Isn t jordon the greatest athlete of all time?
Ha! Surely you jest. Have you forgot about Jim Thorpe, Jackie Joyner-Kersey, or any of the countless other athletes to compete in sports? Take Wilt Chamberlain, for instance: He won the NCAA national champion in the shot put and the Big 8 champion in the high jump. His vertical leap was supposedly around 50 inches, and this coming from a 7-foot man! At Philadelphia, he beat everyone on the team in sprints, including Al Attles. Also, he is the strongest man to ever play basketball. After retiring from basketball at the age of 36 (after leading the league in rebounds and FG%, and being named 1st team all-defense), he went on to become a successful racquetball players and international volleyball player. NBA teams were offering him contracts to return as late as 1986, when he was 49 years old! Now, I am not neccessarily saying that Wilt is the greatest athlete in history, but he is certainly ahead of jordon, who has proven little athletically. jordon was a miserable failure in baseball, a
