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Re: Greatest Brit Sportsman Ever?
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 6:53 am
by Floydoid
What about James Hunt, Stanley Matthews and Henry Cooper? All worthy of consideration in my book.
Re: Greatest Brit Sportsman Ever?
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 12:10 pm
by Trumpton
Dr. W. G. Grace.
Re: Greatest Brit Sportsman Ever?
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 1:07 pm
by WigBilly
Sir Geoff Capes gets my vote.
Re: Greatest Brit Sportsman Ever?
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 1:14 pm
by Peter
Daley Thompson, to excel at 10 different events, as well as others, (he was a hell of a tennis player, i'm lead to believe) puts him ahead of the one event specialists.
Re: Greatest Brit Sportsman Ever?
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 1:23 pm
by Meatus
What about that Russian Linesman at Wembley in '66?
Re: Greatest Brit Sportsman Ever?
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 2:59 pm
by supsim96
that's because we'll be doing a best woman thread once this one's totally died a death!
Horse Racing Trio?
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 5:41 pm
by supsim96
A P McCoy?
Lester?
Gordon Richards?
Re: Greatest Brit Sportsman Ever?
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 6:03 pm
by Kyle Richmond
This is slightly off topic but i'm sure I read somewhere that although referred to as a Russian he was a Latvian. Whatever he is I saw yet another programme a few weeks ago about England's seemingly always to be only triumph and it revealed that this linesman had 20 or was it 50 of his relatives murdered by the Nazis in ww2. So when asked if it was a goal he was always going to say yes,there was no doubt who he wanted to win that day for obvious reasons. I don't think it crossed the line.
Re: Horse Racing Trio?
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 6:24 pm
by Welshman
Have to give one or two a mention from across the Severn Bridge - Jimmy Wilde, John Charles and of course Gareth Edwards.