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« Reply #75 on: Tuesday, February 2, 2010, 23:31:05 »

Wiltshireman Walter Goodall George, from Calne, held the world mile record for 30 years, from 1886.

 That'll do for me.

There is a plaque to him in the town  Smiley
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« Reply #76 on: Wednesday, February 3, 2010, 14:26:40 »

Interesting thing about boxers is that it's about the last sport where the drug-testing regime is laughable. Pacquio and Mayweather have fallen out over the testing regime. So 'the greatest' there might not be as fair a comparison as in other sports.

Adding some 'minority sports' onto the list, you've got to consider Ben Ainslie and Steve Redgrave.
John Claude Killy and Hermann Maier in downhill skiing.

A statistician thinks Bradman is the best ever, followed by Pele and Ty Cobb:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Bradman#World_sport_context
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« Reply #77 on: Wednesday, February 3, 2010, 14:34:10 »

Don't argue with BWB's.

His opinion is worth more than anyone else's.
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