Toughest athlete in all of sports?

• Trueblue23

  

  Awesome how CCRunner allows others to voice an opinion.. right.
• pinstriper

  My idea of an athlete is someone that can catch a football/baseball, throw a football/baseball, shoot a basketball, and swing a tennis raquet/golf club/baseball bat with some success without any coaching or practice - they just do it. Anyone that can do those things can also jump on a bike and run a few miles. My mom can jump on a bike and run a few miles, but I'll be damned if she can throw a football or shoot a basketball. Sory ccrunner, excercise doesn't qualify as a sport, even if you compete in it.
  My vote is for Farve. Sure he used some painkillers, but the man got crushed on a repeated basis, and played a 24 yr old man's game at the age of 40 - that's tough.
• Iliketurtles

  

  ccrunner609;651203 wrote:prove your running prowess, post a link to some race results.

  http://bishops.owu.edu/alohxc05/men_d2_team_ind.txt
  http://bishops.owu.edu/alohxc06/m_tm_D2.txt
  
  Here two for you I went to Tiffin University. I haven't done any racing since college though.
• Art Modell

  

  ccrunner609;651201 wrote:going out nad jogging sure is excersise, I train and race. thats a sport.

  
  How much can you leg press?
• KR1245

  

  pinstriper;651217 wrote:My idea of an athlete is someone that can catch a football/baseball, throw a football/baseball, shoot a basketball, and swing a tennis raquet/golf club/baseball bat with some success without any coaching or practice - they just do it. Anyone that can do those things can also jump on a bike and run a few miles. My mom can jump on a bike and run a few miles, but I'll be damned if she can throw a football or shoot a basketball. Sory ccrunner, excercise doesn't qualify as a sport, even if you compete in it.
  My vote is for Farve. Sure he used some painkillers, but the man got crushed on a repeated basis, and played a 24 yr old man's game at the age of 40 - that's tough.

  
  I agree. Brett Favre gets my vote.
  
  I'm also not sure that I would consider running a sport
• karen lotz

  

  Ronnie Lott, Brett Favre, Cal Ripken, Jr.
  
  
  I'd throw in John Elway too, I believe he played his entire post High School career without ACLs in either knee.
• pinstriper

  ccrunner609;651227 wrote:Whats funny is that there are thousands of people that can go and throw a fastball 90 miles an hour, a football 60 yards right out the box......go out to the track and run a sub 4 minute mile, hell run the 400 under 50 seconds. Cant be done. THose ATHLETES in those ATHLETIC EVENTS take alot more toughness then some football player.

  
  Says the guy who couldn't compete in sports, so he ran cross country.
• wes_mantooth

  

  I don't have any names, but I love hearing the stories of the "good ol days" in football when some of those linebackers/linemen played with broken legs and shit like that.
• ytownfootball

  

  ccrunner609;651227 wrote:Whats funny is that there are thousands of people that can go and throw a fastball 90 miles an hour, a football 60 yards right out the box......go out to the track and run a sub 4 minute mile, hell run the 400 under 50 seconds. Cant be done. THose ATHLETES in those ATHLETIC EVENTS take alot more toughness then some football player.

  
  Not everyone is born with a pencil neck and pipe cleaner arms to be able to compete.
• karen lotz

  

  wes_mantooth;651235 wrote:I don't have any names, but I love hearing the stories of the "good ol days" in football when some of those linebackers/linemen played with broken legs and shit like that.

  
  
  Jack Youngblood?
• Iliketurtles

  

  O I'll throw out another guy who no one else would probably mention... Roman Sebrle. Can't believe I forgot about him in my original post.
• karen lotz

  

  ccrunner609;651239 wrote:LOL, the football coaches begged me to play. Didnt want to do something that sucked.

  Uhh yeah sure. Coaches probably only begged you to play because they needed a scout team running back.
• HitsRus

  

  Might well be this young lady in 1996.
  
