Greatest British Sports Stars

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Lenny Rider

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Sep 15, 2010

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• Aug 6, 2017

• #41

Sir Bobby Charlton
Lennox Lewis
Lester Piggott ( who really should get a Knighthood, given Saville got one when they knew he was paedo, tax evasion seems small beer)

 

Hillian1

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Jul 15, 2010

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Struggling for breath at the top of the stairs

• Aug 6, 2017

• #42

Lenny Rider said:

Sir Bobby Charlton
Lennox Lewis
Lester Piggott ( who really should get a Knighthood, given Saville got one when they knew he was paedo, tax evasion seems small beer)

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Lewis is Canadian, I'm sure I saw him win an Olympic gold medal for Canada.

 

jakarta

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May 25, 2007

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Sullington

• Aug 6, 2017

• #43

I'll hijack the thread to give you the top British Motorsport (2 and 4 wheel).

1. Jim Clark
2. Jackie Stewart
3. John Surtees
4. Stirling Moss
5. Geoff Duke
6. Phil Read
7. Lewis Hamilton
8. Barry Sheene
9. Nigel Mansell
10. James Hunt

Honourable mention for the Irishman Joey Dunlop, the finest TT Rider ever

 

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big nuts

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Jan 15, 2011

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Hove

• Aug 6, 2017

• #44

Lenny Rider said:

Sir Bobby Charlton
Lennox Lewis
Lester Piggott ( who really should get a Knighthood, given Saville got one when they knew he was paedo, tax evasion seems small beer)

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Where would Joe Calzaghe rate? Probably the closest boxer of recent years to Lewis in terms of ability and achievement.

 

Lower West Stander

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Mar 25, 2012

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Back in Sussex

• Aug 7, 2017

• #45

My sporting hero growing up was Ian Botham. He had a great winning attitude, huge talent and a wonderfully condescending attitude to the press.

He was a winner who didn't give a stuff what anyone else thought. And I like that.


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