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<blockquote data-quote="captainamerica" data-source="post: 1861"><p>I disagree wholeheartedly but that is to be expected with a question/topic like this.</p><p></p><p>Thorpe stopped playing professional football at 41. This was in the era of the 60 Minute Men. He won the Pentathlon and Decathlon at the 1912 Olympics. He won them. Won. Them. Him.</p><p></p><p>Granted, not a day goes by where I cry myself to sleep thinking, 'If only Thorpe had tried Rugby (Union, not League),' -- he would have excelled at that, no question.</p><p></p><p>I appreciate evolution and the natural progression we've made (faster, stronger etc) but there is not really any single dominance by any one person across a variety of sports. When you add to it Olympic victory in non-fluff events, that kinda throws it over the edge for me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="captainamerica, post: 1861"] I disagree wholeheartedly but that is to be expected with a question/topic like this. Thorpe stopped playing professional football at 41. This was in the era of the 60 Minute Men. He won the Pentathlon and Decathlon at the 1912 Olympics. He won them. Won. Them. Him. Granted, not a day goes by where I cry myself to sleep thinking, 'If only Thorpe had tried Rugby (Union, not League),' -- he would have excelled at that, no question. I appreciate evolution and the natural progression we've made (faster, stronger etc) but there is not really any single dominance by any one person across a variety of sports. When you add to it Olympic victory in non-fluff events, that kinda throws it over the edge for me. [/QUOTE]
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