A scientific match up of two of the greatest athletes of all time with ESPN's John Brenkus
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@jakewade46776 жыл бұрын
Bo is the reason I wore 34 from the time I was 6 till 18. He is by far the best athlete to walk the face of the earth.
@Joshua_Beyond19994 жыл бұрын
I think whats most impressive about Bo is that he wasn't a showboater. He had humility and respect for sports. He instead invested his energy in his game and not self congratulatory bs. Thats what I respect most about the man. It speaks volumes of his character.
@Justin33B4 жыл бұрын
Brown vs no?? Brown was literally one of the greatest undoubtably.. but bo is literally super man.
@BreuckelensFinest
3 жыл бұрын
You're literally the most literal person in this comment section!
@boblewis8838
2 жыл бұрын
Superman doesn't get his hip ruined by one tackle.
@talgwatr6 жыл бұрын
watching Bo Jackson is 1 highlight of my life!..he was a beast and I mean a true beast.....compared to any other running back......
@taltalmilal54954 жыл бұрын
Bo knows everything
@zac_h44966 жыл бұрын
For those saying Bo isn’t the greatest athlete of all time he had hip surgery than turned around after that and played another season of baseball.
@benitobosox1491
6 жыл бұрын
professional baseball where he hit .272 in his last year with the angels
@Jburneyjr
4 жыл бұрын
More like 4 or 5 seasons
@desperado17364 жыл бұрын
Are people idiots here, we’re not talking about the best running back or championships, we’re talking about the best athlete, which means who could go to any sport and play at an elite level with the best of the best
@russellmeyer8893
3 жыл бұрын
Yes they are plentiful here. Don’t even understand the topic of conversation....
@loganreesor50179 жыл бұрын
all bo jackson haters you need to watch 30 for 30 you dont know bo
@anthonym25047 жыл бұрын
Honestly I would like to see all of the series of this show. I can't seem to find any including Jim Thorpe or Wilt Chamberlain. Those were 2 other phenomenal athletes!
@rubencervantes29517 жыл бұрын
Why why whyyyyyyyy did he have to get hurt
@whizking58565 жыл бұрын
If no hadn’t have gotten injured this would be a no brainer
@vestibulate
4 жыл бұрын
His stats in both pro sports before injury were not among the league's best. He was a great athlete and a spectacular performer, but there's no reason think he'd have won batting or rushing titles. Jim Brown, Wilt Chamberlain, Michael Jordan- they did what they did, maximum output, from the start. They carried their teams. Bo didn't.
@tannermulford20339 жыл бұрын
That's a though call but I'd haft to say athletic wise.... Bo all day... But record wise will never know since he unfortunately got hurt and was cut down way before his prime was over... He still my favorite of all time because he was humble about his talent and let it speak for itself....
@dominic15011 жыл бұрын
I dont care what anyone has to say, if you never saw Bo do what he could do then you dont know Bo. He was, simply put, a Freak of Nature. Never lifted a weight in his life and still looked like that. If he wouldnt have broken that blood vessel in his leg, he would be a 2 sport Hall of Famer. Perfect Genetics and Talent = Greatest Pure Athlete Ever.
@FanOfAttitudeEra10 жыл бұрын
And Bo Jackson never used PED, that's why he's the greatest athlete ever.
@kanguessokang9918
9 жыл бұрын
I think the safest and most responsible way to say what you said is to simply state that Bo never TESTED positive for any PEDs. It's not as if he played in an era where steroids was unknown to athletes.
@lowbudgetRussTV
9 жыл бұрын
Kanguesso Kang that may be true but he's been tested multiple times and just by his demeanor and the way he looks now its evident everything is just from hard work and genetics
@kanguessokang9918
9 жыл бұрын
low budget Russ Tv By his demeanor? Lol, ok.
@jerrygoldfarb7739
9 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure Brown didn't use PED's either (were they even available back when he played?)
@kanguessokang9918
9 жыл бұрын
jerry goldfarb You're wrong on that one. Remember East Germany and the famous doping campaign that began in the 1936 Olympics? Yeah, East Germany as it was called back then ran one of the most successful doping programs that lasted over 2 decades, Allowing them to dominate the Olympics over that time period, from 1936 to 1968. East Germany or just Germany is also considered to be the inventors of PEDs, mostly anabolic steroids. I am not saying Jim Brown was dirty, but they definitely had PEDs back then. Granted, the PEDs we have today are much more powerful and undetectable because of the advancements in modern medicine or science but the use of PEDs have been around for almost a century.
@Epiclegendarygamer19 жыл бұрын
Everyone please remember, Bo called football a "hobby" and Baseball was his "Job"
@kellytetreault9888
5 жыл бұрын
Focused on the wrong sport
@realisrealite55543 жыл бұрын
Robinson had the greatest impact but Bo is the best athlete by being an All Star in the NFL an MLB
@ralx225b10 жыл бұрын
The fact that they NEVER PUT DEION SANDERS IN THE LIST MAKES THIS LIST SUSPECT!!!
@adamaliff52810 жыл бұрын
People need to respect the past and understand this. Jim Brown was BEFORE Bo Jack's time! He was ONE of the FIRST athletes to play 2 SPORTS. Brown is in the Lacrosse Hall of Fame considered to be one of the best to ever play it in the sport, All American in High School football,lacrosse,basketball I mean the guy was the REAL DEAL also a pivotal force in civil rights for African Americans plus the short lived movie career but he was yet again one of the FIRST brothers to sleep with a white woman on screen the guy just never stops scoring HA look at the stats Jim Brown: 118 games out of 118 games played (0 games missed), 2359 rush attempts, 12312 rushing yards,126 touchdowns, 5.2 yds. per carry, 104.3 rushing yds. per game (highest ever) 3 MVP's 9 Pro Bowl's, led the league in rushing 8 out of 9 years (record) 1 NFL Championship LAST in Cleveland Sports History (I live in Cleveland feel my pain) Golden Standard RB period. Bo Jackson Football Career: 38 games played, 23 games starting, 515 Rush attempts, 2782 rushing yards, 16 touchdowns, 5.4 yds. per carry, 73.2 rushing yds. per game 1 Pro Bowl Just 1 I got my stats from Pro Football Reference.. All I am trying to say is Bo Jackson is a legendary athlete that was current somewhat compared to Brown in the 50's and 60's Television and all that was in Bo's time period, Jim Brown you had to listen to the radio so a lot of people really missed out on how TRULY GREAT Jim Brown was this whole debate is fun and all but NUMBERS DON'T LIE!
@SDFlick6197 жыл бұрын
Bo is the greatest athlete ever hands down. To be honest I think Jim Thorpe should have been in the final over Jim Brown, personal opinion.
