940s and 1950s, when scoring was difficult and checking was tight. When he was 40, in 1967, the league expanded from six to 12 teams and the number of offensive opportunities grew with it. Howe played the 1968-69 season on a line with Alex Delvecchio and Frank Mahovlich, the mercurial but talented star who had moved to Detroit from Toronto. Mahovlich was big, fast and skilled and Delvecchio was a gifted playmaker. The three were dubbed "the Production Line 3" and Howe's scoring returned to the levels of his youth and then beyond. He topped 100 points for the first time, scoring 44 goals and adding a career-high 59 assists.

Howe was among the top 10 scorers in 1969-70, but arthritis in his left wrist finally forced him to the sidelines following the 1970-71 season, his 25th in the league.

But Howe's retirement was short-lived. In 1973 he was given a unique opportunity, one he couldn't refuse. Two of his sons, Mark and Marty, were promising young players in junior hockey. The Houston Aeros of the World Hockey Association offered Gordie a chance to play with his boys on the same team, even on the same line. Gordie had an operation to improve his wrist and came out from behind his desk to play again. He did his best to make hockey fly in Houston, going to unusual lengths to promote the game.

During his first season, while driving up to the hotel parking lot, he witnessed a thief snatch a woman's purse. Howe chased him for several blocks until the criminal dumped the stolen booty. Gordie would have continued after him had not his wife Colleen persuaded him against it. When Howe returned the purse to its rightful owner, the woman's friend asked what they could do to repay him. 'Well, I'm a player with the Houston Aeros,' Howe said. "How about attending some of our games?" The couple promised to become regular fans. The Aeros did win consecutive championships in the Howes' first two seasons and Gordie was selected as the WHA's most valuable player in 1974 for his 100-point revival.

Gordie moved with Mark and Marty to the New England Whalers in 1977 when the Aeros struggled. When the WHA merged with the NHL in 1979, Howe, age 51, played one final season, competing in all 80 games of the schedule with the Hartford Whalers. The elder Howe was appointed to the roster for the 1980 NHL All-Star Game by coach Scotty Bowman. He and Phil Esposito and Jean Ratelle, stars of the game at the end of their careers, skated out onto the ice at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit alongside the youngest to ever play in the game, 19-year-old Wayne Gretzky. Gretzky had idolized Gordie and wore number 99 in homage to his boyhood hero. Having played in All-Star games spanning five decades, Howe was given a tremendous standing ovation by the Detroit fans. It lasted so long that he finally had to skate to the bench in an attempt to stop the cheering. When he collected an assist on an insurance goal in his side's 6-3 win, the ovation was once again long and heartfelt.

Gretzky would later break many of Howe's records, and the two all-time greats became close friends when Howe traveled with Gretzky as nearly each Howe benchmark was matched and then eclipsed by the Great One. One record Gretzky did not reach was Gordie's career goal mark of 975, combining WHA and NHL totals (Gretzky finished with 931). Another milestone that probably no one will ever reach was further stretched when Howe played professional hockey in a sixth decade in 1997. He was signed to a one-game contract by the Detroit Vipers of the International Hockey League and, almost 70 years old, made a stirring return to the ice for one shift.

For multiple generations, Gordie Howe is not only Mr. Hockey, he is hockey.
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One of the best shooters if not the best shooter in the NBA, today is Dirk Nowitzki of Germany. He normally shoots over 50% from the field, can shoot 40% from the 3-point line and can sink 90% of his free throws. He was also the 2007 MVP.


The franchise player

Nowitzki (no. 41) has been the face of the Mavericks franchise.Before the 2004-05 NBA season, Nowitzki's close friend Steve Nash left Dallas and returned to the Phoenix Suns as a free agent. Without Nash, many feared Nowitzki's game would falter, but precisely the opposite occurred. Nowitzki would score 26.1 points a game, a career-high, and net 9.7 rebounds. His 1.5 blocks and 3.1 assists were also career numbers. On December 2, 2004, Nowitzki scored 53 points in an overtime win against the Houston Rockets, a career best.

Nowitzki was voted to the first team All-NBA squad for the 2004-05 season, although the Mavericks were ousted from the playoffs by the Nash-led Suns. That season Nowitzki also placed third in the league's MVP voting, behind Nash and Shaquille O'Neal. By being elected to the first team All-NBA, Nowitzki became the first player who did not attend a United States high school or college to be on the All-NBA first team.

