Best All-Around Athlete of All Time

ASHTON EATON! He is young yet, but he will be the greatest athlete of all time!

You could throw in Babe Ruth. Early in his career he was a great pitcher, setting a consecutive-scoreless-inning mark for World Series play, a record that stood until 1961.

As a hitter he transformed the game basically inventing the long-ball as a major force in baseball. And unlike today's HR hitters he also hit for avg.--his lifetime avg .342 is 10th on the all-time list.

Even though it's the same sport, pitching and hitting are different enough skills to put him on the list.

NEON DEION!

When did running, become about pretending?

Lance Armstrong

Jim Thorpe!

Sugar Ray Robinson!

Nehemiah won "Superstars" four times, so I am going to have to give it to him. Kyle Rote Jr., runner-up.

List of American winners:

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Year Athlete Sport

1973 Bob Seagren Pole Vault

1974 Kyle Rote, Jr. Soccer

1975 O. J. Simpson Football

1976 Kyle Rote, Jr. Soccer

1977 Kyle Rote, Jr. Soccer

1978 Wayne Grimditch Water Skiing

1979 Greg Pruitt Football

1980 Charles White Football

1981 Renaldo Nehemiah Track and field

1982 Renaldo Nehemiah Track and field

1983 Renaldo Nehemiah Football

1984 Tom Petranoff Javelin

1985 Mark Gastineau Football

1986 Renaldo Nehemiah Football

1987 Herschel Walker Football

1988 Herschel Walker Football

1989 Willie Gault Football

1990 Willie Gault Football

1991 Kelly Gruber Baseball

1992 Mike Powell Long Jump

1993 Dave Johnson Decathlon

1994 Dave Johnson Decathlon

1995 - -

1996 - -

1997 - -

1998 Jason Sehorn Football

1999 Jason Sehorn Football

2000 Jason Sehorn Football

2001 Hermann Maier Skiing

2002 Bode Miller Skiing

2003 Jeremy Bloom Freestyle Skiing