Most Well Known Athlete of All Time? - Page 3

On May 11 2004 20:46 Bill307 wrote:
What did Pele do, btw? (seriously, all I know is that he's a soccer athlete)

On May 11 2004 20:01 Liquid`Drone wrote:
are you guys naming american stars retarded or something? considering basketball, baseball and american football are sports mainly played in usa, while real football is played through the entire world, it's obviously going to be a football player.

and even if we're talking all time, I'd guess beckham. but pele is also incredibly famous.

here in europe we know about people like jordan and we've heard of a couple other basket stars and we know on average perhaps 3-5 american football players/baseball players. but seriously, go to asia, africa or south america and poll people on whom they've heard of and have the options michael jordan, ali, beckham, pele, babe ruth, wayne gretzky and some american football player (I don't even know who's the most famous player through all time and I've paid a lot more attention to american sports than the average norwegian. )

if you think beckham or pele would not win a worldwide poll then yeah, I really gotta wonder what's going on inside your head.

and the reason why I think beckham would probably beat pele is that he recently went on a promote-himself tour across asia, and there is now a whole lot more media around the world than it was back when pele was the best. some of the newer football nations might not have heard as much of the old stars as they have of the new stars, and back in 1970, asian countries weren't as into football as they are now.

to quote steven patrick morrissey

"America is not the world."