Comments on: Top 10 Philadelphia Athletes of All Time

By: G-bone

G-bone — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 23:37:17 +0000

What about Kelly?

By: B Flint

B Flint — Tue, 09 May 2006 04:19:44 +0000

The criteria needs to include the winning of at least one championship. Steve Van Buren has to be in top 10. Barkley out.

By: Kyle Garis

Kyle Garis — Sun, 12 Mar 2006 17:06:35 +0000

To be honest, the thought of boxers and horses never really crossed my mind. I was just sticking to the 4 major teams in Philly, but if I did include them then Joe Frazier, Man O’War would have made the list while Smarty Jones and Carl Lewis would have gotten honorable mention I’d say.

By: Don

Don — Sun, 12 Mar 2006 14:08:25 +0000

No Joe Frazier?!?!

By: Philly SportsCast

Philly SportsCast — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 03:46:45 +0000

Kyle,

Nice post — we comment on this asnd give our top 10s on the latest SportsCast. Lookf for it soon.

By: Chris Bloom

Chris Bloom — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 06:28:34 +0000

I’d have to say that you need to give Randall Cunningham and Wilbert Montgomery honorable mention. Dick Allen was a darn good player no matter how much he didn’t fit into Philadelphia. Also, Chuck Klein won the triple crown in 1932. I think Carlton needs to be in the Top 5. Finally, Billy Cunningham (The Kangaroo Kid) both starred for a championship Sixers team and coached one. I haven’t even mentioned college stars. I’ve always had a soft spot for Von Hayes. And what about Ricky Watters, Lance Parrish, J.D. Drew, Glenn Robinson, Jeff Malone, Derrick Coleman, Toni Kukoc, Rodney Buford (The Sheriff), Andy Ashby, Gregg Jeffries, or Brandon Duckworth?? All of those guys are top ten material.

By: Micah

Micah — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 11:50:13 +0000

Kyle,
What about non-team sport athletes like Joe Frazier, Bernard Hopkins (has he retired yet!), Carl Lewis and most important of all Rocky;-)

Alvin Kraenzien was the first Olympian to win four gold medals in the same year and he was from Philly.

The best race horse of all time was from Philly: Man O’ War

One of baseball’s best second baseman played here: Eddie Collins

I’m assuming that your list excludes people born and raised in Philadelphia like Reggie Jackson, Franco Harris and Earl Monroe.

Sunny Liston and Muhammed Ali spent some of their heavyweight championship years training in Philadelphia.

By: Kyle Garis

Kyle Garis — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 04:38:53 +0000

Drew I agree about him changing the rules of the game (Wilt used to be able to dunk or do finger roll layups from the free throw line so the NBA had to change the free throw regulations)

My fault, I meant to mention that the list wasn’t going to include current players. So players like Iverson, McNabb, and Donald Brashear were ineligible to be on the list. I couldn’t agree more with you about Iverson being one of the best pound for pound players to ever play the game right up there with Oscar Robertson and John Stockton. AI is easily the toughest player pound for pound to ever play any professional sport in my opinion. And yes, Iverson has changed the face of this franchise for the better.

By: Brian Atkiss

Brian Atkiss — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 04:02:31 +0000

Are current players allowed on this list? Because if they are I think it would change slightly with only Iverson making the list. Despite all his critics when his career is over, he truly will be pound for pound one of the best players to ever play the game. He most likely will be considered second best to Wilt in Sixers history, but I don’t think any other player will ever mean more to a team then Iverson has meant to the Sixers for the past 10 years.

By: drew

drew — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 03:18:54 +0000

what a difficult list to formulate. i agree that each of these individuals deserves recognition as the top 10 in philly, but the order of which is debatable.

I must say though that when the sport in which you participate changes rules solely because of your capabilities and style of play, then you are arguably the #1 player for that city/sport…way to go wilt.