Disappointed in his team's early exit from the playoffs, Nowitzki looked forward to the next season. Teammate Michael Finley was waived over the summer, and now Nowitzki was the last player remaining from the Mavericks' "Big Three" of Nash, Finley, and himself. He was now the unequivocal leader of the team.

Under the tutelage of coach and former teammate Avery Johnson, who acceded to the head coach position when Don Nelson stepped down late in the 2004-05 season, Nowitzki made strides in his inside game. Long considered as a "soft" jump shooter in the mold of many European players, Nowitzki cut back on his three-point attempts and concentrated on his inside game. He went on to have another career year, with averages of 26.6 points, 9.0 rebounds, and 2.8 assists. He improved his shooting percentage, setting personal season records in field goals (48.0%), three-point shots (40.6%) and free throws (90.1%). On January 3, 2006, Nowitzki broke a Mavericks franchise record, previously held by Nash, by making his 50th consecutive free throw. On January 6, his record streak ended at 60. During the 2006 All-Star Weekend in Houston, Nowitzki scored 18 points to defeat Seattle SuperSonics guard Ray Allen and Washington Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas in the Three-Point Shootout contest.

Perhaps more importantly, under Johnson, a coach nicknamed "The Little General" for his diminutive height and born leadership, Nowitzki learned to lead his team by example, and he paced the Mavericks to a 60-win season. The team finished with the third-best record in the league, behind the defending champion San Antonio Spurs and defending Eastern Conference champion Detroit Pistons. As in the 2004-05 season, he finished third in the league's MVP voting, this time behind Nash and LeBron James. He was again elected to the first team All-NBA squad.

Nowitzki would confirm his superstar status in earnest during the playoffs as he averaged 27.0 points, 11.7 rebounds, and 2.9 assists. The Mavericks would sweep the Memphis Grizzlies (in Game 3 he would convert a wild three-point attempt to tie the game and force overtime) and defeat the San Antonio Spurs in seven grueling games (in Game 7, with the Mavs down by 3, he converted on a three-point play and forced overtime) to advance to the Western Conference Finals, where they would again meet Steve Nash and the Phoenix Suns. Nowitzki scored 50 points to lead the Mavericks to a victory in the crucial Game 5 with the series tied 2-2; the Mavericks would go on to win in six games and face the Miami Heat in the 2006 NBA Finals. Of Nowitzki's performance, ESPN columnist Bill Simmons would remark, "Dirk is playing at a higher level than any forward since Bird."[4] However Nowitzki only made 20 of his last 55 shots in the final 3 games as the Mavericks lost the Finals series 4-2 to the Heat after leading 2-0.

The Mavericks entered the 2007 Playoffs as the #1 overall seed having compiled a league best 67-15 record. They ended up losing to the Golden State Warriors in the first round in 6 games marking the first time a #8 seed has beaten the #1 in a best of seven series in NBA history. In the clinching Game 6, Nowitzki shot just 2-13 from the field for only 8 points. This series was widely reported as being the greatest upset in NBA History.[5] For the series Nowitzki averaged nearly 5 points less than his regular season average and shot 38.3% from the field as compared to 50.2% during the regular season.

Nowitzki, the first European player to become an NBA superstar, is thought by some to be leading a revolution in how the game is played. Helped by rule changes meant to discourage contact and increase scoring in response to flagging interest in the league and the poor performance of American players in international competition, the NBA game has gone from a tough, grinding affair to a more finesse-oriented game, as evidenced by the recent success of teams such as the Mavericks and Suns who place a premium on speed and scoring rather than size and physicality.

Nowitzki is tied with Paul Pierce of the Boston Celtics and Zydrunas Ilgauskas of the Cleveland Cavaliers for fourth place among active players who have played their entire NBA career for one team (8 seasons, Kobe Bryant leads all active players, having played 11 seasons for the Los Angeles Lakers).

