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thenewgreen · 4676 days ago · link · · parent · post: Greatest athlete of all time? If not, who is?

Ted Williams, Jim Brown.. I could get on board with that. Not sure about Russell. Orr's a tough call only because Lindstrom exists.

You only threw in Jim Brown to not seemed overtly Boston biased.

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lessismore · 4676 days ago · link ·

We'll give him Orr. It cannot be easy this week for Boston fans. Heck, I was pretty depressed after the 49'ers gave away the game to the eventual World Champion New York Giants.

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