Name your quartet of sporting greatness.

[Mo Gosfield]

Leighton Rees, John Lowe, Eric Bristow and Jocky Wilson (RIP)

Good quartet but I would replace Leighton Rees with Bobby George. For sheer impact and personality and helping to popularise the game, when the embryonic BDO World Championship was invitation only.

 

[Mo Gosfield]

Dick Fosbury, Bob Beamon, Tommy Smith and John Carlos. Four men who had an impact on their athletics events, which will be discussed as long as athletics is discussed. ( and all for very different reasons )

 

[Gregory2Smith1]

Senna, Prost, Piquet, Mansell

this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7aMo96GozY

 

[HalifaxSeagull]

The AC Milan back 4 of 91 onwards - Paolo Maldini, Franco Baresi, Costacurta and Tassotti were a very good defensive unit and hardly conceded anything...

 

[Stat Brother]

That's 2 fine examples, the F1 & the Darts

 

[daveinprague]

Muhammed Ali
Garfield Sobers
Nascimento
Haile gebre Selassie


edit..didnt read it properly obviously..

 

[Stat Brother]

Muhammed Ali
Haile gebre Selassie

I can't see that bout going to the judges.

 

[Storer 68]

I'm struggling for football, even though in the back of my head I have the names to go with Best, Cryff, a German, an Italian.

Best, Cruyff, Bekenbauer, Pele

 

[Mackenzie]

Natalia Comaneci.
Vince Lombardi.
Mark Spitz.
Sir Gordon Richards.

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

The F1 example is just brilliant.


I watched Senna last weekend. Phenomenal times

 

[Stat Brother]

Natalia Comaneci.
Vince Lombardi.
Mark Spitz.
Sir Gordon Richards.

How many gymnastics golds did Vince Lombardi win?

 

[Mackenzie]

How many gymnastics golds did Vince Lombardi win?

None, but I admire his coaching.

 

[Stat Brother]

Best, Cruyff, Bekenbauer, Pele

Sorry no room for a libero, with the other 3.

That's why this is so tricky, and why when talking of greatest a la F1 and middle weight boxing, they truly are great.

 

[Stat Brother]

None, but I admire his coaching.

pedant alert (sorry)

That's not the question.

 

[Storer 68]

Sorry no room for a libero, with the other 3.

That's why this is so tricky, and why when talking of greatest a la F1 and middle weight boxing, they truly are great.

Playing him in midfield where he outmarked Alan Mullery during the 1970 World Cp quarter final in Leon!

 

[Storer 68]

Natalia Comaneci.
Vince Lombardi.
Mark Spitz.
Sir Gordon Richards.

errrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Begging the question of the thread.

"The same sport, the same discipline therein, (no 3 batsmen and a bowler), at the same time. "

 

[34064 Fighter Command]

Alberto Tomba, Marc Giradelli, Ingmar Stenmark, Franz Klammer.

I'd have included the Herminator but unfortunately a different era really.

 

[The Buttery Biscuit Base]

Crujiff, Zidane, Best & Giggs.

I love great midfielders!

 

[Bognor Bystander]

Lev Yashin, Gordon Banks, Pat Jennings, Peter Shilton

 

[Stat Brother]

Alberto Tomba, Marc Giradelli, Ingmar Stenmark, Franz Klammer.

I'd have included the Herminator but unfortunately a different era really.

Tomba & Klammer aren't the same era?