Yes, he had a tryout with the Toronto Blue Jays and played decently. He was a good runner. His sister was a competitive middle distance runner in the OFSAA. Kim Gretzky. I am not sure if she got a scholarship, but did go to university.
He was also very good at box lacrosse. He could destroy teams scoring or setting up goals.
One game he scored nine goals and a teammates mother called him a ball hog. The next game he got nine assists. She didn't say anything. No, "thank you for setting up my son," or anything.
But great athletes are often capable in other sports like Steve Nash is very good at soccer. I was coach a U13 gold team and saw Steve working out in the next field with the local Div .1 team. I ended the practice took the kids over and explained that THAT guy makes $10 million a season (or whatever it was back then).....he looked perfectly comfortable with the div 1 guys. His brother played pro soccer in Europe and his dad coaches and has for many years.
Wayne Gretzky is turning 62 in about 3 weeks. I doubt he is a great athlete now.
But he could smoke Jinglebrigtsen on the ice at his age still
No idea but of course it is so utterly meaningless as to be analogous to asking who win in a basketball game one on one between Spud Webb and Karsten Warholm.
But he could smoke Jinglebrigtsen on the ice at his age still
No idea but of course it is so utterly meaningless as to be analogous to asking who win in a basketball game one on one between Spud Webb and Karsten Warholm.
We are not comparing apples and oranges amigo. The whole point of these threads is to meet halfway and find "common ground" in what would be a close competition.
For example, canelo Alvarez vs connor Gregor in a wrestling match. No punching allowed.
On a straightaway surface. Not an oval. Who ya got?
I got Wayne in 30. Jakob in 35.
I get that trolling is what you do but Gretzky has been battling osteoarthritis, he is almost 62, he says he skates once a year. No idea about Jakob but if Jakob knows how to skate he defeats Gretzky for sure.
If Wayne G had trained from age 12 to 22, T&F, W G would have Kicked Six Different Kinds of Dog Sh!t Out of J I, 400m rubber or composite asphalt track.