@BazookaIke
7 жыл бұрын
Interesting that you mentioned Jim Thorpe. When sports pundits were asked in about 1950 to pick the greatest athletes of the last 50 years, Thorpe was at the top of the list ahead of people like Babe Ruth, Jesse Owens and Joe Louis. 50 years later, ESPN did their Sportscentury list of the greatest 100 North American athletes of the last 100 years. On that list, Owens and Ruth were now ahead of Thorpe. The list is as follows: Jordan Ali Ruth Jim Brown Gretzky Jesse Owens Jim Thorpe Jack Nicklaus Babe Didrikson-Zaharias I can understand Ali being ahead of Thorpe. Same with Jim Brown. Not sure I understand Jordan and Gretzky being rated that high. Probably because Jordan was still so fresh in our minds.
@superdjaction
6 жыл бұрын
Bazooka Ike where is Don Hutson ?
@joshuadoakes51995 жыл бұрын
How the hell you run a 4.12
@winstonsmith11
5 жыл бұрын
And at 227! He was a freak.
@JRock-xv3sk
5 жыл бұрын
One foot in front of the other very quickly......:-D
@GodzillaFreak
5 жыл бұрын
Joshua Doakes Be Sena Kobayakawa
@adamsowers66649 жыл бұрын
may want to re-think that. Jim brown was the greatest lacrosse athlete in college history and did it without Bo Jacksons more modern equipment in all of browns sports. not to mention, Jim Brown started as a full back and was moved to the running back position after preforming non-human-like performances witch were, at his time, legend-like runs while breaking tackles with 5 guys on him and turning no gain plays into touchdowns and he is ranked at the top of the running back list, full back list, and college lacrosse list of all time. not to mention he hold the best yards per carry avg. 5.2, yard per game avg. 104.2 had 126 touchdowns in 9 years. do the math, if brown would have played as long as Emmit Smith did, he would have 254 rushing touchdowns and be at the top of the list. also, he through 3 passing touchdowns and participated in 5+ pro bowls and won at least 2 championships. so I think Jim Brown deserves being known for being the greatest athlete of all time.
@Dman7562610 жыл бұрын
You have to take in the fact that bo did all that he did as a second stringer. He played behind Marcus Allen, who was arguably one of the top ten best rbs in the game, but bo still shined
@jojo151669 жыл бұрын
Jim Thorpe and Bo Jackson are the 2 greatest athletes of all time.
@winstonsmith115 жыл бұрын
ESPN got it right. Bo is the greatest.
@BigCountry12310 жыл бұрын
Bo Jackson could have 20,000 rushing yards 200 rushing TD, over 5 yards per carry, hold every record for a running back, also fastest running back ever, one of the biggest, he didn't start all of his games because, Marcus Allen was there, and he only played about 2/3 of the season. Bo Knows.
@gaffle7646
4 жыл бұрын
Not the fastest ever. Show me proof, not some over-played video barely touched while out-running linebackers and jogging through a stadium tunnel.
@vestibulate
4 жыл бұрын
BigCountry "he didn't start all of his games because, Marcus Allen was there, and he only played about 2/3 of the season." Does anyone seriously think Jim Brown would have been sitting on the bench while Marcus Allen took over?
@casualfandestroyer2503 Жыл бұрын
How didn’t Bill Russell win?
@porkfrog27859 жыл бұрын
bo can shoot a bow and arrow with his feet...now that's versatility..don't even need hands
@boblewis88383 жыл бұрын
Jim Brown was NEVER injured and retired with at least 3-5 more seasons had he wanted to keep playing. He went and became a movie star. I like Bo, ut I'd probably put Wilt Chamberlain over both of these guys.
@Yoni123
2 жыл бұрын
THis emphasized more the pure athleticism side. In accomplishments id put guysnlike Brown And Jordan above him
@dancollins8296
2 жыл бұрын
Lol..wilt chamberlain sure as he'll didn't run a 4.1 40yd dash
@boblewis8838
2 жыл бұрын
@@dancollins8296 Bo never scored 100 points in an NBA game or averaged 50 pts a game for a season. And then he fell down and broke.
@boblewis8838
2 жыл бұрын
@@dancollins8296 No, but he did run 4.4 40, and won the Big 8 high jump, triple jump and shot put championship. And had a 50" vertical jump. Wilt could pick Bo up with one hand.
@wesleygordon6941
Жыл бұрын
He ran a 4.4. At 7 foot tall and 265lbs
@tylerfarina40079 жыл бұрын
Bo then jim thorpe then brown, common now
@BoJackFanATX198011 жыл бұрын
You can find footage of Dion catching up to Bo in college and Bo stiff armed him to the ground. But the biggest difference between the two is that Dion played defense and everyone knew he wasn't physical he would tackle ankles. Bo played offense and ran over defensive linemen. Bo had way more power at the plate as well. As far as speed? Bo ran a 4.12 40 at the NFL combine. Bo was bigger, faster and stronger than Dion. Bo's injury aside. Bo was better.
@DjGhost7189 жыл бұрын
as far as versatility goes -- Jim Brown was actually a better Lacrosses player than he was a football player... In his era, there wasn't even a professional Lacrosse league
@Taebreezy_9 жыл бұрын
Bo is the best
@turdferguson235611 жыл бұрын
Both were great athletes, tough to say who was better. I lean towards Bo, I think he would of been comparable to Brown if he decided to just focus on football but loved the fact that we got a year around dose of Bo. I agree the big snub was Jim Thorpe and glad to see so many still remember how gifted of an athlete he was. I also think Wilt should of been higher. he was both a basketball and track star and even later dabbled in volleyball.
@gsactotube7 жыл бұрын
Jim Brown looked great, but so did Walter Payton; Earl Campbell; Erick Dickerson, Marcus Allen; Adrian Peterson, etc. The TWO most electric, dominating runners I ever saw were Barry Sanders and Bo Jackson.
@thebruiser5948
6 жыл бұрын
gsactotube dont forget about OJ simpson being up there on the runningback athlete list.
@555dking7 жыл бұрын
How was Albert Hansworth not number one???
@llamawizard5 жыл бұрын
Who just runs up the side of their house like that?
@DaGr8Depression
3 жыл бұрын
Any bored kid.
@beaucarr236 жыл бұрын
BEST PERIOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@jackstueve441911 жыл бұрын
Bo was an amazing athlete, and with Earl Campbell is one of two runners I would compare to Brown. One factor I didn't hear about though was durability, which in the long run is perhaps the most important factor of all, and in that regard nobody can touch Brown. In 9 years he never missed a game despite having every defense keying on him at all times. The running game was much more important in Brown's era, as the rules hadn't been changed yet to open up the passing game.
@richardplantan43753 жыл бұрын
You have to be kidding me. Bo only played in 38 games for the raiders before injury shortcircuted him but in the 3 years prior to getting hurt he didn't come close to a thousand yards in a season. Also, his career batting average in baseball was .250 . Your going to pick him over Jim Brown who is considered by many to be not only the greatest football player ever but the greatest La Crosse player ever.
@dancollins8296
2 жыл бұрын
It's greatest athlete, not greatest player. This is about athleticism.
