Chris Hoy? Stephen Hendry? Not sure it's definite.
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[Other Sport] Sir Andy Murray
- Thread starter Kinky Gerbil
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Hoy is a good shout. Me and the nipper were struggling to think of anyone apart from Sir Kenny this morning.
I still think Murray wins but it's a subjective argument.
sussex_guy2k2
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- Jun 6, 2014
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To be honest, I've never been a Murray supporter for a number of reasons, but you cannot knock what the guy achieved at the highest level and against the standard of opponent he faced. It's been great seeing him mature over the last 6-7 years and I really hope, for his sake, that the surgery he's likely to have on his hip can heal a fair portion of the pain he's clearly currently struggling with. In this regard, I'm a bit surprised he hasn't just retired - at that age, with his level of success and with the apparent severity of his injury, I'd say he's well within his rights to retire and sort his pain issues out!
ManOfSussex
We wunt be druv
I'll see your Sir Andy Murray and raise you Jocky Wilson.
The Scotch have him at number 1 here.....
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news...sporting-icons-day-12-our-top-three-revealed/
Yeah, but they can't even count to two:
"Only three men had ever ridden under the minute for the Kilo, Tournant and Hoy, who did it twice on successive days. "
brightn'ove
cringe
You're overestimating the intelligence of his detractors.
Bring back Bryan wade!!
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Why may I ask?
Bring back Bryan wade!!
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ALL of the above. Great post.
ManOfSussex
We wunt be druv
In all seriousness, Eric Liddell would also be candidate for Scotland's greatest.
Kalimantan Gull
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In the end it was short, but harsh to dismiss it as a brief spell. He had worked his way up to that pinnacle, and could have been number one for years, he's six years younger than Federer - but the injury came along just as he was at the top of the mountain.
Surrey Phil
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- Aug 3, 2010
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Andy was incredible and what many people underestimate, is not the two Wimbledon's or US Open's he won, not even the David Cup or Olympic Gold whilst competing against 3 other superstars of his era but the number of major finals he got to and didn't win. E.g. he got to 5 Australian Open finals and but for Novak 4 times and Roger, would have many more major's to his name. I doubt we will see another Brit of that ability or level for a very long time.
Well I'm not just dismissing it, but this is a 'best of the best ever' competition, so the I believe the winner needs to have been the best in the world for longer than Andy.
Presumably the injuries of his rivals also featured in him becoming number 1.
The fact is, that although he's our best Tennis player by a mile, he still wasn't as good as Federer, Nadal or Djokovic. We have other sportsmen who are / have been the best. No other distance runner is as good as Farah. No tour cyclist is as good as Froome. Etc.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
You mention four people in your last sentence, but they haven't been hampered by injury right at the peak of their careers.
Tom Hark Preston Park
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TWO Wimbledon titles. TWO Olympic gold medals. Not bad for a gawky ginger kid from Dunblane 
Absolutely gutted.
Our greatest ever sportsman/woman and has always behaved impeccably off-court. His achievements will not be matched by another UK player for another 70 or so years. Seeing his interview just now made my eyes moist. An amazing person who has always shown his emotions and I love people that do that because I do with nearly everything. I hope he wins a couple of matches at the Grand Slams before he officially retires and I think it would be a nice touch of Wimbledon to let Sir Andy Murray present the trophy to the winner of either/or both the women's and men's singles titles.
Thank you so much, Andy, for all the wonderful memories and best of luck for the future.
Our greatest ever sportsman/woman and has always behaved impeccably off-court. His achievements will not be matched by another UK player for another 70 or so years. Seeing his interview just now made my eyes moist. An amazing person who has always shown his emotions and I love people that do that because I do with nearly everything. I hope he wins a couple of matches at the Grand Slams before he officially retires and I think it would be a nice touch of Wimbledon to let Sir Andy Murray present the trophy to the winner of either/or both the women's and men's singles titles.
Thank you so much, Andy, for all the wonderful memories and best of luck for the future.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
TWO Wimbledon titles. TWO Olympic gold medals. Not bad for a gawky ginger kid from Dunblane
Not forgetting having to overcome the horror of the Dunblane shooting whilst he was in the school.
Had Murray not been injured, he still wouldn't be the best Tennis player. Nadal also missed a lot through injury, but he's still achieved far more than Murray.
And the best are the best, not those who might have been the best were it not for injury.
I could have been the best footballer if it wasn't for my crap body.