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  1. Commachio

    Commachio Rambo 2021

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    Todays echo poll, not an easy one to decide.



    Who is Britain’s greatest ever (of our top 12) sportsman?

    Bobby Moore
    Ian Botham
    Roger Bannister
    Bobby Charlton
    Gareth Edwards
    Bradley Wiggins
    Steve Redgrave
    Daley Thompson
    Henry Cooper
    Seb Coe
    Jonny Wilkinson
    Linford Christie
    Stanley Matthews

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    Redgrave winning at present.

    http://www.sunderlandecho.com/sport/sunderland-afc/safc-news
     
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  2. Nads

    Nads Well-Known Member

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    Gotta be Redgrave really, 5 seperate games, add to that a London Marathon which raised a crazy £1.8million for charity.

    A legend in every way.
     
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  3. Commachio

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    I voted for Daley Thompson, but it was a toughie.
     
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    Heart says Daley Thompson as he was a hero to me, but head says Redgrave for outstanding achievement
     
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    Nads Well-Known Member

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    I can totally get the Daley chain of thought, he was the very first sportsman that I realized was special, at a very young age just getting into sport!

    Redgrave for all round achievement in life I guess!
     
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    Redgrave for me as well
     
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    They're surely the 2 stand out names.

    Daley was awesome in every respect and his sport was much more entertaining - I think his multi-disciplinary talents edge it for me
     
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    Sidthemackem Newcastle United 0-1 Cambridge United Staff Member

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    Wot, no Phil "The Power" Taylor?

    Top sporting hero surely...? Otherwise Redgrave, if you want someone who can walk upstairs without breathing hard.
     
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    Audley Harrison








    No interest in rowing at all but it has to be Redgrave
     
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  10. MrRAWhite

    MrRAWhite Well-Known Member

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    What on earth is Seb Coe doing on that list? It is debatable whether he was even the best British middle distance runner of his era, with Steve Ovett challenging him for that honour..
     
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    Shameless Well hung member

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    My thoughts too - add to that our own Steve Cram too - further, great sportsmen have great personalities. Seb may well have had a fine pair of legs, however, when it comes to personality, ...put it this way, I'd rather have a beer with just the chair and the table than be in the same room as that smarmy, slimy, tory **** any day of the week.
     
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    This...Steve Cram was a top athlete but wasn't at his best until after Coe and Ovett had retired..I always wanted Ovett to beat Coe because of Coe's upperty personna..He was always destined to be a right wing tory peer...
     
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