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Old 08-29-2012, 07:18 AM
 
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If you were to build say a Mt. Rushmore of your city's greatest players ever, across all sports, who would make it? Lets say 2-4 players for each sport.
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Old 08-29-2012, 09:04 AM
 
Location: Cook County
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But Mount Rushmore is only 4 people
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Old 08-29-2012, 09:16 AM
 
Location: Florida
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Now...when you say "Your city" do you mean:

A. The city we actually live in
B. The closest metropolitan city where sports teams are actually located
C. The city where our favorite sports teams are from
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Old 08-29-2012, 10:12 AM
 
Location: Cook County
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I'll take a stab @ Chicago...

1) MJ
2) Walter Payton
3) Stan Mikita
4) Shoeless Joe Jackson (biased pick of course)
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Old 08-29-2012, 02:22 PM
 
Location: Englewood, Near Eastside Indy
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Indianapolis:

Peyton Manning, Reggie Miller, Mel Daniels
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Old 08-29-2012, 02:55 PM
 
Location: Scotland
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Dundee, Scotland.

Dick McTaggart - Boxer - Gold medal winner
Shirley Ann Robertson OBE - Sailer - Double gold medal winner
Johnny Russell - Footballer - Current best player in Scotland
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Old 08-29-2012, 08:48 PM
 
Location: Bel Air, California
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St Paul's hometown boys...

Dave Winfield ..... (St Paul Central '69)
Jack Morris ..... (Highland Park '73)
Paul Molitor ..... (Cretin-Derham Hall '74)
Joe Mauer ..... (Cretin-Derham Hall '01)

Highland is about 1 mile from Cretin, Central is about 2 miles from Cretin

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Old 08-30-2012, 03:59 AM
 
Location: Springfield, Ohio
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Oakland, CA

Athletes born & raised in Oakland:
Bill Russell
Ricky Henderson
Frank Robinson
Jason Kidd

Athletes who brought glory to Oakland sports:
Ricky Henderson
Ken Stabler
Rick Barry
Reggie Jackson
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Old 09-03-2012, 04:47 AM
 
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Houston TX players who played pro sports there

Earl Campbell
Hakeem Olajuwon
Craig Biggio
Bruce Matthews

soon to add Arian Foster though
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Old 09-05-2012, 08:59 PM
 
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In Denver, those four would be:

John Elway
Joe Sakic
Alex English
Barry Helton
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