Greatest Athlete facts

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Widely regarded as the greatest achievement in collegiate athletics, Jesse Owens set 3 world records and tied a fourth...all in the span of 45 mins.

Reebok's first major ad campaign featured two obscure decathletes.They were features in several Super Bowl ads in 1991. The ads pitted them to see who was the worlds greatest athlete and who would win the Olympic title. After being made superstars, one failed to qualify and the other got bronze

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1. A show "Shaq vs." where Shaq competed against top athletes in their sports to prove himself "the greatest athlete." In 2 seasons, he only won twice: once beating Joey Chestnut in a hot dog eating contest (where Shaq was allowed teammates), and another time beating Charles Barkley at golf.

2. There is a Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame that was formed in 2013, honoring the greatest fictional athletes of all time. Inductees include Rocky Balboa, Happy Gilmore, Mr. Miyagi, and Benjamin Franklin "Benny the Jet" Rodriguez.

3. Hitler didn't snub Jesse Owens but another athlete called Cornelius Johnson. Owens even said he had gotten the greatest ovations of his career at Berlin

4. MLB & NFL All-star Bo Jackson, ESPN's "Greatest Athlete of All Time," while still a rookie outfielder playing for the KC Royals accepted a contract with the LA Raiders to play professional football as a "hobby."

5. When Native American athlete Jim Thorpe was awarded his two olympic medals in 1912, the King of Sweden said "You, sir, are the greatest athlete in the world", to which Thorpe replied, "Thanks, King".

6. Widely regarded as the greatest achievement in collegiate athletics, Jesse Owens set 3 world records and tied a fourth all in the span of 45 mins.

7. About Bo Jackson; one of the greatest American athletes and role models of our time.

8. Wilt Chamberlain May Have Been The Greatest Athlete Of All Time. The Man Could Bench Press Up To 600 LBS, As Well As His Video Game Like 54 Inch Standing Vertical Leap, & The Time He Beat His Friend Jim Brown In A Foot Race With A 4.4 Second Hand Timed 40 Yard Dash.

9. Jim Thorpe who some consider the greatest athlete ever . Once had an identical twin brother. But at the age of 8 he suddenly passed away.

10. Donald Dinnie, the nineteenth century's greatest athlete, won over 11,000 competitions over 50 years