Carl Lewis is my personal all-time favorite, but Jim Thorpe won the decathlon

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Aug 18, 2016
10:09:03pm

BYUBandfan All-American

Carl Lewis is my personal all-time favorite, but Jim Thorpe won the decathlon

and the pentathlon in the same games in 1912. Not sure how his times/scores would compare today, but who even tries to compete in both events?

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Best track and field athlete of all time? (Spoiler - I guess)

gwalker

8/18/16 8:52pm

Agreed

BYUfan92

8/18/16 8:53pm

My wife said

KingDave

8/18/16 8:55pm

Your wife's comment was awesome

byuluvr

8/18/16 9:45pm

Was just going to post this. Talk of who is the best Olympian ever, but

BGRTHNUMEGO

8/18/16 8:55pm

RE: Was just going to post this. Talk of who is the best Olympian ever, but

8/18/16 9:15pm

Carl Lewis

8/18/16 9:21pm

I'm a huge Carl Lewis fan, and he's still my favorite of all time. But I think

SoCalCoug

8/18/16 9:32pm

Carl Lewis is my personal all-time favorite, but Jim Thorpe won the decathlon

BYUBandfan

8/18/16 10:09pm

I think Jackie Joyner-Kersee deserves consideration

BYUFam1

8/19/16 7:14am

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