Vettel isnt a great, however Adrian Newey is. Vettel will not race against a half decent team mate and for that reason, hes not even in the top 5 F1 drivers. His success is all down to the car.
I dont care if he was a bloody eskimo, he was a fantastic player. He didnt need a chaperone (mcsorley) to protect him. His points per game was at one stage (before his injuries which Grezky didnt haf) superior to grezky. Everybodys always talking about grezky this and grezky that. Well , for me supermario is #1 in icehockey!
Lasse is a legend! He could have won also the marathon 1976 in montreal but had a sudden diarrhea during the race. Still managed to run 5th place in his debut as a marathoner. Mind you the marathon was raced under 24 hours after the 5000 m which Lasse famously won.
Didn't he have his blood changed to high oxygenated stuff? Not that there's anything wrong with that.......
I think that the fact there have been such a lot of different names put forward (the serious suggestions) shows that this is probably an impossible question to answer. For example, I think Ali is the greatest ever pound for pound boxer, whilst Redgrave is arguably the greatest ever Olympian and certainly the greatest rower in his category. Federer is probably the greatest ever tennis player.....etc etc. It's hard enough comparing sportsmen from different eras of the same sport, without trying to answer this one. For what it's worth, when I read the question, the first name that popped into my head was Muhammad Ali!
Of course he would but hes not head and shoulders above the rest like the rest mentioned in this thread.
Although before my time I think Roger Bannisters achievement of breaking the 4 minute mile as an amature runner in an era of having to keep a job going as well as running was remarkable and ranks as the great sporting milestone. So many others mentioned that it is an impossible question to answer.....all of them worthy of recognition....
Definitely a great hockey player, but not sure about those feigned Hollywood showbiz tears when he quit Edmonton Oilers for LA Kings, or after retiring immediately flogging Tylenol on TV ads to turn an extra buck.
if one looks statistically at all major sports there is only one winner here - Don bradman. To average 99 every single innings in an era of uncovered pitches is mind boggling.
