* has to be born in the United States.
* has to be born in the United States.
Not Obama.
Sitting Bull
Lincoln.
Ron Jeremy
Tecumseh.
He brought the 5 northern native American tribes together and established an agreement to form a native American homeland under the protection of the British.
In return he agreed to fight with the British and Canadian settlers against the US in the War of 1812.
He only failed because
1. He was killed in battle
2. Britain and the US declared a tie for second place behind Canada (Treaty of Ghent).
3. The Indians lost ... everything.
George Washington
It is almost impossible to you pick between these 3, but it is certainly one of them:
- Abraham Lincoln - Preserved the Union and abolished slavery.
- George Washington - Our nation's first chief executive in the fight for independence and our government.
- Thomas Jefferson - Primary architect of the Declaration of Independence and our system of government.
splash wrote:
* has to be born in the United States.
I suppose that excludes Lagat. Many of you want it to be Rupp, but there is no way.
Christopher columbus.
Reagan. Ended communism.
rojo
Ayn Rand is the greatest American of all time.
Albert Einstein.
Probably some old guy named Harold, Henry, Jack or William (or something along those lines). He’s sitting in his old rocking chair right now, reading the morning paper before he heads to the local pawn shop to BS it with some old buddies. He probably fought in WWII, got married and raised his kids to have values, morals, ethics and to be good people. He probably owned a furniture store up on 6th street and plays the guitar real well. He has unselfishly helped others who have fallen on hard times and given back to his community. He’s some old guy, somewhere, that you’ve never heard of. He won’t die famous and will be remembered by only those closest to him. He dies a great person, a great American.
Because of the 'has to be born in the United States' caveat, I interpreted the OP's intent as 'Greatest American runner' of all time.
For me, that's Jim Ryun. He was beautiful, elegant, dominant, and ahead of his time. I've posted in the past that if there were one 'now and then' race I'd like to see...it would be Jim Ryun versus Hicham El Guerrouj.
If the OP's intent was indeed, simply 'greatest American of all time'...then I reckon I'd go with Abraham Lincoln. He held the country together at great personal cost.
MLK and it's not even close.
Dennis Reynolds 2.0 wrote:
MLK and it\'s not even close.
James Earl Ray
Evan Snowden, Giles Corey, King Phillip
ME !!!!!!!!
OR for you ,yourself
and if dont think like this your nothing but a p**sy .
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