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[LitlBuck]

Updating the list and comparing it to my guesses for the top-15:

Looking at the other 2 women on the list Katie Smith should clearly be in the top 50 but then it would be Ohio State heavy.

Ron Dayne> Otto

 

[cincibuck]

Good call on Spitz. For some reason, I always associated him with Cal...my error. I'm pretty sure that IU will have another swimmer in the mix.

Gotta wonder how many women-folk will get a nod just to balance things out.

The 45 IU Big Ten champs football team had an end named Ted Kluzewski. Big Ted made several NL All Star teams as the Reds First baseman, played on a White Sox World series team and was batting coach for the Reds.

 

[cincibuck]

Yes Steve Alford above Jack. What were they thinking?

I guess the rest of the Big Ten has short memories.

I do like that program in spite of the rankings. Great history of sports in the Big 10 or is it 11 or is it 12?

Because, when you think about, you'd have to put Jack and Jesse as 1 - 2 on the list and that would piss off a lot of folks -- who need to be pissed off... or on.

 

[BengalsAndBucks]

Watching that clip makes me hope that the University of Minnesota burns to the ground.

 

[matcar]

The 45 IU Big Ten champs football team had an end named Ted Kluzewski. Big Ted made several NL All Star teams as the Reds First baseman, played on a White Sox World series team and was batting coach for the Reds.

I think is name is actually spelled Kluszewski. I attended his baseball camps down in Bainbridge as a kid. Great memories...I'll bet that baseball camp doesn't even exist anymore. Sad because it was a great place.

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

Watching that clip makes me hope that the University of Minnesota burns to the ground.

The 52-10 ape-fucking we put on their football team in their new stadium this weekend helps a little...very little, but it helps.

 

[BB73]

Updating the list and comparing it to my guesses for the top-15:

Thinking about who's left for the top-15:

......Jesse Owens
......Archie Griffin
#11 Mark Spitz
......Red Grange
......Jerry Lucas
#12 John Wooden
......Magic Johnson
#13 Ron Dayne
......Tom Harmon
#14 Otto Graham (I'll be pleasantly surprised if he makes it)
......Nile Kinnick
#10 Isiah Thomas
......Mateen Cleeves (his bobblehead means he's probably on the list)
......Dan Gable
......Dick Butkus
#15 Dave Winfield (barf, but his bobblehead means he's probably on the list)
......Chic Harley (he won't make it due to lack of public knowledge)

 

[BB73]

Purdue's Rick Mount is #9. He was a deadly shooter from the corner, and all of his deep shots were only worth 2 points back then. He was Big Ten POY twice, but never made national POY due to Lew Alcindor and Pete Maravich.

That means one of these guys didn't make it (I'm guessing Butkus).

......Jesse Owens
......Archie Griffin
......Red Grange
......Jerry Lucas
......Magic Johnson
......Tom Harmon
......Nile Kinnick
......Dan Gable
......Dick Butkus

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

Purdue's Rick Mount is #9. He was a deadly shooter from the corner, and all of his deep shots were only worth 2 points back then. He was Big Ten POY twice, but never made national POY due to Lew Alcindor and Pete Maravich.

That means one of these guys didn't make it (I'm guessing Butkus).

......Jesse Owens
......Archie Griffin
......Red Grange
......Jerry Lucas
......Magic Johnson
......Tom Harmon
......Nile Kinnick
......Dan Gable
......Dick Butkus

No way Griffin, Grange, or Harmon get left off. Magic Johnson should be a lock also since he's the most "recent" of that group and thus most well-known. Lucas was one of the conference's best basketball players ever, and Butkis is still known to day by even younger fans. That leaves Kinnick and Gable. I don't follow wrestling at all and even I have heard of Gable...the only way I have heard of Kinnick is because of Kinnick Stadium.

To me, "icon" implies a certain degree of being readily recognized. Kinnick is the one out of that group who is the least recognized IMO.

 

[LitlBuck]

No way Griffin, Grange, or Harmon get left off. Magic Johnson should be a lock also since he's the most "recent" of that group and thus most well-known. Lucas was one of the conference's best basketball players ever, and Butkis is still known to day by even younger fans. That leaves Kinnick and Gable. I don't follow wrestling at all and even I have heard of Gable...the only way I have heard of Kinnick is because of Kinnick Stadium.

