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It's very impressive when the list doesn't include:

Chic Harley
Orlando Pace
Vic Janowicz
Les Horvath
Jim Parker
Bill Willis
John Havlicek
Paul Warfield
John Hicks
Chris Spielman
Lou Groza
Randy Gradishar
Butch Reynolds
Tom Cousineau
Cris Carter
Jack Tatum

weiskopf us open winner
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FYI, Tom Weiskopf won the US Senior Open - but his only win in the 4 majors on the regular golf tour was the '73 British Open at Troon.
 
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BB73 said:
It's very impressive when the list doesn't include:

Chic Harley
Orlando Pace
Vic Janowicz
Les Horvath
Jim Parker
Bill Willis
John Havlicek
Paul Warfield
John Hicks
Chris Spielman
Lou Groza
Randy Gradishar
Butch Reynolds
Tom Cousineau
Cris Carter
Jack Tatum



FYI, Tom Weiskopf won the US Senior Open - but his only win in the 4 majors on the regular golf tour was the '73 British Open at Troon.
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ah i stand corrected. i got the sr and reg mixed up...

willis not on the list is an injustice. the man really should be the one we all honor...
 
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I think this is a "feel good" deal by SI. There is only about 6 that would belong on my list. One of the problems in a list like this is picking and choosing. We have had so many great ones as some of you have pointed out and so many great ones not listed yet here.
 
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Like almost all of these kinds of lists, they are aimed at current readers.

As much as I love OSU football and Archie and his two Heismans, he had no where, repeat NOWHERE near the impact on the world of sport that Jesse Owens did. Not only did Owens set records, but he set them when needed, at Big Ten Championships, NCAAs and at the Olympics. Further, his records stood for long periods of time (1935 - 1960 in the case of the long jump) and remained in the top ten of performances for even longer. This despite the improvements in track surfaces, shoes, hell, the use of starting blocks (!) along with increased awareness in nutrition and weight training (and the non-use of performance enhancing drugs).

Havlicek is an incredible gaffe on the list as well as Pace and Jim Parker and hell, while we're at it, why do they call it the Groza Award?

Too centered on today's consumer.
 
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MililaniBuckeye;880025; said:
Having athletes like Greg Oden, Blaine Wilson, and Katie Smith ahead of Jack Nicklaus is absolutely stupifying. My top five would be:

1. Jesse Owens
2. Jack Nicklaus
3. Archie Griffin
4. Jerry Lucas
5. Chic Harley
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Great minds think alike.

So do we.
 
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IMHO, you gotta have Chic Harley on that list.
- Owens is #1, hands down followed by Archie.
- The Golden Bear should easily be top-5.
- Greg Oden may end up doing more for the University off the court than what he accomplished on it as far as helping Coach Matta turn the program around, but playing only one year, he just doesn't have a spot on that list IMO.
- Orlando was amazing, but many might argue that John Hicks was even better. He was a Heisman runner-up! Jim Parker was no slouch either.
 
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Here is what I found amazing about the top 10 which I did not think they were putting in order because Jesse and Jack should be neck and neck.

1.) Football - Archie Griffin two time Heisman Winner
2.) Men's Basketball- Jerry Lucas past and Greg Oden future
3.) Women's Basketball- Katie Smith
4.) Golf- The Golden Bear
5.) Track - Jesse Owens
6.) Gymnastics - Blaine

Baseball seems to be the only one were lacking in although Swisher is representing OSU well.

Please find another University that can come close to competing with that list truely amazing.
 
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It's just amazing to look at those lists. You could add some pretty amazing phyical specimens such as Alonzo Spellman (I swear his shadow almost reached the C Deck), Perry Carter, and Ricky Dudley. They may have not been world class performers, but they had world class physiques.
 
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jimotis4heisman;880052; said:
eh i give it to her.
at one time was the all time leading scorer in b10 basektball (mens or womens)
two abl championships, two poys
first women to score 5000 profesional points
wnba champion in 06
two olympic golds
two wc golds (five other international golds, 2 silvers, 2 bronze)
4 selections to first team all wnba, six time wnba all star 2 time abl all star
holds 8 wnba single season records
named to all time wnba team and all decade team


currently has put acceptance to dental school aside for wnba career

i really question troy smith more than anyone...

fyi list looks like this
archie
jesse owens
hop
blaine wilson
lucas
katie smith
eddie
oden
jack
troy

names that come to find that could have been mentioned
glenn ashby davis 3 gold medals over two olympics
pete george 1 gold 2 silver over 3 olympics
josephson sisters in synchro maybe the best ever six olympic medals
ford konno
will smith 3 olympic golds
harry steele on of the greatest wrestlers ever
malden whitfield 3 golds, 1 bronze 1 silver olympic
bobby knight hell all time winningest coach is worth something
steinbrenner has an exec mba from osu shit toss him on the list
sid gillman inovator of the west coast offense
groza
harley
vic janowicz ask anyone who ever saw him play who was the greatest ever to dawn the uni and his name will come out quick
bo masters
bill willis the REAL BREAKER OF THE COLOR BARRIER
weiskopf us open winner
meg mallon 4 major lpga wins


i could toss our more but i think that gives the idea of the scope of the university...
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Just curious, why would you keep Eddie George but not Troy Smith?
 
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