I vote for Richard Petty, Jeff Gordon, George Forman, Brooks Robinson, Tiger
Woods, Orlando Wilson and Julia Childs as the worlds greatest athlete. All
do what they do to the best of their abilities.
Thorp is a good pick there Art but how do we pick just one . sports are so
diversified , You can have the best hands of all time but if you are playing
soccer you'd be considered a bum. likewise you could say "he really used his
head on that play !!!" good thing in soccer , bad this in football (the
other football) .... well now for the Un-nsr part ,
I found a littorina scabra in panama that's as fat as it is round , can't
find in keens book or compendium....mark
-----Original Message-----
From: Art Weil <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Saturday, December 18, 1999 2:33 AM
Subject: NSR: Q-Man and sorry


>Dear people;-
>        Sorry. NOT shell related. I'm pissed! They have decided that
"Muhammed
>Ali" is the "Athelete of the Century". If they wanted a boxer, they
>would have had to chose Barney Ross, Willie Pep, or Sugar Ray Robinson.
>Cassius Clay is rediculous.
>        There is only ONE standout athelete of the century. His name is JIM
>THORP. He played football for the Carlyle Indian School and was the best
>player there was. He played both Offence and defence. He won gold medals
>in track and field in the 1912 Olympics. He played baseball in the
>National League. There is no-one even in second place to Jim Thorp.
>        You people are my friends. We do shells together. But I've also
spent a
>life in sports. I just wanted to give a literate scream!
>        Q-Man
>