@stayvibing1126
2 жыл бұрын
Bo only played 38 games in the nfl but is still considered one of if not THE best athlete ever, that’s proof enough
@jw3638
Жыл бұрын
He never got 1000 yds: 1. He played baseball and missed the beginning of the NFL season (no training camp, no prep to get into Football shape). 2. He shared a backfield with Marcus Allen - one of all-time greats at RB.
@cavaleer11 жыл бұрын
Well said and true.
@jadeddragon425410 жыл бұрын
Bo was amazing but best athlete every belongs to secretariat.....now that was truly a freak of nature. The horse had a heart three times the average size of the other horses it competed against....he was a machine. He actually ran faster times as he passed each quarter mile mark....so basically he kept getter faster well beyond a mile and a half of sprinting...freaky
@lalocalderon6529
10 жыл бұрын
This debate is about humans lol might as well add a cheetah for speed and a gorilla for strength
@vestibulate
6 жыл бұрын
+Lalo Calderon Secretariat ran in precisely measured competitions organized by humans with full human participation- training sessions, jockeys, medical assistance, etc. His success depended upon a willingness to exert extreme effort for no demonstrable gain- purely for the chance to outrun others. All of which sounds a lot like sport to me. If you can get gorillas or cheetahs to take part in organized events which utilize their particular capacities in formal competition, your point might have some validity. In my view, thoroughbred horses are athletes, just not human athletes. And in the case of Secretariat, a shockingly great example.
@robertcalhoun3123
6 жыл бұрын
Every time I think if Secretariat, I think of poor Sham, bless his heart, born at time when great was second best
@user-vf4wb5jy7j4 жыл бұрын
get that outta here, Jim brown is so dominant that Bill belicheck calls him one of the greatest players ever, not only stat wise, but performance and play, bo also didn’t play when mud always coated the field and the football was way thicker.
@carolynargabright81327 жыл бұрын
What was the results of the poll question?
@tweekbomb-hb5vc7 жыл бұрын
Bo Jackson was unreal! Check his highlights out and his bio and you will be convinced. Bo is the best by far.
@ptor1755 жыл бұрын
to think what could have been
@henrysteel40496 жыл бұрын
Imagine a person who owned the all-time rushing yards, tds, etc. Plus numbers like someone like Micky Mantle!! The debate is OVER who the greatest athlete who ever walked planet earth.
@MRCANTGETANAME5 жыл бұрын
What about Nanu?
@samuelisak588311 жыл бұрын
I know
@blarae505 жыл бұрын
With today’s training, Jim Brown would be even more of a monster...
@97Andrewjs7 жыл бұрын
top 3 most athletic athletes: bo jackson, deion sanders, wilt chamberlain
@acdcrocks21
7 жыл бұрын
Andrew Singer Wilt was a perfect physical specimen
@babolroto11 жыл бұрын
Jim brown was truly great. But Bo was amazing and changed sports forever.
@tubenachos11 жыл бұрын
Bo Jackson would make the Sports Science metric malfunction.
@alexrobtison58699 жыл бұрын
i really think bo is the best
@aizen25915 жыл бұрын
How about Herschel Walker?
@twhitesides39
3 жыл бұрын
For my money, he's the closest to bo for craziest athlete of all time. The combination of size and speed for those 2 have never been matched.💪💪
@0412lennon9 жыл бұрын
The last question is a no brainer....Jackie Robinson
@wesleygordon6941 Жыл бұрын
Love Bo Jackson, but Wilt Chamberlain is the best athlete this world has ever known. ESPN, for some reason dislikes Wilt.
@TKnight
10 ай бұрын
Go to your room
@anthonymadison813210 жыл бұрын
Happy birthday Jim!!
@sugarcubicle11 жыл бұрын
Sport Science didnt exclude him from being *one of* the greatest athletes ever.
@bmw128racer10 жыл бұрын
It's ridiculous to say that Bo was less clutch than Jim Brown, since Bo's career was considerably shorter because of that terrible hip injury he suffered.
@jameswyatt947210 жыл бұрын
they got it right, good deal.
@TTurmDawg10 жыл бұрын
I think Bo vs Jerry Rice would be a good debate.
@davonod8573
9 жыл бұрын
This one guy said Jerry was slow cause he ran a 4.7 at his combine. But then I asked him how come Devin Hester was the first player ever giving a 100 speed rating on madden. And has the most return touchdowns ever yet he ran around a 4.6 People under estimate Jerry Rice so they'd go with Bo
@DWilliam12 жыл бұрын
Where is Secretariat in this discussion?
@Countrymusicnumber13 жыл бұрын
Bullshit, Brown was a Hall of Famer in Lacrosse and Football...
@mistygrassley73489 жыл бұрын
tell bo he is awesom
@polumathes972911 ай бұрын
No Jim Thorpe?!?!?
@user-ok9ue8gp6k2 ай бұрын
No Wilt Chamberlain? NBA, College Track, Globetrotters, Beach Volleyball, Power lifter.
@lumberchicken0074 жыл бұрын
Bo had a better angle than Boz. A head-to-head ball carrier vs tackler would have been a better test.
@ckobo84
3 жыл бұрын
Well if Boz was quicker he could have got a better angle. I think it's pretty safe to say Bo was better than Boz, lol.😂
@Dave-nh3zx11 жыл бұрын
notice how they leave out durablity
@chasecndff711 жыл бұрын
numbers dont lie homie
@sethbriars20423 жыл бұрын
Where is Greg Ostertag ?
@roningham10 жыл бұрын
Where is Herschel Walker in all of this?
@iambillym1
10 жыл бұрын
Herschel Walker? Mr straight up, straight ahead. No vision, no moves.
@rohanswami344810 жыл бұрын
How often did Bo have to run two yard runs?
@tallsmile2810 жыл бұрын
Jim Brown is the best.
@jayjaysworld7110
3 жыл бұрын
Jim brown all the way
@tomlear179311 жыл бұрын
this just proves that American Football is the greatest sport of all time!!!!!
@jayjaysworld7110
3 жыл бұрын
Tom Lear hell no Boxing is the greatest sport by a country mile
@RaidersNation4Life11 жыл бұрын
BO KNOWS
@tomgorman549110 жыл бұрын
Imagine if Bo Jackson played quarterback with his speed and arm strength he would have put guys like Michael vick and Randall Cunningham look silly that would be hilarious
@SiloAAOlis11 жыл бұрын
His teammates said 3 to 4 more years in baseball and he was going to be a HOF'er (George Brett) and in football 3 to 4 more years and he was a HOF'er (Howie Long). No Doubt! To me if he was on track to HOF two sports his only competition for greatest athlete ever could only be Jim Thorpe.
@michellecarter66699 жыл бұрын
Bo. J. Is the. Greatest
@BazookaIke11 жыл бұрын
Its you, not the video.