To me, "icon" implies a certain degree of being readily recognized. Kinnick is the one out of that group who is the least recognized IMO.

I would agree with the above I do not think that Kinnick makes it. If it weren't for the stadium mentioned after him, I would not know what sport he even played. I assume it was football. Dan Gable was an Olympic champion along with the numerous Big Ten titles that he won.

I would also like to give some props to me since I mentioned Rick Mount 3 pages ago:)

 

[BB73]

I would also like to give some props to me since I mentioned Rick Mount 3 pages ago:)

You did?

Excellent! Your memory is much better than mine. Terry Dischinger, Don Nelson,, Cassie Russell. There will be a chance to see about the nonrevenue guys you have listed.

Cazzie Russell was already on the list, as number 29. I thought that was OK.

I don't see Dischinger or Nelson making it. Rick Mount is another name that could be considered for hoopsters (focusing on college careers).

 

[LitlBuck]

You did?

was thinking of Mount and said Dischinger :! they did go to the same school.

 

[Buckeye Nut]

Purdue's Rick Mount is #9. He was a deadly shooter from the corner, and all of his deep shots were only worth 2 points back then. He was Big Ten POY twice, but never made national POY due to Lew Alcindor and Pete Maravich.

That means one of these guys didn't make it (I'm guessing Butkus).

......Jesse Owens
......Archie Griffin
......Red Grange
......Jerry Lucas
......Magic Johnson
......Tom Harmon
......Nile Kinnick
......Dan Gable
......Dick Butkus

Not Jerry Lucas since he's #8. Has to be Dan Gable since he wrestled for Iowa State. The list is for amateur athletes during their college years, Gable does not qualify.

 

[jwinslow]

Press release

Ohio State’s Jerry Lucas Named ‘Big Ten Icon’ No. 8

Buckeye sensation to be profiled at 9 PM ET on Sunday on Big Ten Network​

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CHICAGO – Ohio State’s Jerry Lucas has been named Big Ten Icon No. 8. The countdown of Big Ten Icons, presented by Discover, continues at 9 PM ET on Sunday, with a profile of the Middletown, Ohio, native who was a three-time All-American, three-time Big Ten Most Valuable Player, two-time National Player of the Year and two-time Final Four MVP for the Buckeyes.

The episode contains exclusive interviews with Lucas and other members of Ohio State’s 1958-59 dream recruiting class, including John Havlicek and Mel Nowell.
In an essay for www.BigTenIcons.com, former Chicago Tribune sports editor Dan McGrath wrote, “Before there was Bill Bradley, before there was Larry Bird, there was Jerry Lucas.” To read the full essay on Lucas, visit his Big Ten Icons locker at www.BigTenIcons.com.

Lucas began turning heads at Middletown High School, where he won two state championships. First-year Ohio State coach Fred Taylor won the recruiting battle for the two-time state player of the year, who had received more than 150 college scholarship offers.
In his first year on the varsity squad, Lucas led Ohio State to its first national title, defeating defending champion California in the 1960 NCAA Tournament. His performance caught the eye of Golden Bears’ coach Pete Newell, who added Lucas to the 1960 Olympic team that steamrolled to the gold medal in Rome.

Lucas finished his collegiate career averaging 24.3 points and 17.2 rebounds while leading the Buckeyes to an astounding 78-6 mark and three Big Ten titles. For his efforts, he was named Sports Illustrated’s 1962 Sportsman of the Year and selected to the all-century college hoops team in 1999. Lucas called his college years “the most memorable experience” of his life.

In 1973, Lucas won an NBA championship with the New York Knicks, becoming the first person to win a title at the high school, collegiate, Olympic and NBA levels.

 

[LitlBuck]

I thought that Lucas might be a little higher in the rankings. I might even put him over Magic because Johnson only played in college for 2 years and Lucas has a better memory:) I am still trying to figure out who Kinnick is if he makes the list. I just read a little about Kinnick and he won the Heisman Trophy and also played basketball while at Iowa. If he is above Lucas, I will be surprised if he is above Lucas.

Props to Buckeye Nut for correcting everyone about Gable:!