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Old October 23rd, 2007 #61
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Lou Gehrig was born of German DNA. And boy could this white boy play some baseball. Many rank him as the greatest clean-up hitter of all time. I second that.


Career statistics
AVG .340
HR 493
RBI 1,995
Teams
New York Yankees (1923-1939)
Career highlights and awards
All-Time records
Career Grand Slams: 23
Highest Career Slugging Percentage by a First Baseman: .632
Notable achievements
AL MVP: 1927, 1936
Seven-time MLB All-Star: 1933-1939 (DNP 1939)
Led the league in home runs: 1934 (49) & 1936 (49)
Led the league in RBIs: 1927 (175), 1928 (142), 1930 (174), 1931 (184) & 1934 (165)
Led the league in times on base: 1927 (330), 1930 (324), 1931 (328), 1934 (321), 1936 (342) & 1937 (331)
Led the league in batting average (.363), home runs (49), and RBIs (165) in 1934, resulting in a Triple Crown
Career batting average: .340 (2,721-for-8,001)
Played in 2,130 consecutive games: June 1, 1925 to April 30, 1939

Member of the National
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Elected 1939
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One of golf's most loved players of all time. He is 3rd in most Major wins with 7.

Career
Turned Pro 1954
Tours PGA Tour (joined 1955)
Champions Tour (joined 1980)
Professional wins 94, PGA Tour: 62, Other regular: 17
Champions Tour: 10, Other senior: 5
Best Results in Major Championships
Wins: 7
Masters Won 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964
U.S. Open Won 1960
British Open Won 1961, 1962
PGA Championship T2: 1964, 1968, 1970
Awards
PGA Tour
Money Winner 1958, 1960, 1962, 1963
PGA
Player of the Year 1960, 1962
Vardon Trophy 1961, 1962, 1964, 1967
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Old October 23rd, 2007 #63
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Dan Gable.
Collegiate and Olympic wrestling champion.
As a coach he has won many NCAA wrestling titles for Iowa.
Probably one of the greatest American wrestlers ever.
This thread has included many great white athletes, however
when you consider all the great white athletes produced in the sports
of wrestling, cycling, weightlifting, and gymnastics we could find many
more white champions.
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Is seventh in all-time games played with 1612.
Is seventy-second in all-time goals scored with 410.
Retired second, and is currently fourth, in all-time assists with 1169.
Is ninth in all-time points scored with 1579.
Won the Norris Trophy in 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991 and 1994.
Won the King Clancy Memorial Trophy in 1992.
Received the Lester Patrick Trophy in 2003.
Named a First Team All-Star in 1980, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990-1994, 1996 and 2001.
Named a Second Team All-Star in 1981, 1983, 1986, 1989, 1995 and 1999.
Played for Team Canada in Canada Cup tournaments, 1981, 1984, 1987
Became only the sixth defenseman in NHL history to score 30 goals in a season, 1984
Became only the third defenseman in NHL history to reach the 1,000 NHL points milestone, 1992
Is the Bruins' all-time career leader in games played, assists and points; also ranks fourth in goals.
Registered his 1,528th point Oct. 25, 2000, vs. Nashville, passing Paul Coffey as the NHL's all-time leader among defensemen.
Registered his 1,137th assist Dec. 21, 2000 vs. L.A. Kings, passing Paul Coffey for second place on the NHL's all-time assists list and first among defensemen.
Named to play in the All-Star Game for the 19th consecutive season, passing Wayne Gretzky for the league record, 2001
Was named the Most Valuable Player of the All-Star Game in 1996.
Is third all-time in playoff assists and tenth all-time in playoff points.
In 1998, prior to his Stanley Cup farewell, he was ranked number 14 on The Hockey News' list of the 100 Greatest Hockey Players.
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Old October 23rd, 2007 #65
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Foxx was one of baseballs all time great sluggers. Unlike today's players who cheat by using drugs, Foxx was known to hit homeruns 500 plus feet.

MLB debut
May 1, 1925
for the Philadelphia Athletics
Final game
September 23, 1945
for the Philadelphia Phillies
Career statistics
AVG .325
HR 534
RBI 1922
Teams
Philadelphia Athletics (1925-1935)
Boston Red Sox (1936-1942)
Chicago Cubs (1942, 1944)
Philadelphia Phillies (1945)

Career highlights and awards
American League MVP: 1932, 1933, 1938
Led the league in home runs: 1932 (58), 1933 (48), 1935 (36), 1939 (35)
Led the league in RBIs: 1932 (169), 1933 (163), 1938 (175)
Led the league in batting average: 1933 (.356), 1938 (.349)
Led the league in runs scored: 1932 (151)
Lifetime batting average: .325




 
Old October 23rd, 2007 #66
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Dick Butkus was maybe the NFL's most feared player of all time. Nothing could stop this man. He even played in a Super Bowl with a broken arm. He was known to knock QB's out cold.