@JamesStropko Жыл бұрын
The difference is one used steroids
@zachbailey11610 жыл бұрын
Allen Iverson should be considered for this list as a junior Allen was the number 1 ranked player in the nation in football and basketball, that same year he single handedly led Bethel High School to a state championship in basketball and football in the same year
@atm1919
10 жыл бұрын
Yeah but a 5-10 155lb qb aint gonna last long in college so maybe that was why. I mean lebron would have been a first round pick in the nfl at 22 had he wanted to be. Hell he still bigger than most Tight ends.
@davonod8573
9 жыл бұрын
^ That's true to some extent. Lebron lost weight this year but at his biggest he's about 250-260. Now height adds a lot of weight. Kevin Durant is 230. While Adrain Peterson is 215. So you could say Durant weighs more then AP but when you look at them Ap is clearly much stronger. So yeah lebron is up there in weight but the tight ends that are the same size as him such as ,Gronk, Vernon Davis, Tony Gonzalez, Jimmy Graham(to a slight lesser extent) have more muscular build that helps better with contact. I personally think lebron would have a weird fit in the NFL
@kellytetreault9888
5 жыл бұрын
Too much of an ego, Iverson was a joke
@gaffle7646
4 жыл бұрын
@@kellytetreault9888 Yeah... that mental is a HUGE factor in your playing ability.
@kellytetreault9888
4 жыл бұрын
@@gaffle7646 He was great don't get me wrong but I hate seeing wasted potential, if he had the work ethic of kobe Bryant could be up there with MJ
@BazookaIke11 жыл бұрын
Leave baseball out of it but include LaCrosse? Sometimes i wonder if people ever think before typing.
@RaptorWolf8111 жыл бұрын
Jim Thorpe was an outstanding athlete for his era, but it was not an era of the professionalism this days. In my personal opinion is more difficult to be in an all-star game of 2 of the most played games in US in this days (millions of players) than back days were the amount of people playing and making the sport his life was not the same. I'm not saying that Jim Thorpe was not outstanding, I'm saying that for me is most valuable what Bo had made.
@aiden328mcc11 жыл бұрын
I like it because every player scores... not in football where lineman get no glory
@BazookaIke11 жыл бұрын
If you look at actual experts from the last 100 years....living and dead, most would call Jim Thorpe the greatest athlete ever.
@dingodime110 жыл бұрын
So wouldn't sport science ranking him number 2 make him one of the greatest athletes ever?
@backnite111 жыл бұрын
what year did bo jackson break someones leg by juking them
@jameschen61307 жыл бұрын
Why no Wilt? Wilt Chamberlain had the better body than any other athletes. He must gets high points at endurance, speed, strength and so on.
@dingersonly633
7 жыл бұрын
sienna three That's the truth
@johnathanherrera9416
6 жыл бұрын
sienna three wilt could bench 500 in his 40s and 465 when he was 59. Shaq best was 450
@johnathanherrera9416
6 жыл бұрын
sienna three there are no videos but there are witnesses like Arnold Schwarzenegger from when he was in Conan the barbarian he said Wilt Chamberlain lifted him up with one arm like a baby Arnold was a body builder at the time and wilt was in his 40 look up Arnold Schwarzenegger on wilt Chamberlain
@johnathanherrera9416
6 жыл бұрын
sienna three then look up wilt Chamberlain lifts man he does it so effortlessly he looks like paper
@johnathanherrera9416
6 жыл бұрын
sienna three look up Mike korzemba 5 reasons why wilt was not human he pulls a 200 pound man on tape with ease
@emmanuel94e10 жыл бұрын
funny is that. no one have seen him live since that time. i mean 1912. 1920s. those people who witnessed the great Thorpe. those now that their words. was that days highlights. now you have video and highlight tape. everyone smart person. nows that Jim Thorpe is the GOAT. period
@TheAlegaby11 жыл бұрын
we are talking about the greatest athlete of all time bo was a machine he will run over jim every day
@zacharylansing9 жыл бұрын
Jim Thorpe?
@backnite111 жыл бұрын
people do people do
@jerrygoldfarb77399 жыл бұрын
It is truly unfortunate that one of the greatest, Bo Jackson, had his career destroyed by injuring his hip on a apparently normal tackle-I will not go into Brown's lacrosse achievements, in which sport he was so unstoppable that the rules regarding how one can cradle the ball were changed-that being said, one cannot ignore durability-Brown missed 1/2 of 1 game in 9 years (concussion) and had the Browns not been leading big I have no doubt he would have played-in 1962, the only year he did not win the rushing title he played almost the entire season with a severely sprained (or broken) right wrist-due to this, in lieu of carrying ball in lt. arm and using rt. as devastating stiff arm, he carried ball in his injured rt. arm and used his left as a stiff arm which was far inferior to his rt. arm-he did not however miss a game, or part of one
@zac_h4496
6 жыл бұрын
jerry goldfarb Bo Jackson had hip surgery and came back to play baseball so kinda think that out ways a broken/sprained wrist 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️
@gaffle7646
4 жыл бұрын
@@zac_h4496 That hip was broken because he wasn't as durable as Brown. Brown hurt opposing players, not the other way around.
@jbruner175 жыл бұрын
As Wilt Chamberlain laughs at all of this!
@johnsalem1795
5 жыл бұрын
Is this a joke? Jim and Bo are much better athletes than Wilt
@ajmusic4500
5 жыл бұрын
John Salem u have no idea what a ridiculous athlete wilt was
@scootersports7042
5 жыл бұрын
John Salem look up stories of wilt beating Jim Brown in a race and easily lifting as much a body builder
@isaacalzate8262
5 жыл бұрын
@@scootersports7042 Yeah jim brown in the list bo beat him by 4/10 of a second which is a LOT of time in football speed and yes i know wilt supposley bench 500 pounds and helped lift 660 pounds from 2 mail guys and yeah he could touch the top of the board on the basketball court but KEEP in mind Bo never did weights and he was JACKED all bo did was run and he was 230 lbs naturally wilt was 275 in HIS prime not 300 pounds like everyone said and he PRACTICED weights but he was 7-2 and there are stories when bo did have to MANATORY lift weights he bench like 450-500 and he barley did it also he crashed into 240 pound men and BARLEY decelerated
@yezzir8929
2 жыл бұрын
@@isaacalzate8262 Don't forget Wilt was an excellent high jumper and triple jumper and is in both the Basketball and Volleyball HOF
@revans19615 жыл бұрын
It's Brown's fault that his favorite sport, Lacrosse, didn't have a professional league. According to this site. He was also offered $10K by a promoter to be a pro boxer but turned it down. Averaged over 100 yds/game for his entire career. He played twice as long as Jackson and retired at his prime. And the metric all Michael Jordan fanboys say is the only one that matters, Brown was an NFL champion. Jackson was not.
@isaacalzate8262
5 жыл бұрын
When talking about athletics its not just how good you were at the sport but in THIS case its physicality which one was more physical ALL AROUND and it was BO
@vestibulate
4 жыл бұрын
@@isaacalzate8262 Sport is not simply about something called physicality. If it was, we'd be talking about Secretariat, not Jackson or Brown.
