Can you name the Top 100 Greatest North American Athletes of the 20th Century According to ESPN? by wallace1293

Can you name the Top 100 Greatest North American Athletes of the 20th Century According to ESPN?

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the athletes in this quiz are only from NORTH AMERICA and are star athletes of the 20TH CENTURY (1900s)
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Top 100 Greatest Athletes of All Time Quiz

by wallace1293

Created Feb 5, 2011 in Sports
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	hurumble:	Feb 5th, 2011 at 06:12 GMT		3 points
	Josh Gibson never played in Major League Baseball.

	usnspecialist:	Feb 5th, 2011 at 07:45 GMT		2 points
	didrikson is spelled wrong.

	kaulbach:	Feb 5th, 2011 at 13:47 GMT		0 points
	Someone should tell ESPN about Tiger Woods...

	prolifik:	Feb 5th, 2011 at 13:54 GMT		5 points
	Tiger only played 4 years in the 20th century...

	pita:	Feb 5th, 2011 at 13:55 GMT		2 points
	Including a guy for one single jump is very questionable. Jim Ryun was a much more impressive T&F guy.

	jodessa620:	Feb 5th, 2011 at 14:23 GMT		2 points
	No Elway, or Favre, but you got Namath, hmm, not a very good quiz.

	Etheridge2:	Feb 5th, 2011 at 14:24 GMT		11 points
	Has there ever been a more overrated athlete in the history of pro sports than Joe Willie Namath? I mean they guy was good, but I would have trouble putting him on the top 100 NFL players of the century let alone the top 100 athletes????

	baseballmax28:	Feb 5th, 2011 at 17:31 GMT		2 points
	this quiz is absurd has espn ever heard of karl malone, john elway, joe frazier, george foreman, steve young

	rsplenda477:	Feb 5th, 2011 at 18:02 GMT		2 points
	This quiz has so many omissions it's not even funny. Also, why the heck are there so many horse racing people/horses on here...only need two (Secretariat and Man o War.)

	EpicWinFTW:	Feb 5th, 2011 at 21:28 GMT		2 points
	I was pretty sure that Dave Winfield was on ESPN's list...

	Midget:	Feb 6th, 2011 at 01:00 GMT		3 points
	ESPN is terrible at this stuff! Namath really? Over Staubach, Bradshaw, Favre, and Elway? Warren Moon and Jim Kelly. I could go on and on...

	JakeA:	Feb 6th, 2011 at 03:01 GMT		3 points
	There's no way Namath belongs. He's not even one of the 25 greatest quarterbacks. This list is a little short on pitchers. Walter Johnson, Lefty Grove, and Tom Seaver should be on it. I was wondering why "Babe Didrikson" wasn't being accepted. It's because you spelled her name wrong.

	atmoslug:	Feb 6th, 2011 at 04:08 GMT		1 point
	this is why espn is garbage

	bmo1616:	Feb 6th, 2011 at 04:18 GMT		-2 points
	Quiz has been done before, many times.

	wallace1293:	Feb 6th, 2011 at 21:46 GMT		-1 points
	hey i didnt make the list. dont shoot the messenger

	noreddawn:	Feb 8th, 2011 at 19:38 GMT		1 point
	He Mensa Members - this quiz is based on the year 2000 ESPN athletes of the century list. Break you your flux capacitors and think about last century, not this one.

	jmwhitestripes12:	Feb 8th, 2011 at 20:03 GMT		0 points
	bart starr only won 2 super bowls

	basehitballfour:	Feb 9th, 2011 at 19:16 GMT		0 points
	what Haile Gebrselassie was able to do in the late 20th century and into the 21st century should have him in the top 30 easily, if this list is about athletes then this guy is on any credible list

	mate27:	Feb 10th, 2011 at 10:45 GMT		1 point
	No athletes from 2 of the five most played team sports in the world, Soccer and cricket. Pele, Maradona, Becham should all be in the top twenty. And for cricketers Bradman, Tendulkar, McGrath, Warne, Sobers, Richards, Gavaskar and Marshall should all make the top 100. ESPN you are supposed to be for international sports, not just USA.

	ConorONeill:	Feb 10th, 2011 at 20:25 GMT		3 points
	UTTER ****

	rjw5005:	Feb 11th, 2011 at 20:27 GMT		-1 points
	If I remember correctly, Babe Ruth was a smoker and alcoholic. I'm not denying the fact that he was a great baseball player. But great athlete? Better athlete than Jim Thorpe (widely considered the greatest "athlete" of all time) Ali, and Deion Sanders? I don't think so. Also, there are tennis players on this list, but yet Nadal has been left of completely. He is the best athlete to play the sport in the past 20+ years easily. And I could continue with the fact that no soccer players are on this list...

	wallace1293:	Feb 13th, 2011 at 03:33 GMT		3 points
	@mate27 and @rjw5005. its top 100 greatest NORTH AMERICAN athlete of all time. that means no pele, maradona, beckham, nadal, or cricket players considering their from either South America, Europe, Oceania, Asia, or Africa. i agree, Pele, Nadal, Maradona, and Beckham should be on this list instead of some other athletes, but their not from NORTH AMERICA. look at the title next time before you comment

	rjw5005:	Feb 14th, 2011 at 14:03 GMT		-1 points
	@wallace1293. I didn't notice it said North American. But, this list is still way off, as are most lists ESPN seems to produce.

	yankeesmetallica:	Nov 17th, 2012 at 17:08 GMT		1 point
	No Nolan Ryan? Most strikeouts of all-time?