SDS Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 If you were building the Mount Rushmore of sports - whose faces would you put up for the following categories (one face per category only!): NFL MLB NBA NHL Boxing Soccer Tennis Golf Wrestling (NCAA/Olympic) NASCAR Track and Field Swimming Clueless Fan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckincincy Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 NFL - Geo. Halas MBL - Roberto Clemente NBA - Wilt NHL - Mikita Tennis - ? Golf - Nicklaus Wrestling (NCAA/Olympic) - Dan Gabel NASCAR - Fred Lorenzen Track and Field - Wilma Rudolph Swimming - ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick in* england Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 (edited) NFL: Vince Lombardi MLB: Babe Ruth NBA: MJ NHL: Wayne Gretzky (NOT Mario - I changed my mind) Tennis: Sampras Golf: Nicklaus Wrestling (NCAA/Olympic): Macho Man Randy Savage NASCAR: Wouldn't get on the Mount Track and Field: Jesse Owens Swimming: Ian Thorpe Edited July 18, 2005 by Nick in England Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfladave Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 NFL--Ralph Wilson (I wouldn't have the Bills without him) MLB--Ted Williams NBA--Wilt Chamberlain NHL--Bobby Ohr Tennis--?? Golf--Jack Nichlaus Wrestling (NCAA/Olympic)--?? NASCAR--Junior Johnson Track and Field--Jesse Owens Swimming--Mark Spitz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnTheRocks Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 NFL George Halas MBL Babe Ruth NBA William Naismith (although i know he had little to do with the NBA) NHL Wayne Gretzky Tennis Sorry...no tennis players on my sports Mt. Rushmore. Golf Jack Nicklaus Wrestling (NCAA/Olympic) If i built a Sports Mt. Rushmore there wouldn't be a Wrestler face on it. NASCAR there sure as heck wouldn't be anyone from NASCAR either. Track and Field Jesse Owens Swimming I don't know. Mark Spitz I guess. I would also put Jim Thorpe up there just because. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRH Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 NFL = Jim Brown. MLB = Babe Ruth. NBA = Michael Jordan. NHL = Gordie Howe. Tennis = Arthur Ashe. Golf = Arnold Palmer. Wrestling (NCAA/Olympic) = Dan Gable. NASCAR = Richard Petty. Track and Field = Jesse Owens. Swimming = Mark Spitz. And no sports Rushmore is complete without Muhammad Ali. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRH Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 NBA William Naismith (although i know he had little to do with the NBA) 384048[/snapback] He had even less to do with it than you think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffalOhio Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 NFL - Joe Montana MLB - Babe Ruth NBA - Michael Jordan NHL - Gretzky Tennis - ? Golf - Nicklaus NASCAR - Richard Petty Track and Field - Jesse Owens Swimming - Spitz Boxing - Ali Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkyMannn Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 Nascar has to be Dick Trickle. With a name like that, how can you ignore him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.Y. Orangeman Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 NFL = George Halas CFB=Archie Griffin MLB = Willie Mays NBA = Michael Jordan CB=John Wooden NHL = Herb Brooks (difficult choice for US player) Tennis = Arthur Ashe. Golf = Jack Nicklaus Wrestling (NCAA/Olympic) = Dan Gable. Track and Field = Jesse Owens. Swimming = Mark Spitz. No NASCAR driver deserves to be on this mountain, but you could launch one of their cars off the mountain at the grand opening if you needed to be inclusive.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swede316 Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 NFL - Vince Lombardi MBL - The Babe NBA - Larry Byrd NHL - Gretzky Boxing - Ali Soccer - Pele Tennis - Agassi Golf - Jack Nichlaus Wrestling (NCAA/Olympic..Yea right!) Ric Flair NASCAR - Big E Track and Field ? Swimming ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckincincy Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 NHL = Gordie Howe. And no sports Rushmore is complete without Muhammad Ali. 384050[/snapback] How I could I have forgot Gordie Howe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 i think a better question is to limit folks to four names total -- encompassing any of the referenced sports -- for their personal "sports rushmore." my choices: vince lombardi (football) dean smith (basketball) muhammed ali (boxing) babe ruth (baseball) two great athletes, two great coaches/leaders. all made major impacts upon their respective sports, and upon society as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick in* england Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 i think a better question is to limit folks to four names total -- encompassing any of the referenced sports -- for their personal "sports rushmore." my choices: vince lombardi (football) dean smith (basketball) muhammed ali (boxing) babe ruth (baseball) two great athletes, two great coaches/leaders. all made major impacts upon their respective sports, and upon society as well. 384078[/snapback] OK if we are doing 4 guys: Lombardi Ali Pele MJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crap Throwing Monkey Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 If you were building the Mount Rushmore of sports - whose faces would you put up for the following categories (one face per category only!): NFL MBL NBA NHL Boxing Soccer Tennis Golf Wrestling (NCAA/Olympic) NASCAR Track and Field Swimming 384008[/snapback] Well...it depends. Are we choosing people we want to honor by carving their faces into a mountain? Or people we'd like to se banished to the South Dakota wilderness? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDS Posted July 18, 2005 Author Share Posted July 18, 2005 Well...it depends. Are we choosing people we want to honor by carving their faces into a mountain? Or people we'd like to se banished to the South Dakota wilderness? 384088[/snapback] Actually, I meant to put "clueless fan" up there for laughs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drnykterstein Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 NFL - Joe Montana MLB - The Babe NBA - MJ NHL - Gordie Boxing - Ali Soccer - Roberto Baggio Tennis - Sampras, maybe? NASCAR - Homer Simpson maybe, he's as good an athlete as any of the racers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.Y. Orangeman Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 Actually, I meant to put "clueless fan" up there for laughs... 384091[/snapback] Along the lines of fans, I'd like to nominate this guy to be immortalized...May we all be this loved when our time comes.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 NFL - Johnny U MBL - I assume you mean MLB, Babe Ruth NBA - Michael Jordan NHL - Gordy Howe Boxing - Joe Louis Soccer - Pele Tennis - Maria Sharapova Golf - Jack Nicklaus Wrestling (NCAA/Olympic) - Bruce Baumgartner NASCAR - Richard Petty Track and Field - Carl Lewis Swimming - dunno Clueless Fan - Steve Bartman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 Could we have a beach volleyball classification? Course we could pick a different part of the anatomy than mugs for that one. NFL--Butkus MLB--Rose NBA--Pippen NHL--Bowman Boxing--Tyson Tennis--Connors/Martina Golf--Daly Wrestling--Steele That's the all ugly mug team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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