@yezzir8929
2 жыл бұрын
His pops was a pro boxer
@PwoodrowI10 жыл бұрын
Brown was epic, but wasn't even half the athlete that Jim Thorpe was. Thorpe and Bo are the two most athletic humans to walk the earth. They're in a class of their own. Nobody else is even close.
@jerrygoldfarb7739
9 жыл бұрын
Brown "wasn't even half the athlete that Jim Thorpe was"-I assume this is based upon you having seen Thorpe in action-"nobody else is even close"-I believe that Bo would agree that in fact Brown is close-your statements are so absolute and in their manner that they are self defeating
@PwoodrowI
9 жыл бұрын
It's absolute because it is true. How many gold medals does Brown have to his name? That's right, zero. Thorpe has quite a few if i remember correctly, and Bo could have easily won a few. The definition of athleticism is the ability to perform as many sports as possible. The Olympics is the benchmark standard for athleticism. End of story. Athleticism is ability, not seasons, stats, etc. Both of these guys could literally pick up a sport and be elite at it within 15 minutes, which is absolutely unreal. Bo and Thorpe had more ability than anyone ever.
@thebruiser59486 жыл бұрын
Jackie Robinson had the greatest impact. Jordan sells shoes. Lol
@cedricmussi51710 жыл бұрын
bo should have won a superbowl
@jasonsullivan74627 жыл бұрын
I love discussing this, and I say that sure maybe Bo jackson was the best all around athlete... In the last century. What I find extremely interesting is that there was probably someone better. I mean just think about it, humans have been around for tens and hundreds of thousands of years in our present state. Statistically speaking, there was most definitely a complete freak of nature who spent his whole life in his tribe hunting and gathering. But who knows maybe he could run a 4.1 40, wrestle anyone to submission, and throw a rock at 108 mph. pretty cool to think about
@gaffle7646
4 жыл бұрын
Show me that 4.1 40 yard time, please... it doesn't exist and it isn't true.
@davethesl10 жыл бұрын
4.1 40yrd dash...fuck yeh
@bballer191
9 жыл бұрын
Unofficial though. They didn't have the technology we have today so they had to hand time it. His 40 time was more than likely 4.3 or so (still incredibly fast).
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Bo is the reason I wore 34 from the time I was 6 till 18. He is by far the best athlete to walk the face of the earth.
I think whats most impressive about Bo is that he wasn't a showboater. He had humility and respect for sports. He instead invested his energy in his game and not self congratulatory bs. Thats what I respect most about the man. It speaks volumes of his character.
Brown vs no?? Brown was literally one of the greatest undoubtably.. but bo is literally super man.
@BreuckelensFinest
3 жыл бұрын
You're literally the most literal person in this comment section!
@boblewis8838
2 жыл бұрын
Superman doesn't get his hip ruined by one tackle.
watching Bo Jackson is 1 highlight of my life!..he was a beast and I mean a true beast.....compared to any other running back......
Bo knows everything
For those saying Bo isn’t the greatest athlete of all time he had hip surgery than turned around after that and played another season of baseball.
@benitobosox1491
6 жыл бұрын
professional baseball where he hit .272 in his last year with the angels
@Jburneyjr
4 жыл бұрын
More like 4 or 5 seasons
Are people idiots here, we’re not talking about the best running back or championships, we’re talking about the best athlete, which means who could go to any sport and play at an elite level with the best of the best
@russellmeyer8893
3 жыл бұрын
Yes they are plentiful here. Don’t even understand the topic of conversation....
all bo jackson haters you need to watch 30 for 30 you dont know bo
Honestly I would like to see all of the series of this show. I can't seem to find any including Jim Thorpe or Wilt Chamberlain. Those were 2 other phenomenal athletes!
Why why whyyyyyyyy did he have to get hurt
If no hadn’t have gotten injured this would be a no brainer
@vestibulate
4 жыл бұрын
His stats in both pro sports before injury were not among the league's best. He was a great athlete and a spectacular performer, but there's no reason think he'd have won batting or rushing titles. Jim Brown, Wilt Chamberlain, Michael Jordan- they did what they did, maximum output, from the start. They carried their teams. Bo didn't.
That's a though call but I'd haft to say athletic wise.... Bo all day... But record wise will never know since he unfortunately got hurt and was cut down way before his prime was over... He still my favorite of all time because he was humble about his talent and let it speak for itself....
I dont care what anyone has to say, if you never saw Bo do what he could do then you dont know Bo. He was, simply put, a Freak of Nature. Never lifted a weight in his life and still looked like that. If he wouldnt have broken that blood vessel in his leg, he would be a 2 sport Hall of Famer. Perfect Genetics and Talent = Greatest Pure Athlete Ever.
And Bo Jackson never used PED, that's why he's the greatest athlete ever.
@kanguessokang9918
9 жыл бұрын
I think the safest and most responsible way to say what you said is to simply state that Bo never TESTED positive for any PEDs. It's not as if he played in an era where steroids was unknown to athletes.
@lowbudgetRussTV
9 жыл бұрын
Kanguesso Kang that may be true but he's been tested multiple times and just by his demeanor and the way he looks now its evident everything is just from hard work and genetics
@kanguessokang9918
9 жыл бұрын
low budget Russ Tv By his demeanor? Lol, ok.
@jerrygoldfarb7739
9 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure Brown didn't use PED's either (were they even available back when he played?)
@kanguessokang9918
9 жыл бұрын
jerry goldfarb You're wrong on that one. Remember East Germany and the famous doping campaign that began in the 1936 Olympics? Yeah, East Germany as it was called back then ran one of the most successful doping programs that lasted over 2 decades, Allowing them to dominate the Olympics over that time period, from 1936 to 1968. East Germany or just Germany is also considered to be the inventors of PEDs, mostly anabolic steroids. I am not saying Jim Brown was dirty, but they definitely had PEDs back then. Granted, the PEDs we have today are much more powerful and undetectable because of the advancements in modern medicine or science but the use of PEDs have been around for almost a century.
Everyone please remember, Bo called football a "hobby" and Baseball was his "Job"
@kellytetreault9888
5 жыл бұрын
Focused on the wrong sport
Robinson had the greatest impact but Bo is the best athlete by being an All Star in the NFL an MLB
The fact that they NEVER PUT DEION SANDERS IN THE LIST MAKES THIS LIST SUSPECT!!!