On May 15, 2007, Nowitzki was named the NBA's Most Valuable Player for the 2006-07 season, beating his friend and 2 consecutive NBA MVP winner Steve Nash with more than 100 votes. He also became the first European-born player in NBA history to receive the honor. [6] However, in the 2007 NBA Playoffs, the Mavericks had the first seed, but sensationally were defeated by the 8th seed Golden State Warriors with 2–4. Nowitzki had a sub-average series, the nadir scoring only 8 points in the decisive Game 6. He described this loss as a low point in his career: "This series, I couldn't put my stamp on it the way I wanted to. That's why I'm very disappointed."[7]

 
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Mantle was one of the most loved baseball players of all time. Even though he had knee trouble by his late 20's, Mantle still hit 536 homeruns. Known as a ladies man, Mantle was also known to hit homeruns as far as 600 plus feet - and that was without drug use.


He played his entire 18-year major-league professional career for the New York Yankees, winning 3 American League MVP titles and playing for 16 All-Star teams. Mantle played on 12 pennant winners and 7 World Championship clubs. He still holds the records for most World Series home runs (18), RBIs (40), runs (42), walks (43), extra-base hits (26), and total bases (123). Mantle died on August 13, 1995 at age 63
 
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Nowitzki also shouldered the blame for the Mavs play-off loss!
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1954: Bannister breaks four-minute mile Roger Bannister, a 25-year-old British medical student, has become the first man to run a mile in less than four minutes.
His time was 3mins 59.4 seconds, achieved at the Iffley Road track in Oxford and watched by about 3,000 spectators.
Bannister, once president of the Oxford club, was running for the Amateur Athletic Association against his old university during their annual match.
 
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Many rate him as the greatest pitcher of all time. He is number one on my list. Below are some numbers which really standout - mainly the 110 shutouts, a record that will never be broken.




Career highlights and awards
417 career wins (2nd all-time)
110 career shutouts (1st all-time)
3509 career strikeouts (9th all-time)
Won MVP award in 1913 & 1924
Played in two World Series (1924 and 1925)
An inaugural member of Baseball Hall of Fame
Pitched 56 consecutive scoreless innings, a record that stood until 1968
He was named #60 on ESPN's top 100 athletes of the century



 
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Being from Kentucky, I had to add Rupp. Rupp became the first true great coach of College Basketball. In 41 years as head coach, Rupp only allowed one Negro to play. He won 4 National Championships, a gold medal, 1 NIT (when it was for good teams) and two Helms National Championships. He was also known as the first coach to run the now famous, "full court press".


Overall 876-190, 3rd most wins all-time;
82.2% winning percentage, 2nd all-time
 
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Charles Wesley "Chic" Harley (September 15, 1895 - April 21, 1974) was one of the outstanding American football players of the first half of the 20th century and the player who first brought the Ohio State University football program to national attention. Harley was Ohio State's first consensus first-team All-America selection and first three-time All-America selection. In 1951 he became a charter inductee in the College Football Hall of Fame.
College career
Harley began his career with the Ohio State Buckeyes in 1916. He led the team to a 7-0 record and their first Big Ten Conference championship. The team scored 258 points in seven games, giving up only 29. The key games of the season were a 7-6 victory over the University of Illinois and a 14-13 victory over the University of Wisconsin-Madison, teams that were at the time the conference's dominant powers. In both games the margin of victory was a point after touchdown kicked by Harley. Following the season, Harley was named as a consensus first-team All-America selection, including a spot on Walter Camp's authoritative list.

The Buckeyes repeated as conference champion in 1917 with an 8-0-1 record, and Harley repeated as a consensus first-team All American. In 1918 Harley left school to be a pilot in the United States Army Air Service during World War I, but he returned the following year. In 1919 the Buckeyes finished 6-1. Harley's only career loss was a heartbreaker; the team lost the game and the conference title to the University of Illinois on the last play of the last game of the season. That season, however, is remembered at Ohio State for the Buckeyes' first victory over the University of Michigan. Following that senior season, Harley was again a consensus first-team All-America selection.

Throughout his Ohio State career, Harley played right halfback on offense and safety on defense, and was also the team's punter and place kicker. He scored 201 points in a 23-game career. This total was the school's individual scoring record until Harley was surpassed by Howard "Hopalong" Cassady in 1955. Harley's 8.74 points per game remains a school record. Harley also holds the team record for interceptions in a game: he picked off four passes in the 1919 game against the University of Michigan.

