Okeechobee Joe;n200369 said:I would like to have seen Babe Didrickson try to tackle Bo Jackson.
Circle City Gator;200381 said:Wilt Chamberlain was an amazing athlete. Sub-11 100 yd dash, 56 foot shot put, 6'6" high jump, 22 ft broad jump, 45'9" triple jump, a post BBall career in professional volleyball, and NBA teams were trying to bring him back into the league well into his 40s. He was immensely strong, too. He could dead lift 625. He once grabbed a basketball and threw a 2-handed chest pass, while KC Jones was holding on to the ball! Bob Lanier, 6'10" and 270, said Wilt picked him up "like a cup of coffee." Wilt could jump, too, as in, to the TOP of the glass. He dislocated Gus Johnson's shoulder blocking his shot. The NBA changed rules because of Wilt. No rules were changed for Bo.
Chamberlain should be in the discussion with Thorpe and Babe Didrickson.
GatorJ;n200390 said:Wilt was a monster. Averaging 50 points a game or scoring 100 points in a single game is an amazing feat regardless of level of competition. And he did it at the highest level.
And that's not even taking into account his track and field prowress. The best display of his remarkable size is when Arnold bumps into him in Conan the destroyer.
t-gator;n200160 said:I don't think yesterday's athlete could compete today sorry 78
t-gator;n200479 said:Hell, black people didn't even play when jim Thorpe played for **** sake.
t-gator;n200479 said:Hell, black people didn't even play when jim Thorpe played for **** sake.
t-gator;n200479 said:Hell, black people didn't even play when jim Thorpe played for **** sake.
You left out the record Wilt was the nost famous for...he claimed to have had sex with over 20,000 women.Circle City Gator;n200381 said:Wilt Chamberlain was an amazing athlete. Sub-11 100 yd dash, 56 foot shot put, 6'6" high jump, 22 ft broad jump, 45'9" triple jump, a post BBall career in professional volleyball, and NBA teams were trying to bring him back into the league well into his 40s. He was immensely strong, too. He could dead lift 625. He once grabbed a basketball and threw a 2-handed chest pass, while KC Jones was holding on to the ball! Bob Lanier, 6'10" and 270, said Wilt picked him up "like a cup of coffee." Wilt could jump, too, as in, to the TOP of the glass. He dislocated Gus Johnson's shoulder blocking his shot. The NBA changed rules because of Wilt. No rules were changed for Bo.
Chamberlain should be in the discussion with Thorpe and Babe Didrickson.
And one of those women was probably jim Thorpecrosscreekcooter;n200506 said:You left out the record Wilt was the nost famous for...he claimed to have had sex with over 20,000 women.
Upper body was not his forte.Gator Fever;n200540 said:Didn't Chamberlain claim he benched 600 pounds or some crazy mess like that years ago. I think the world record was around 600 when he was claiming that.
LagoonGator68;n200545 said:Upper body was not his forte.