EWB Sports Hall of Fame - Ballot 2

[sahyder1]

Ballot 1 Results are now up and the inductees will be enshrined here. Going to keep it real simple. I figure we add 3 people a month. This Hall of Fame will consist of athletes from all sports....so no it is not just a North American sports Hall of Fame like the last one ended up being. I don't remember what the voting process was for that one. Like I said before...going to keep it real simple. List 5 people in order. Whoever you rank as #1 will get 10 points, 5 for 2nd, 3 for 3rd, 2 for the fourth and 1 for the 5th. We'll induct the top 3 and then have a fresh ballot next month and go from there. Only restriction I can think of is that the athlete must be someone who's been retired for at least 3 years. Other then that athletes (male or female) from all sports are fair game. There is no quota you have to fill. So your ballot can be 5 athletes from the same sport or you can choose to have a diverse group. An active coach can go in.....but they must have been a coach for a minimum of 10 years. The next class will be inducted February 28th.

Simple guidelines that I'm following:

*Player must be retired for 3 years...but active coaches who have coached at least 10 years can go in.

*Inductees must appear on a minimum of 20% of the ballots to get in. If some months we only induct one or two people...so be it. (This rule is up for vote here)

*Since it was a major problem on the first ballot let me remind you again that a player must be retired for 3 years...but active coaches who have coached at least 10 years can go in.

*Incase of 2 guys getting same amount of points the tiebreaker will be:

*Fewer Ballots

*Most First place votes

*Most Second place votes

*Most Third place votes

*Most Fourth place votes

*Most Fifth place votes

*If it is still a tie then we'll do a poll.

*Did I mention the retired for 3 years part?

Here is my ballot.

Jim Thorpe

Bradman

Maradona

Babe Ruth

Jack Nicklaus

Edited March 1, 2009 by sahyder1

[Matt]

What? Are we supposed to vote for them? Or are they your picks or ballot 2? I'm confused.

[sahyder1]

Yeah, sorry. They are my picks.

[naiwf]

1) Babe Ruth

2) Jerry Rice

3) Pele

4) Jim Thorpe

5) Barry Sanders

[Maxx]

Jerry Rice

Jackie Robinson

Jesse Owens

Emmitt Smith

Larry Bird

[gunnar hendershow]

1- Babe Ruth

2- Jim Brown

3- Pele

4- Pete Sampras

5- Donald Bradman

I basically tried to select the 5 best in 5 different sports.

[-A-]

1) Michael Johnson

2) Pele

3) Pete Sampras

4) Carl Lewis

5) Bobby Moore

[Matt]

1. Billy Bremner

2. Pele

3. Don Bradman

4. Bjorn Borg

5. Steve Redgrave

[DMN in the House]

Jackie Robinson

Jim Thorpe

Jessie Owens

Dan Gable

John Wooden

Jim Brown would have made it, but I tried to go with people from different sports, and Thorpe is probably best known for football.

[Jam]

1. Billy Bremner

2. Don Revie

3. Bobby Moore

4. Geoff Hurst

5. Brian Clough

[METALMAN]

Tried to go for some slightly more obscure, but just as deserving nominations this time.

1. Eric Liddell - had such an amazing life. You should read his biography.

2. Ian Stewart

3. Jesse Owens

4. Arthur Wharton (I'm not sure if he'll be allowed due to the retirement rule though. )

5. Brian Clough

[Mongrel]

Don Bradman

Jack Nicklaus

Babe Ruth

Pete Sampras

Michael Johnson

[JSV]

Sir Alex Ferguson

Jonathan Edwards

Eric Cantona

Jesse Owens

Bobby Charlton

Edited February 1, 2009 by JSV

[Whisper]

Pele

Sir Alex Ferguson

Jack Nicklaus

Pete Sampras

Steve Redgrave

Edited February 5, 2009 by Whisper in the Wind

[sahyder1]

Pele

Sir Alex Ferguson

Jack Nicklaus

Pete Sampras

Martina Navratilova

Martina hasn't been gone for more then 3 years yet since her return.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

+ Eddy Merckx (5 time Tour de France winner, Giro D'Italia winner, Vuelta Espana, World Championships, every classics race bar one, broke the world hour record on track)...And he was nicknamed The Cannibal!

+ Zico

+ Don Bradman (ouch that hurt )

+ Ayrton Senna

+ Fred Perry (won each of the four major tennis tournament (8 grand slams) and was world number 1 for four consecutive years. His singles career record was 106–12)

[Wrath of Kane]

1. Aleksander Karelin ( One of the best Greco-Roman wrestlers ever. 9x World HWT Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion, 3 Olympic Gold Medals and a Silver medal. Undefeated in International Wrestling from 1987-200)

2. Rocky Marciano ( Only undefeated, undisputed HW champion in Boxing)

3. Patrick Roy (One of the best Goalies ever)

4. Nolan Ryan(One of the best Pitchers to ever live)

5. George Herman Ruth (Babe Ruth) (One of the best Baseball players ever, a trailblazer.)

Edited February 5, 2009 by Wrath of Kane

[sahyder1]

1. Aleksander Karelin ( One of the best Greco-Roman wrestlers ever. 9x World HWT Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion, 3 Olympic Gold Medals and a Silver medal. Undefeated in International Wrestling from 1987-200)

2. Rocky Marciano ( Only undefeated, undisputed HW champion in Boxing)

3. Patrick Roy (One of the best Goalies ever)

4. Nolan Ryan(One of the best Pitchers to ever live)

5. George Herman Ruth (Babe Ruth) (One of the best Baseball players ever, a trailblazer.)

That's the guy that lost to Rulon Gardner right?

.....13 voters so far on this 2nd ballot and we have 11 different guys who have received first place votes. The race is wide open as far as who the 3 end up being.

Edited February 5, 2009 by sahyder1

[TheTruth]

SZorry, my bad. I barely read the first page, so that's what I get.

1. Ian Thorpe

2. Peter Brock

3. Clive Churchill

4. Don Bradman

5. Pele

Edited February 5, 2009 by TheTruth

[Toe]

1. Mario Lemieux

2. Gordie Howe

3. Maurice Richard

4. Mark Messier

5. Patrick Roy