  ....needing a near perfect vault for the USA women's gymnastic team to win the team championship in the '96 Olympics...
  for herself, her team, her country and for the gold she stuck her landing with a broken ankle. It doesn't get any more clutch or tougher than that.
  
  Kerri Strug.
• wes_mantooth

  

  karen lotz;651238 wrote:Jack Youngblood?

  
  yep...although I am sure there were more.
• pinstriper

  ccrunner609;651239 wrote:LOL, the football coaches begged me to play. Didnt want to do something that sucked.

  
  I'm just giving you shit man, because frankly, you are the type of guy who it's fun to give shit too...but seriously, I'm sure you were a great athlete, but the concensus knows that any great athlete can run and bike, but a great biker cannot jump onto a basketball court or baseball diamond. That's all.
  And nobody could jump onto a football field and do it until they were 40 yrs old while constantly getting hit by 275 lb men running at you with the force of a small car. Farve gets my vote, again.
• Speedofsand

  

  One of the athletic feats for which Youngblood is best known, is that of playing the entire 1979 playoffs, including Super Bowl XIV, with a fractured left fibula.[22] He also played in the 1980 Pro Bowl with the injured leg, a week after the Super Bowl.[23] In the playoffs, Youngblood sacked Dallas Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach near the sideline in the waning moments of the divisional playoff game versus the Cowboys.[24] Playing with the fractured leg was noted by Sports Illustrated in their Top 10 list of athletes playing in pain.[25] For that and other achievements Jack was dubbed the “John Wayne of football” by Jim Hanifan and echoed by Hall of Fame coach John Madden.[26] The NFL Network series NFL Top 10 selected Youngblood's performance in the 1979 playoffs as top on its list of the “Gutsiest Performances″ of all-time.
  
  
• Speedofsand

  

  damn in the 5 minutes it took me to find that pic you guys named him first.
• wes_mantooth

  

  Speedofsand;651267 wrote:damn in the 5 minutes it took me to find that pic you guys named him first.

  
  I actually forgot who it was...but he is what I think of when I think of "toughness"
• ytownfootball

  

  Ronnie Lott (mentioned)...dude cut off his finger to keep playing in a play-off game right?
• Trueblue23

  

  ccrunner609;651294 wrote:Sure Lance could jump into a ballgame....against people with his own experience. THere isnt a baseball player in the world that could even finish the Tour D France let alone win it. Just because they can ride their Scwinn around the block doesnt mean you demean a whole sport.

  
  That's so hypocritical.
  
  Make Lance Armstrong drop back to pass against the Steelers 40 times in a 4 hour span, then we'll see how tough he is.
• Automatik

  

  Why so defensive?
  
  People have opinions. I think Lance juiced. Nothing posted by ccrunner609 is going to change that. Ever. Keep that in mind.
  
  I respect Armstrong and the sport for what it is.
• Ironman92

  

  How the hell can you be a fan of sports and then try to comment on this particular thread and not be able to spell Ripken?
• pinstriper

  ccrunner609;651294 wrote:Sure Lance could jump into a ballgame....against people with his own experience. THere isnt a baseball player in the world that could even finish the Tour D France let alone win it. Just because they can ride their Scwinn around the block doesnt mean you demean a whole sport.

  
  You just made no sense. You said Lance could compete against those with his same experience, yet in the same sentence remark that no baseball player could ever finish the Tour D France. Last i checked, the Tour D France wasn't a ride around the neighborhood, like it would be a for Lance to jump into a baseball game down at the local park.
  Take Albert Pujols, throw him on a bike and tell him to race a bunch of weekenders like me - I bet he does pretty well. Take Lance and tell him to hit an 80 mph pitch in the beer league at the local YMCA, i bet he strikes out every time. Adn Pujol sisn't even close to the best Athlete in MLB. That's my argument.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  Ccrunner, it cracks me up how big of a fan of yourself you are.
• Trueblue23

  

  In my opinion, there aren't too many "tough" athletes left. There are guys who sit out for any little reason.
  
  I can honestly only think of two active players that are in this discussion, I know I'm missing some.