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Wise-ass Latino
Location: Pretoria (Tshwane), RSA
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Best Athletes By the Numbers
SI did a really nifty thing and picked the best athletes to wear a number. For example: The best athlete to wear #16 was Joe Montana. See the rest of the list:
00-31 32-65 66-99 Debate and discuss amongst yourselves.
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Junkie
Location: Pats country
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Pretty cool. my Boston bias showed on the first one (00) when i wanted Chief Parrish to be the one. I would like to get drunk and argue about these sometime (with other people, of course
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Location: California
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That's actually a pretty cool idea for a list. But I have to admit that I'm disappointed that Cal Ripken Jr. was on the list for number 8 rather than Steve Young. And no, I'm not a 49er fan.
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Wise-ass Latino
Location: Pretoria (Tshwane), RSA
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I'm more disappointed that they didn't pick Troy Aikman for #8. But Ripken's consecutive games played streak is an impressive one.
Come to think of it, we could go on for days about who was the best athelete to wear #32
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Junkie
Location: Ontario, Canada
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I know SI is a US publication, but why oh why could they not look much outside baseball, football and and basketball? Especially at 1-11 - the numbers worn by the best soccer players in the world.
BTW, Beckham as an honourable mention at number 7 - I like Becks but there have been half a dozen number 7s better than him. He also has worn 23 at Real madrid.
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