People need to respect the past and understand this. Jim Brown was BEFORE Bo Jack's time! He was ONE of the FIRST athletes to play 2 SPORTS. Brown is in the Lacrosse Hall of Fame considered to be one of the best to ever play it in the sport, All American in High School football,lacrosse,basketball I mean the guy was the REAL DEAL also a pivotal force in civil rights for African Americans plus the short lived movie career but he was yet again one of the FIRST brothers to sleep with a white woman on screen the guy just never stops scoring HA look at the stats Jim Brown: 118 games out of 118 games played (0 games missed), 2359 rush attempts, 12312 rushing yards,126 touchdowns, 5.2 yds. per carry, 104.3 rushing yds. per game (highest ever) 3 MVP's 9 Pro Bowl's, led the league in rushing 8 out of 9 years (record) 1 NFL Championship LAST in Cleveland Sports History (I live in Cleveland feel my pain) Golden Standard RB period. Bo Jackson Football Career: 38 games played, 23 games starting, 515 Rush attempts, 2782 rushing yards, 16 touchdowns, 5.4 yds. per carry, 73.2 rushing yds. per game 1 Pro Bowl Just 1 I got my stats from Pro Football Reference.. All I am trying to say is Bo Jackson is a legendary athlete that was current somewhat compared to Brown in the 50's and 60's Television and all that was in Bo's time period, Jim Brown you had to listen to the radio so a lot of people really missed out on how TRULY GREAT Jim Brown was this whole debate is fun and all but NUMBERS DON'T LIE!
Bo is the greatest athlete ever hands down. To be honest I think Jim Thorpe should have been in the final over Jim Brown, personal opinion.
@BazookaIke
7 жыл бұрын
Interesting that you mentioned Jim Thorpe. When sports pundits were asked in about 1950 to pick the greatest athletes of the last 50 years, Thorpe was at the top of the list ahead of people like Babe Ruth, Jesse Owens and Joe Louis. 50 years later, ESPN did their Sportscentury list of the greatest 100 North American athletes of the last 100 years. On that list, Owens and Ruth were now ahead of Thorpe. The list is as follows: Jordan Ali Ruth Jim Brown Gretzky Jesse Owens Jim Thorpe Jack Nicklaus Babe Didrikson-Zaharias I can understand Ali being ahead of Thorpe. Same with Jim Brown. Not sure I understand Jordan and Gretzky being rated that high. Probably because Jordan was still so fresh in our minds.
@superdjaction
6 жыл бұрын
Bazooka Ike where is Don Hutson ?
How the hell you run a 4.12
@winstonsmith11
5 жыл бұрын
And at 227! He was a freak.
@JRock-xv3sk
5 жыл бұрын
One foot in front of the other very quickly......:-D
@GodzillaFreak
5 жыл бұрын
Joshua Doakes Be Sena Kobayakawa
may want to re-think that. Jim brown was the greatest lacrosse athlete in college history and did it without Bo Jacksons more modern equipment in all of browns sports. not to mention, Jim Brown started as a full back and was moved to the running back position after preforming non-human-like performances witch were, at his time, legend-like runs while breaking tackles with 5 guys on him and turning no gain plays into touchdowns and he is ranked at the top of the running back list, full back list, and college lacrosse list of all time. not to mention he hold the best yards per carry avg. 5.2, yard per game avg. 104.2 had 126 touchdowns in 9 years. do the math, if brown would have played as long as Emmit Smith did, he would have 254 rushing touchdowns and be at the top of the list. also, he through 3 passing touchdowns and participated in 5+ pro bowls and won at least 2 championships. so I think Jim Brown deserves being known for being the greatest athlete of all time.
You have to take in the fact that bo did all that he did as a second stringer. He played behind Marcus Allen, who was arguably one of the top ten best rbs in the game, but bo still shined
Jim Thorpe and Bo Jackson are the 2 greatest athletes of all time.
ESPN got it right. Bo is the greatest.
Bo Jackson could have 20,000 rushing yards 200 rushing TD, over 5 yards per carry, hold every record for a running back, also fastest running back ever, one of the biggest, he didn't start all of his games because, Marcus Allen was there, and he only played about 2/3 of the season. Bo Knows.
@gaffle7646
4 жыл бұрын
Not the fastest ever. Show me proof, not some over-played video barely touched while out-running linebackers and jogging through a stadium tunnel.
@vestibulate
4 жыл бұрын
BigCountry "he didn't start all of his games because, Marcus Allen was there, and he only played about 2/3 of the season." Does anyone seriously think Jim Brown would have been sitting on the bench while Marcus Allen took over?
How didn’t Bill Russell win?
bo can shoot a bow and arrow with his feet...now that's versatility..don't even need hands
Jim Brown was NEVER injured and retired with at least 3-5 more seasons had he wanted to keep playing. He went and became a movie star. I like Bo, ut I'd probably put Wilt Chamberlain over both of these guys.
@Yoni123
2 жыл бұрын
THis emphasized more the pure athleticism side. In accomplishments id put guysnlike Brown And Jordan above him
@dancollins8296
2 жыл бұрын
Lol..wilt chamberlain sure as he'll didn't run a 4.1 40yd dash
@boblewis8838
2 жыл бұрын
@@dancollins8296 Bo never scored 100 points in an NBA game or averaged 50 pts a game for a season. And then he fell down and broke.
@boblewis8838
2 жыл бұрын
@@dancollins8296 No, but he did run 4.4 40, and won the Big 8 high jump, triple jump and shot put championship. And had a 50" vertical jump. Wilt could pick Bo up with one hand.
@wesleygordon6941
Жыл бұрын
He ran a 4.4. At 7 foot tall and 265lbs
Bo then jim thorpe then brown, common now
You can find footage of Dion catching up to Bo in college and Bo stiff armed him to the ground. But the biggest difference between the two is that Dion played defense and everyone knew he wasn't physical he would tackle ankles. Bo played offense and ran over defensive linemen. Bo had way more power at the plate as well. As far as speed? Bo ran a 4.12 40 at the NFL combine. Bo was bigger, faster and stronger than Dion. Bo's injury aside. Bo was better.
as far as versatility goes -- Jim Brown was actually a better Lacrosses player than he was a football player... In his era, there wasn't even a professional Lacrosse league
Bo is the best
Both were great athletes, tough to say who was better. I lean towards Bo, I think he would of been comparable to Brown if he decided to just focus on football but loved the fact that we got a year around dose of Bo. I agree the big snub was Jim Thorpe and glad to see so many still remember how gifted of an athlete he was. I also think Wilt should of been higher. he was both a basketball and track star and even later dabbled in volleyball.
Jim Brown looked great, but so did Walter Payton; Earl Campbell; Erick Dickerson, Marcus Allen; Adrian Peterson, etc. The TWO most electric, dominating runners I ever saw were Barry Sanders and Bo Jackson.
@thebruiser5948
6 жыл бұрын
gsactotube dont forget about OJ simpson being up there on the runningback athlete list.
How was Albert Hansworth not number one???
Who just runs up the side of their house like that?
@DaGr8Depression
3 жыл бұрын
Any bored kid.
BEST PERIOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bo was an amazing athlete, and with Earl Campbell is one of two runners I would compare to Brown. One factor I didn't hear about though was durability, which in the long run is perhaps the most important factor of all, and in that regard nobody can touch Brown. In 9 years he never missed a game despite having every defense keying on him at all times. The running game was much more important in Brown's era, as the rules hadn't been changed yet to open up the passing game.
