World's Most Spectacular (physically) Human Being
So I'm watching the PATS/raiders game right now, and, as much as I hate to applaud the enemy ;) jerry rice, doing what he's doing at age 40 is just freakin' amazing. Especially when i put it into the perspective of a good chunk of the 40 year olds i know (now i know there are many exceptions, many of whom frequent this board) can hardly play a pickup game of basketball without being laid up for the next week. So, it started up a little discussion of who (living or dead) was/is the world's most spectacular physical human being.
I'd make this a poll, but I'd invariably leave someone out. So many great athletes come to mind, such as Bo Jackson, Jim Thorpe, etc, etc who were able to excel phenomenally in multiple sports at the highest of levels, as do those who excel in "just" their sport which invariably involves a multitude of other skills.
Anyway, my vote would probably go to shaquill o'neal...mostly because, having been around competitive basketball for some time as a youth, I know just how rare it is for someone over 6'9" or so to not only possess the strength and coordination that he does, but to look "proportional" (as in, if you saw shaq standing in an empty field with no relative point of reference, you'd think he was 6'4" or something...as opposed to shawn bradley). Jim Thorpe is a CLOSE second in my mind, and, if the claims kevin levrone makes are true, i'd put him up there as well.
So, whatever you choose as your criteria, I want to hear who AR members uphold as the most spectacular physical specimen in human history.