Greatest sportsman of each test country

Mick Sawyer wrote:

WIFAN wrote:Beamer is right, it is mostly cricketers with sprinters and footballers mixed in.

Antigua - Curtly Ambrose, Andy Roberts.
Barbados - Malcolm Marshall, Obadele Thompson.
Guyana - Clive Lloyd, Rohan Kanhai, Shiv etc
Jamaica - Usain Bolt, Asafa Powell etc
Trinidad & Tobago - Brian Lara, Dwight Yorke, Ato Boldon.
St Lucia - Darren Sammy?

G. StA. Sobers fit there anywhere you think?

Aye he would fit in for Barbados over Obadele Thompson who was a good sprinter but not that good to be considered over Barbados' great cricketers.

Can't believe Henry Cooper got a mention for boxing yet no-one has mentioned Lennox Lewis.

He'd probably be my pick for greatest sportsman. Beat every opponent he ever faced. Think he has a better legacy than Calzaghe as well seeing as Calzaghe only started fighting decent opposition in the last few years (none of whom were in their prime bar Lacey and Kessler).

HH_pink wrote:Billiards (including snooker): Pankaj Advani, Geet Sethi

wilson jones. india's first world champion

vilkrang wrote:Can't believe Henry Cooper got a mention for boxing yet no-one has mentioned Lennox Lewis.

He'd probably be my pick for greatest sportsman. Beat every opponent he ever faced. Think he has a better legacy than Calzaghe as well seeing as Calzaghe only started fighting decent opposition in the last few years (none of whom were in their prime bar Lacey and Kessler).

Agreed, Cooper probably wouldn't even make the top 10. I'd go for Lewis in boxing as well, or maybe Turpin purely for his victory over SRR.

A Donald for SA? or Dale Steyn may be

For Pakistan i would say

1- Jahangir Khan
2- Imran Khan
3- Jansher Khan

Shahbaz ahmed, Wasim Akram, Hashim Khan, H Sardar will probably JUST miss out.

CB Fry for England

Cricketer
Footballer
Long Jump record holder

Basil wrote:CB Fry for England

Cricketer
Footballer
Long Jump record holder

And woman... Rebecca Romero

Rower
Cyclist
Lesbian

JKLever wrote:

Basil wrote:CB Fry for England

Cricketer
Footballer
Long Jump record holder

And woman... Rebecca Romero

Rower
Cyclist
Lesbian

CB Fry doubled up as a woman?

Basil wrote:

JKLever wrote:

Basil wrote:CB Fry for England

Cricketer
Footballer
Long Jump record holder

And woman... Rebecca Romero

Rower
Cyclist
Lesbian

CB Fry doubled up as a woman?

May have, you know what those posh types were like in the early 1900's

JKLever wrote:

Basil wrote:

JKLever wrote:

Basil wrote:CB Fry for England

Cricketer
Footballer
Long Jump record holder

And woman... Rebecca Romero

Rower
Cyclist
Lesbian

CB Fry doubled up as a woman?

May have, you know what those posh types were like in the early 1900's

I blame the public schools.

Basil wrote:

JKLever wrote:

Basil wrote:

JKLever wrote:

Basil wrote:CB Fry for England

Cricketer
Footballer
Long Jump record holder

And woman... Rebecca Romero

Rower
Cyclist
Lesbian

CB Fry doubled up as a woman?

May have, you know what those posh types were like in the early 1900's

I blame the public schools.

Too much cheese-rolling, eh?

tac wrote:

Basil wrote:

JKLever wrote:

Basil wrote:

JKLever wrote:

Basil wrote:CB Fry for England

Cricketer
Footballer
Long Jump record holder

And woman... Rebecca Romero

Rower
Cyclist
Lesbian

CB Fry doubled up as a woman?

May have, you know what those posh types were like in the early 1900's

I blame the public schools.

Too much cheese-rolling, eh?

That and Fagging.

Did you guys know that Eddie Charlton (of Pot Black fame) was also a top league player, pretty cricketer and boxer and won some surfing comps as well?

tac wrote:Did you guys know that Eddie Charlton (of Pot Black fame) was also a top league player, pretty cricketer and boxer and won some surfing comps as well?

I hope he was better to watch as a cricketer. I'm sure he was a lovely bloke who gave enthusiastically to charity, but watching him play snooker was like watching paint peel.

Aye, the Geoff Boycott of snooker. Him or Cliff Thorburn

Basil wrote:

tac wrote:Did you guys know that Eddie Charlton (of Pot Black fame) was also a top league player, pretty cricketer and boxer and won some surfing comps as well?

I hope he was better to watch as a cricketer. I'm sure he was a lovely bloke who gave enthusuastically to charity, but watching him play snooker was like watching paint peel.

All the years down t' pit took some of the freshness out of him . . . . he was never sure about the pink or the brown . . .

Jack Brabham was the only bloke to win an F1 Championship in a car he owned and helped design and build. Not bad for some jumped-up Colonial, eh?

freddled gruntbuggly wrote: Not bad for some jumped-up Colonial, eh?

Was he jumped-up?

JKLever wrote:
Boxing: Henry Cooper (for popularity rather than results i'd suggest)

What a gigantic, humungous, utter dickhead Lever.

tac wrote:
Fark you poms need to get over yourselves . . . Australia could match or better that list (except football, of course, but we've a few other sports we're quite good at) . . . .

Totally agree Jack/Garry - you f*cking rule at boxing. Our has-beens/never-were's shit all over most of your 'greats'.

Brass Monkey wrote:

JKLever wrote:
Boxing: Henry Cooper (for popularity rather than results i'd suggest)

What a gigantic, humungous, utter dickhead Lever.

I forgot you were into your boxing. Who would be your nomination?

Brass Monkey wrote:

tac wrote:
Fark you poms need to get over yourselves . . . Australia could match or better that list (except football, of course, but we've a few other sports we're quite good at) . . . .

Totally agree Jack/Garry - you f*cking rule at boxing. Our has-beens/never-were's shit all over most of your 'greats'.

Careful there Danny boy, You will end up on ignore.

Many in India. SRT, Gavaskar and Kapil would be the cricket contenders. But I suspect Dhyanchand would stand out for his hockey heroics in our golden age. Paes or Bhupathi in Tennis....Probably even Milkha Singh and Abhinav Rathod.