Career information
NFL Draft: 1965 / Round: 1/ Pick 3
College: Illinois
Career highlights

Pro Bowls 1965-1972
Honors NFL 75th Anniversary
All-Time Team
NFL 1970s All-Decade Team
NFL 1960s All-Decade Team
1969 NFL Defensive Player of the Year
1970 NFL Defensive Player of the Year

Retired #s Chicago Bears #51
Teams
1965-1973 Chicago Bears
Stats at DatabaseFootball.com
College Football Hall of Fame
Pro Football Hall of Fame, 197
 
Old October 23rd, 2007 #67
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Probably the greatest middle distance runner of all time. Big, strong, powerful runner with cardio from another planet.




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Ryun

Youtube of Ryun beating negro Kenyan Kip Kieno who was a great runner in his own right.


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Old October 24th, 2007 #71
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Glavine this year became only the 5th left-handed pitcher to win 300 games. During the 1990's, he was one of baseball's best pitchers. A sure lock for the hall of fame.


Free Agent — No. 47
Starting Pitcher
Born: March 25, 1966 (1966-03-25) (age 41)
Bats: Left Throws: Left
Major League Baseball debut
August 17, 1987 for the Atlanta Braves
Selected MLB statistics
(through September 30, 2007)
Win-Loss 303-199
Earned Run Average 3.51
Strikeouts 2570




23rd player to win 300 career games
10-time All-Star (1991-93, 1996-98, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006)
2-time National League Cy Young Award winner (1991, 1998)
Finished 2nd in National League Cy Young award voting (1992, 2000)
Finished 3rd in National League Cy Young award voting (1993, 1995)
Finished 10th in National League MVP voting (1992)
Finished 11th in National League MVP voting (1991)
Finished 14th in National League MVP voting (2000)
Finished 21st in National League MVP voting (1998)
Finished 24th in National League MVP voting (1993)
World Series MVP Award (1995)
5-time National League leader in wins (1991-93, 1998, 2000)
4-time Silver Slugger winner (1991, 1995-96, 1998)
Only pitcher to throw two shutouts at Coors Field, doing so while with Atlanta
 
Old October 24th, 2007 #72
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Blanda could do it all. He could run, catch, pass, kick field goals and punt. He also played the most seasons in the NFL (26) and scored the most points.


Year(s): 1949-1975
NFL Draft: 1949 / Round: 12 / Pick: 119
College: Kentucky
Professional Teams
NFL Chicago Bears (1949, 1951-1958)
NFL Baltimore Colts (1950)
AFL Houston Oilers (1960-1966)
AFL Oakland Raiders (1967-1969)
NFL Oakland Raiders (1970-1975)

Career Stats
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Total TDs-INT 241-277
Yards 26,920
Field Goals Made 177
Career Highlights and Awards
1961 UPI AFL-AFC MVP Award
1970 UPI AFL-AFC MVP Award
1970 Bert Bell Award
10-Year AFL Player
AFL All-Time Team
AFL All-Star Game 1961, '62, '63, '



 
Old October 24th, 2007 #73
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Nolan Ryan

Pitcher
Born: January 31, 1947 (1947-01-31) (age 60)
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut September 11, 1966 for the New York Mets
Final game September 22, 1993 for the Texas Rangers

Career statistics
Win-Loss 324-292
Strikeouts 5714
ERA 3.19
Teams

* New York Mets (1966, 1968-1971)
* California Angels (1972-1979)
* Houston Astros (1980-1988)
* Texas Rangers (1989-1993)

Career highlights and awards

* All Star Games: 8
* No-hitters: 7 (most all time)
* 5,714 career strikeouts (most all time)

Member of the National
Baseball Hall of Fame
Elected 1999
Vote 98.2% (first ballot)

Lynn Nolan Ryan, Jr. (born January 31, 1947) is a former American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played in a major league record 27 seasons for the New York Mets, California Angels, Houston Astros, and Texas Rangers, from 1966 to 1993.

Ryan, a hard-throwing right-handed pitcher, threw pitches that were regularly recorded above 100 mph, even past the age of 40. The media tagged him, or more specifically his pitching, as "The Ryan Express" (a reference to the 1965 film Von Ryan's Express).

Ryan was an eight-time MLB All-Star, and his 5,714 career strikeouts rank first in baseball history. He leads the runner-up by over 1,000 strikeouts as of early in the 2007 season. The pitcher in second place as of early 2007 varies between Roger Clemens and Randy Johnson, who are both active and who are both over the 4,600-strikeout mark. Similarly, Ryan's 2,795 bases on balls lead second-place Steve Carlton by 962—walking over 50% more hitters than any other pitcher in Major League history.