You have to be kidding me. Bo only played in 38 games for the raiders before injury shortcircuted him but in the 3 years prior to getting hurt he didn't come close to a thousand yards in a season. Also, his career batting average in baseball was .250 . Your going to pick him over Jim Brown who is considered by many to be not only the greatest football player ever but the greatest La Crosse player ever.
@dancollins8296
2 жыл бұрын
It's greatest athlete, not greatest player. This is about athleticism.
@stayvibing1126
2 жыл бұрын
Bo only played 38 games in the nfl but is still considered one of if not THE best athlete ever, that’s proof enough
@jw3638
Жыл бұрын
He never got 1000 yds: 1. He played baseball and missed the beginning of the NFL season (no training camp, no prep to get into Football shape). 2. He shared a backfield with Marcus Allen - one of all-time greats at RB.
Well said and true.
Bo was amazing but best athlete every belongs to secretariat.....now that was truly a freak of nature. The horse had a heart three times the average size of the other horses it competed against....he was a machine. He actually ran faster times as he passed each quarter mile mark....so basically he kept getter faster well beyond a mile and a half of sprinting...freaky
@lalocalderon6529
10 жыл бұрын
This debate is about humans lol might as well add a cheetah for speed and a gorilla for strength
@vestibulate
6 жыл бұрын
+Lalo Calderon Secretariat ran in precisely measured competitions organized by humans with full human participation- training sessions, jockeys, medical assistance, etc. His success depended upon a willingness to exert extreme effort for no demonstrable gain- purely for the chance to outrun others. All of which sounds a lot like sport to me. If you can get gorillas or cheetahs to take part in organized events which utilize their particular capacities in formal competition, your point might have some validity. In my view, thoroughbred horses are athletes, just not human athletes. And in the case of Secretariat, a shockingly great example.
@robertcalhoun3123
6 жыл бұрын
Every time I think if Secretariat, I think of poor Sham, bless his heart, born at time when great was second best
get that outta here, Jim brown is so dominant that Bill belicheck calls him one of the greatest players ever, not only stat wise, but performance and play, bo also didn’t play when mud always coated the field and the football was way thicker.
What was the results of the poll question?
Bo Jackson was unreal! Check his highlights out and his bio and you will be convinced. Bo is the best by far.
to think what could have been
Imagine a person who owned the all-time rushing yards, tds, etc. Plus numbers like someone like Micky Mantle!! The debate is OVER who the greatest athlete who ever walked planet earth.
What about Nanu?
I know
With today’s training, Jim Brown would be even more of a monster...
top 3 most athletic athletes: bo jackson, deion sanders, wilt chamberlain
@acdcrocks21
7 жыл бұрын
Andrew Singer Wilt was a perfect physical specimen
Jim brown was truly great. But Bo was amazing and changed sports forever.
Bo Jackson would make the Sports Science metric malfunction.
i really think bo is the best
How about Herschel Walker?
@twhitesides39
3 жыл бұрын
For my money, he's the closest to bo for craziest athlete of all time. The combination of size and speed for those 2 have never been matched.💪💪
The last question is a no brainer....Jackie Robinson
Love Bo Jackson, but Wilt Chamberlain is the best athlete this world has ever known. ESPN, for some reason dislikes Wilt.
@TKnight
10 ай бұрын
Go to your room
Happy birthday Jim!!
Sport Science didnt exclude him from being *one of* the greatest athletes ever.
It's ridiculous to say that Bo was less clutch than Jim Brown, since Bo's career was considerably shorter because of that terrible hip injury he suffered.
they got it right, good deal.
I think Bo vs Jerry Rice would be a good debate.
@davonod8573
9 жыл бұрын
This one guy said Jerry was slow cause he ran a 4.7 at his combine. But then I asked him how come Devin Hester was the first player ever giving a 100 speed rating on madden. And has the most return touchdowns ever yet he ran around a 4.6 People under estimate Jerry Rice so they'd go with Bo
Where is Secretariat in this discussion?
Bullshit, Brown was a Hall of Famer in Lacrosse and Football...
tell bo he is awesom
No Jim Thorpe?!?!?
No Wilt Chamberlain? NBA, College Track, Globetrotters, Beach Volleyball, Power lifter.
Bo had a better angle than Boz. A head-to-head ball carrier vs tackler would have been a better test.
@ckobo84
3 жыл бұрын
Well if Boz was quicker he could have got a better angle. I think it's pretty safe to say Bo was better than Boz, lol.😂
notice how they leave out durablity
numbers dont lie homie
Where is Greg Ostertag ?
Where is Herschel Walker in all of this?
@iambillym1
10 жыл бұрын
Herschel Walker? Mr straight up, straight ahead. No vision, no moves.
How often did Bo have to run two yard runs?
Jim Brown is the best.
@jayjaysworld7110
3 жыл бұрын
Jim brown all the way
this just proves that American Football is the greatest sport of all time!!!!!
@jayjaysworld7110
3 жыл бұрын
Tom Lear hell no Boxing is the greatest sport by a country mile
BO KNOWS
Imagine if Bo Jackson played quarterback with his speed and arm strength he would have put guys like Michael vick and Randall Cunningham look silly that would be hilarious
His teammates said 3 to 4 more years in baseball and he was going to be a HOF'er (George Brett) and in football 3 to 4 more years and he was a HOF'er (Howie Long). No Doubt! To me if he was on track to HOF two sports his only competition for greatest athlete ever could only be Jim Thorpe.
Bo. J. Is the. Greatest
Its you, not the video.
The difference is one used steroids
Allen Iverson should be considered for this list as a junior Allen was the number 1 ranked player in the nation in football and basketball, that same year he single handedly led Bethel High School to a state championship in basketball and football in the same year
@atm1919
10 жыл бұрын
Yeah but a 5-10 155lb qb aint gonna last long in college so maybe that was why. I mean lebron would have been a first round pick in the nfl at 22 had he wanted to be. Hell he still bigger than most Tight ends.
@davonod8573
9 жыл бұрын
^ That's true to some extent. Lebron lost weight this year but at his biggest he's about 250-260. Now height adds a lot of weight. Kevin Durant is 230. While Adrain Peterson is 215. So you could say Durant weighs more then AP but when you look at them Ap is clearly much stronger. So yeah lebron is up there in weight but the tight ends that are the same size as him such as ,Gronk, Vernon Davis, Tony Gonzalez, Jimmy Graham(to a slight lesser extent) have more muscular build that helps better with contact. I personally think lebron would have a weird fit in the NFL
@kellytetreault9888
5 жыл бұрын
Too much of an ego, Iverson was a joke
@gaffle7646
4 жыл бұрын
@@kellytetreault9888 Yeah... that mental is a HUGE factor in your playing ability.
@kellytetreault9888
4 жыл бұрын
@@gaffle7646 He was great don't get me wrong but I hate seeing wasted potential, if he had the work ethic of kobe Bryant could be up there with MJ
Leave baseball out of it but include LaCrosse? Sometimes i wonder if people ever think before typing.
