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No Greatest in Sport Says Veteran Analyst
A veteran writer argues there is no single greatest in any sport or era. He cites baseball, football, golf, boxing, and racing, noting varying conditions and eras prevent a universal top. He urges judging by merit and usefulness rather than a claimed all time best.
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Ty Cobb
Babe Ruth
Jim Thorpe
Pudge Heffelfinger
Bronko Nagurski
Red Grange
Cy Young
Mathewson
Johnson
Alexander
Bobby Jones
Walter Hagen
Byron Nelson
Harry Vardon
Dempsey
Jeffries
Louis
Army
Notre Dame
Minnesota
Southern California
Pittsburgh
Alabama
Michigan
Yale
Cubs
Yankees
Doc Blanchard
Bill Daly
Nagurski
Blanchard
Sammy Baugh
Don Hutson
Greasy Neale
Sid Luckman
Baugh
Hutson
Greasy
van Buren
Bert Bell
Steelers
Bill Dudley
Clint Frank
Glenn Davis
Hagen
Jones
Arthur Duffy
Bernie Wefers
Duffy
Wefers
Jesse Owen