Who was the last "coolest man in America"?

Fee Republic ^ | 1/29/2011 | Krankor

[yarddog]

Namath would not have been my choice but there was a time when he was extremely well known.

I do remember in Bear Bryant’s book, he said Namath was the best athlete he ever coached and Bear coached a lot of them.

Namath did not dodge the draft. He failed his Physical because of his knees and they were a mess. It did seem odd that an NFL player would fail a physical but I doubt Namath could have marched very far etc.

[DejaJude]

By “last” do you mean no longer alive?

[Krankor]

Was it because of his hose commercial?
Very good point. Burt Reynolds was the only other man who could've pulled that off in 1969. Maybe, just maybe Muhammed Ali, but I don't think he would have had the balls to do it.

[mrmeyer]

LMFAO!

[dfwgator]

The Reverend Willie G. Awesome guitar player and conservative.

[Kirkwood]

Namath doesn’t even rank on the Sporting News’ list of the 100 Greatest Football Players.

Ranks #100 out of 100 on the NFL rankings.

To be considered cool, you need to be cool for more than 2 weeks.

[Cincinna]

Jimi played a great guitar, but druggies can never be cool.
Ditto for John Lennon. Atheistic Commie New Agers can never be cool.

[mad_as_he$$]

Keyser Soze. Had a drink with him once, I found out later.

[Charles Henrickson]

I must disagree. Since that time--late '60s, early '70s--a number of men have been more widely regarded as "cool": Steve McQueen, Clint Eastwood, and Tom Selleck among them. Joe Montana, even, would at least rank as Namath's equal. Namath was regarded as "cool" to some extent, but not by a "huge," overwhelming number, and it was more of a New York thing.

I was born in 1953, so I remember the era quite well.

[The Comedian]

in America"?, Navy Patriot wrote: Chode, or maybe The Comedian

Whaddaya mean *maybe*?

Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

[runninglips]

Mickey Mantle, HE was the definition of cool. The chicks loved him, kids looked up to him, he drank and smoked and hit the ball a ton. He even made a nice corpse.

[capydick]

Pulp Fiction I think? Great movie....

[Eaker]

It is a fact.

It is NOT a fact.

According to this thread it is not a widely held opinion either.

Between you and me I always thought Joe Willie was a pussy.

[DryFly]

Quien es mas macho que Jack Lord?

[peeps36]

I’ll go with Rocky Marciano.

[capydick]

My Grandfather was probably the last cool person who I knew. And - his first name was Elmer - now that’s a cool name! So cool - none of our wives would allow us to use it for any of our son’s!

[right way right]

Jim Thompson!!!!

[right way right]

Jim Thompson!!!!

[Yo-Yo]

Hubba-hubba! Who is that?

Hint: He doesn't always drink beer, but when he does, he prefers Dos Equis.

Stay thirsty, my FRiend.

[Chode]

tooo funny...!!! 8^)