Jim Thorpe was an outstanding athlete for his era, but it was not an era of the professionalism this days. In my personal opinion is more difficult to be in an all-star game of 2 of the most played games in US in this days (millions of players) than back days were the amount of people playing and making the sport his life was not the same. I'm not saying that Jim Thorpe was not outstanding, I'm saying that for me is most valuable what Bo had made.
I like it because every player scores... not in football where lineman get no glory
If you look at actual experts from the last 100 years....living and dead, most would call Jim Thorpe the greatest athlete ever.
So wouldn't sport science ranking him number 2 make him one of the greatest athletes ever?
what year did bo jackson break someones leg by juking them
Why no Wilt? Wilt Chamberlain had the better body than any other athletes. He must gets high points at endurance, speed, strength and so on.
@dingersonly633
7 жыл бұрын
sienna three That's the truth
@johnathanherrera9416
6 жыл бұрын
sienna three wilt could bench 500 in his 40s and 465 when he was 59. Shaq best was 450
@johnathanherrera9416
6 жыл бұрын
sienna three there are no videos but there are witnesses like Arnold Schwarzenegger from when he was in Conan the barbarian he said Wilt Chamberlain lifted him up with one arm like a baby Arnold was a body builder at the time and wilt was in his 40 look up Arnold Schwarzenegger on wilt Chamberlain
@johnathanherrera9416
6 жыл бұрын
sienna three then look up wilt Chamberlain lifts man he does it so effortlessly he looks like paper
@johnathanherrera9416
6 жыл бұрын
sienna three look up Mike korzemba 5 reasons why wilt was not human he pulls a 200 pound man on tape with ease
funny is that. no one have seen him live since that time. i mean 1912. 1920s. those people who witnessed the great Thorpe. those now that their words. was that days highlights. now you have video and highlight tape. everyone smart person. nows that Jim Thorpe is the GOAT. period
we are talking about the greatest athlete of all time bo was a machine he will run over jim every day
Jim Thorpe?
people do people do
It is truly unfortunate that one of the greatest, Bo Jackson, had his career destroyed by injuring his hip on a apparently normal tackle-I will not go into Brown's lacrosse achievements, in which sport he was so unstoppable that the rules regarding how one can cradle the ball were changed-that being said, one cannot ignore durability-Brown missed 1/2 of 1 game in 9 years (concussion) and had the Browns not been leading big I have no doubt he would have played-in 1962, the only year he did not win the rushing title he played almost the entire season with a severely sprained (or broken) right wrist-due to this, in lieu of carrying ball in lt. arm and using rt. as devastating stiff arm, he carried ball in his injured rt. arm and used his left as a stiff arm which was far inferior to his rt. arm-he did not however miss a game, or part of one
@zac_h4496
6 жыл бұрын
jerry goldfarb Bo Jackson had hip surgery and came back to play baseball so kinda think that out ways a broken/sprained wrist 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️
@gaffle7646
4 жыл бұрын
@@zac_h4496 That hip was broken because he wasn't as durable as Brown. Brown hurt opposing players, not the other way around.
As Wilt Chamberlain laughs at all of this!
@johnsalem1795
5 жыл бұрын
Is this a joke? Jim and Bo are much better athletes than Wilt
@ajmusic4500
5 жыл бұрын
John Salem u have no idea what a ridiculous athlete wilt was
@scootersports7042
5 жыл бұрын
John Salem look up stories of wilt beating Jim Brown in a race and easily lifting as much a body builder
@isaacalzate8262
5 жыл бұрын
@@scootersports7042 Yeah jim brown in the list bo beat him by 4/10 of a second which is a LOT of time in football speed and yes i know wilt supposley bench 500 pounds and helped lift 660 pounds from 2 mail guys and yeah he could touch the top of the board on the basketball court but KEEP in mind Bo never did weights and he was JACKED all bo did was run and he was 230 lbs naturally wilt was 275 in HIS prime not 300 pounds like everyone said and he PRACTICED weights but he was 7-2 and there are stories when bo did have to MANATORY lift weights he bench like 450-500 and he barley did it also he crashed into 240 pound men and BARLEY decelerated
@yezzir8929
2 жыл бұрын
@@isaacalzate8262 Don't forget Wilt was an excellent high jumper and triple jumper and is in both the Basketball and Volleyball HOF
It's Brown's fault that his favorite sport, Lacrosse, didn't have a professional league. According to this site. He was also offered $10K by a promoter to be a pro boxer but turned it down. Averaged over 100 yds/game for his entire career. He played twice as long as Jackson and retired at his prime. And the metric all Michael Jordan fanboys say is the only one that matters, Brown was an NFL champion. Jackson was not.
@isaacalzate8262
5 жыл бұрын
When talking about athletics its not just how good you were at the sport but in THIS case its physicality which one was more physical ALL AROUND and it was BO
@vestibulate
4 жыл бұрын
@@isaacalzate8262 Sport is not simply about something called physicality. If it was, we'd be talking about Secretariat, not Jackson or Brown.
@yezzir8929
2 жыл бұрын
His pops was a pro boxer
Brown was epic, but wasn't even half the athlete that Jim Thorpe was. Thorpe and Bo are the two most athletic humans to walk the earth. They're in a class of their own. Nobody else is even close.
@jerrygoldfarb7739
9 жыл бұрын
Brown "wasn't even half the athlete that Jim Thorpe was"-I assume this is based upon you having seen Thorpe in action-"nobody else is even close"-I believe that Bo would agree that in fact Brown is close-your statements are so absolute and in their manner that they are self defeating
@PwoodrowI
9 жыл бұрын
It's absolute because it is true. How many gold medals does Brown have to his name? That's right, zero. Thorpe has quite a few if i remember correctly, and Bo could have easily won a few. The definition of athleticism is the ability to perform as many sports as possible. The Olympics is the benchmark standard for athleticism. End of story. Athleticism is ability, not seasons, stats, etc. Both of these guys could literally pick up a sport and be elite at it within 15 minutes, which is absolutely unreal. Bo and Thorpe had more ability than anyone ever.
Jackie Robinson had the greatest impact. Jordan sells shoes. Lol
bo should have won a superbowl
I love discussing this, and I say that sure maybe Bo jackson was the best all around athlete... In the last century. What I find extremely interesting is that there was probably someone better. I mean just think about it, humans have been around for tens and hundreds of thousands of years in our present state. Statistically speaking, there was most definitely a complete freak of nature who spent his whole life in his tribe hunting and gathering. But who knows maybe he could run a 4.1 40, wrestle anyone to submission, and throw a rock at 108 mph. pretty cool to think about
@gaffle7646
4 жыл бұрын
Show me that 4.1 40 yard time, please... it doesn't exist and it isn't true.
4.1 40yrd dash...fuck yeh
@bballer191
9 жыл бұрын
Unofficial though. They didn't have the technology we have today so they had to hand time it. His 40 time was more than likely 4.3 or so (still incredibly fast).