In 1950 Harley was voted a first-team halfback on the Associated Press college football All-Star team for the first half of the 20th century. The other first-team halfback was Jim Thorpe. Red Grange was voted to the second team. When asked to explain his vote, one writer said, "Red Grange was a great runner, but that's all he was. Chic Harley was a great runner, a great passer, a great kicker and a great defensive back. That's why he's on my first-team."[1] In 1951 Harley was one of 44 players and coaches selected as the charter members of the College Football Hall of Fame

In Harley's era the Buckeyes had played in Ohio Field, which had a seating capacity of only a few thousand. Harley so excited the fans of Ohio State football that he inspired a $1.3 million funding drive, starting in 1920, to build the massive Ohio Stadium. For this reason Ohio Stadium, where the Buckeyes still play, is sometimes called "The House That Harley Built".
Career scoring statistics
Year TDs PATs FGs Points
1916 (7 games) 8 7 1 58
1917 (9 games) 8 15 3 72
1919 (8 games) 7 17 4 71
All-around athlete
In addition to his football exploits, Harley also lettered in baseball, basketball, and track. He was an outfielder in baseball, a guard in basketball, and a sprinter in track. On the track field Harley set a conference record in the 50-yard dash.[3]
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Almost all sports list ranks him as one of the top 3-5 pitchers of all time. On my personal list, I rank him as 3rd all time behind Walter Johnson and CY Young.





While he has two championship rings with the 1999-2000 Yankees, Clemens has also been on the losing end of four World Series (1986 Red Sox, 2001 and 2003 Yankees, and 2005 Astros), which is tied with Tom Glavine and John Smoltz (who were both on the Braves when they lost the '91, '92, '96 and '99 World Series) for the most among active players.

In 1999, while many of his performances and milestones were yet to come, he ranked number 53 on The Sporting News' list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players, and was elected by the fans to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team. In 2005, the updated Sporting News list moved Clemens up to #15.

By the end of the 2005 season, Clemens had won seven Cy Young Awards (he won the AL award in 1986, 1987, 1991, 1997, 1998, and 2001, and the National League award in 2004), an MVP and two pitching triple crowns. With his 2004 win, he joined Gaylord Perry, Randy Johnson and Pedro Martinez as the only pitchers to win it in both leagues and became the oldest pitcher to ever win the Cy Young. He has also won The Sporting News Pitcher of the Year Award five times, was named an All-Star 11 times, and won the All-Star MVP in 1986.

In October 2006, Clemens was named to Sports Illustrated's "all-time" team.[29]

On August 18th 2007, Roger Clemens got his 1,000th strikeout as a Yankee. He is only the ninth player in major league history to record 1,000 or more strikeouts with two different teams.




Win-Loss 354-184
Earned Run Average 3.12
Strikeouts 4672
 
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Default Jerry West

Have you ever seen the NBA logo of the man with the basketball? It's based on white b-baller, Jerry West, one of the NBA's greatest players.



When he retired, West had scored 25,192 points, averaged 27.0 points per game (the forth highest career average in NBA history), and made 7,160 free throws and 6,238 assists. During his career, West was named to the NBA All-Defensive First Team four times (the NBA All-Defensive Team did not exist until West's ninth season), to the All-NBA First Team 10 times, and played in the All-Star Game 13 times. West was named the All-Star Game MVP in 1972. He remains the only player ever to be named NBA Finals MVP when on a losing team. He accomplished this in the 1969 NBA Finals against Boston, the first year the award was given. In 1980 he was named to the NBA's 35th Anniversary All-Time Team and in 1996 was selected as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History.

 
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Roger Maris ranks high on my list. A solid out fielder and disputed home run king. All of that while playing in the shadow of the Babe.

Anyone who hasn't seen the movie "61" I recommend it.
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Default Mike Ditka

Ditka is best known as the coach of the Bears. However, most seem to forget Ditka the pro-bowl football palyer. Ditka was the first tight end ever elected to the football hall of fame.


In 1988[2], his fearsome blocking and 427 career receptions for 5,812 yards and 43 touchdowns earned him the honor of being the first tight-end ever inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Ditka also scored 2 touchdowns on offensive fumble recoveries, tying 7 other players for the most in NFL history. In 1999, he was ranked number 90 on The Sporting News' list of the 100 Greatest Football Players.

 
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