Ryan is also the all-time leader in no-hitters with seven, three more than any other pitcher. He is tied with Bob Feller for the most one-hitters with 12. Ryan also pitched 18 two-hitters.
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Ryan was almost unhuman. He started playing some 15 years before I was born. Then he played until I was 12. Even in his mid 40's, he was still throwing in the upper 90's.
 
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Ryan was almost unhuman. He started playing some 15 years before I was born. Then he played until I was 12. Even in his mid 40's, he was still throwing in the upper 90's.
You're right, Mike. Nolan was a real force of nature. I was at the Astrodome and saw him pitch his 5th no-hitter. As the game aged and that no-hitter came closer and closer, the atmosphere in that place was like nothing I've ever experienced before or since. Absolutely electric.

Another thing about Ryan, he's such a humble guy. He married his high school sweetheart, and down in Texas he's still next to God.
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Rocky Marciano knocks out Joe Louis


Rocky Marciano knocks out Muhammad Ali (Edit: Actually a promotional sparring match, not a credited fight)


Rocky Marciano (September 1, 1923 – August 31, 1969), born Rocco Francis Marchegiano, was the heavyweight champion of the world from 1952 to 1956. Marciano, with forty-three knockouts to his credit (an 88% knockout rate), remains the only heavyweight champion in boxing history to retire without a defeat or a draw in his professional career.

In 1971, Ring magazine founder Nat Fleischer named Marciano as the tenth greatest heavyweight champion ever.[6] In 1998, Ring magazine named Marciano as the sixth greatest heavyweight champion ever. In 2002, Ring Magazine numbered Marciano at #12 on the list of the 80 Best Fighters of the Last 80 Years. In 2003, Ring Magazine rated Marciano #14 on the list of 100 greatest punchers of all time. In 2005, Marciano was named the fifth greatest heavyweight of all time by the International Boxing Research Organization.[7] A 1977 ranking by Ring magazine listed Marciano as the greatest Italian-American fighter. In 2007, on ESPN.com's list of the 50 Greatest Boxers of All Time, Marciano was ranked #14. A 1968 radio computer simulation by Murry Woroner concluded that Marciano was the greatest heavyweight champion.[2]

Marciano holds the record for the longest undefeated streak by a heavyweight and for being the only World Heavyweight Champion to go undefeated throughout his career. This record was challenged by Larry Holmes in 1985 when Holmes went 48-0 before losing to Michael Spinks twice. Light heavyweight Dariusz Michalczewski also challenged Marciano when he was 48-0. Mexican legend Julio César Chávez holds the record for longest win streak with eighty-eight straight until he suffered a draw in 1993. Ricardo Lopez also retired undefeated in 2001 from the light flyweight division at 51-0-1.

Throughout history, other boxers have retired undefeated, but many had at least one draw, including the super middleweight Sven Ottke 34-0 and middleweight Laszlo Papp 28-0-2. Willie Pep, a lightweight, had a perfect 63-0 record before he was defeated. Packy McFarland was a lightweight (fighting between 1904-1915) who lost his first fight and then won his next 98.

Marciano was knocked down to the canvas only twice in his professional career. The first occurred in his first championship bout, against Jersey Joe Walcott and the second occurred against Archie Moore. On both occasions, he rose to knock his opponent out.

Marciano was named fighter of the year by Ring Magazine three times. His three championship fights between 1952-54 were named fights of the year by that magazine. In 2006, an ESPN poll voted Marciano's 1952 championship bout against Walcott as the greatest knockout ever. Marciano also received the Hickok Belt for top professional athlete of the year in 1952. In 1955, he was voted second most important American athlete of the year.

Marciano is a member of the International Boxing Hall Of Fame.

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By the way, I can't give you any more rep. right yet, but thanks for this thread. I've quite enjoyed it.
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Hey Dawn, Rocky never fought Ali. Rocky had done retired some 5-6 years before Ali turned pro. He did lay out Joe Louis.
 
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Hey Dawn, Rocky never fought Ali. Rocky had done retired some 5-6 years before Ali turned pro. He did lay out Joe Louis.

Yeah, I just read that that was a sparring match between them, later used as some sort of promotion. Just edited the post to reflect that, btw.

Still entertaining though. I don't know much about boxing, but his knockout of Joe Louis was awesome!
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By the way, I can't give you any more rep. right yet, but thanks for this thread. I've quite enjoyed it.
Not a big deal. Sucks cause I am only 4 points away from 500 rep points. I like threads like this. I only wish more people would write on this. If I made a thread about nigger and Jew jokes, 500 people would post there. I like to show the great history of our people - even in sports. Before niggers and other non-whites, sports were a great part of American life. We didn't have drugs in sports, wife beaters and other forms of misfits like we do today.

Another thing about Ryan. It was cool when he beat the crap out of that White Sox player who charged him. That may be baseball's greatest fight.
 
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